It was located in the arrondissement of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni and consisted of five communes.

Its administrative seat was located in Maripasoula.

[1] It was the largest canton by geographic area, comparable in size to the metropolitan region of Auvergne or the country of Belgium.

In addition to other cantons of French Guiana, it shared borders with both Suriname and Brazil.

The canton was composed of 5 communes:[1] Mayor of Apatou (2001-2008) This French Guiana (Guyane) location article is a stub.