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Guam

Guam (/ˈɡwɑːm/ GWAHM; Chamorro: Guåhan [ˈɡʷɑhɑn]) is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean.[4][5] Guam's capital is Hagåtña, and the most populous village is Dededo. It is the westernmost point and territory of the United States, reckoned from the geographic center of the U.S. In Oceania, Guam is the largest and southernmost of the Mariana Islands and the largest island in Micronesia.

This article is about the U.S. territory. For the international organization, see GUAM.

Guam
Guåhan (Chamorro)

December 10, 1898

210 sq mi (540 km2)

1,334 ft (407 m)

168,801[1] (177th)

299/km2 (774.4/sq mi)

2016 estimate

$5.8 billion[1]

$35,600[1]

2019 estimate

$6.3 billion[3]

$37,387

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Indigenous Guamanians are the Chamorro, who are related to the Austronesian peoples of the Malay Archipelago, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Polynesia. But unlike most of its neighbors, the Chamorro language is not classified as a Micronesian or Polynesian language. Rather, like Palauan, it possibly constitutes an independent branch of the Malayo-Polynesian language family.[6][7] As of 2022, Guam's population was 168,801. Chamorros are the largest ethnic group, but a minority on the multi-ethnic island. The territory spans 210 square miles (540 km2; 130,000 acres) and has a population density of 775 per square mile (299/km2). The Chamorro people settled Guam and the Mariana islands approximately 3,500 years ago. Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, while in the service of Spain, was the first European to visit and claim the island on March 6, 1521. Guam was fully colonized by Spain in 1668. Between the 16th and 18th centuries, Guam was an important stopover for Spanish Manila galleons. During the Spanish–American War, the United States captured Guam on June 21, 1898. Under the 1898 Treaty of Paris, Spain ceded Guam to the U.S. effective April 11, 1899.


Before World War II, Guam was one of five American jurisdictions in the Pacific Ocean, along with Wake Island in Micronesia, American Samoa and Hawaii in Polynesia, and the Philippines. On December 8, 1941, hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Guam was captured by the Japanese, who occupied the island for two and a half years. During the occupation, Guamanians were subjected to forced labor, incarceration, torture and execution.[8][9][10] American forces recaptured the island on July 21, 1944, which is commemorated as Liberation Day.[11] Since the 1960s, Guam's economy has been supported primarily by tourism and the U.S. military, for which Guam is a major strategic asset.[12] Its future political status has been a matter of significant discussion, with public opinion polls indicating a strong preference for American statehood.[13][14]


An unofficial but frequently used territorial motto is "Where America's Day Begins", which refers to the island's proximity to the International Date Line.[15][16] Guam is among the 17 non-self-governing territories listed by the United Nations, and has been a member of the Pacific Community since 1983.[17]

U.S. , U.S. Navy (Santa Rita), comprising the Orote Peninsula, additional lands, and with jurisdiction of the majority of Apra Harbor

Naval Base Guam

U.S. Air Force (Yigo), including Northwest Field

Andersen Air Force Base

U.S. Marine Corps (Dededo)

Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz

U.S. Navy – South Central Highlands (formerly known as Naval Magazine)

Ordnance Annex

U.S. Navy (Dededo), sometimes referred to "NCTS Finegayan"

Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station Guam

(Barrigada), often referred to as "Radio Barrigada"

Naval Radio Station Barrigada

Headquarters (Asan), at Nimitz Hill Annex

Joint Region Marianas

(Agana Heights)

Naval Hospital Guam

South Finegayan (Dededo), a military housing complex

Andersen South (Yigo), formerly Marine Barracks Guam until its closure in 1992

Fort Juan Muña, (Tamuning)

Guam National Guard

51st state

Index of Guam-related articles

Lists of hospitals in the United States#Insular areas

List of people from Guam

Outline of Guam

Voting in Guam

Cunningham, Lawrence J.; Beaty, Janice J. (January 1, 2001). . Bess Press. ISBN 978-1-57306-068-4.

A History of Guam

Safford, William Edwin (1912). (Public domain ed.). General Books.

Guam, an Account of Its Discovery and Reduction, Physical Geography and Natural History: And the Social and Economic Conditions on the Island During the First Year of the American Occupation

Wuerch, William L.; Ballendorf, Dirk Anthony (January 1, 1994). . Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-2858-2.

Historical Dictionary of Guam and Micronesia

Official website

– Guam's online Encyclopedia

Guampedia

fosters the Chamorro language, culture, and traditions

"Guam Society of America"

PBS documentary film website.

The Insular Empire: America in the Mariana Islands

U.S. Census Bureau: Island Areas Census 2000

Geology and Hydrology of Guam

at Curlie

Guam

from the U.S. Library of Congress. Archived August 14, 2010, at the Wayback Machine

Portals to the World: Guam

Wikimedia Atlas of Guam

Geographic data related to at OpenStreetMap

Guam

(Archived October 5, 2022, at the Wayback Machine)

Guam Census