In 1596, Lawrence Kemys noted that Iaremappo, a big village, was located near the mouth of the river.

European diseases reduced the number of Kalinas in the area to several hundred in the mid 19th century.

[3] In 1987, Jacques Chirac as Prime Minister established Zones of Collective Use Rights (ZDUC).

[5] Since 1998, the commune has 1,593 hectares of communal land located in Point Isère to be used for fishing, hunting and subsistence farming.

[6] Awala and Yalimapo are French Guiana's northernmost settlements, located just to the south of the région's northernmost point, the beach of Plage des Hattes, the world's largest leatherback turtle nesting site.