The Oyapock or Oiapoque (/ˈɔɪ.əpɒk, ɔɪ.əˈpoʊki/; French: Fleuve Oyapock [flœv ojapɔk]; Portuguese: Rio Oiapoque [ˈʁiu ɔjɐˈpɔki]) is a 403-kilometre (250 mi)...
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Spain, at 623 kilometres (387 mi). The Oyapock River defines part of the border and is spanned by the Oyapock River Bridge, the only bridge crossing the...
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Franco-Brazilian Binational Bridge (redirect from Oyapock River Bridge)
The Franco-Brazilian Binational Bridge spans the Oyapock River, linking the cities of Oiapoque in Amapá, Brazil and Saint-Georges-de-l'Oyapock in French...
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treaty between France and Brazil signed in July 2005, the Oyapock River Bridge over the Oyapock River was built and completed in 2011, becoming the first...
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west, and from Brazil by the Tumuc Humac Mountains in the south and the Oyapock River in the east. Its 200-mile Atlantic coastline is bordered by several...
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around the world. The first ship with prisoners arrived at the mouth of the Oyapock River on 26 December 1924. The sudden expansion of the colony's population...
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Colombia, and Brazil. Particularly to the Ucayali river in Peru, the Oyapock River in French Guiana, the Essequibo River in Guyana, the Solimões, the...
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A Carib-based lengua generale was once used in the old missions of the Oyapock and surrounding regions, apparently surviving at least along the Uaçá tributary...
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resulted in skirmishes between the two sides. France did not recognize the Oyapock river as the border between French Guiana and the Brazilian province of...
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region and department of France located in South America. It lies on the Oyapock River (which forms the border with Brazil), opposite the Brazilian town...
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