Official name Guåhan (Chamorro); Territory of Guam (English)
Political status self-governing, organized, unincorporated territory of the United States with one legislative house (Guam Legislature [15])
Head of state President of the United States: Barack Obama
Head of government Governor: Eddie Calvo
Capital Hagåtña (formerly Agana)
Official languages Chamorro; English
Official religion none
Monetary unit United States dollar (U.S.$)
Population (2013 est.) 161,000COLLAPSE
Total area (sq mi) 217
Total area (sq km) 561
Urban-rural population Urban: (2011) 93.4%
Rural: (2011) 6.6%
Life expectancy at birth Male: (2012) 75.7 years
Female: (2012) 81.7 years
Literacy: percentage of population age 15 and over literate Male: 100%
Female: 100%
GNI per capita (U.S.$) (2009) 24,446
About Guam
Spain ceded Guam to the US in 1898. Captured by the Japanese in 1941, it was retaken by the US three years later. The military installation on the island is one of the most strategically important US bases in the Pacific.
Also Guam, island and unincorporated territory of the United States in the north Pacific Ocean, the largest, most populous, and southernmost of the Mariana Islands. It lies about 5,800 miles (9,300 km) west of San Francisco and 1,600 miles (2,600 km) east of Manila. Hagåtña (Agana) is the capital. Major settlements are Dededo, in the north-central part of the island, Machanao, in the north, and Apotgan, on the west coast.
Land of Guam
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Culture Life of Guam
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This is not the official site of this country. Most of the information in this site were taken from the U.S. Department of State, The Central Intelligence Agency, The United Nations, [1],[2], [3], [4], [5],[6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14],[15], [16], [17], [18], [19], [20], [21], [22], [23], [24],[25], [26], [27], [28], [29], [30],[31], [32], [33], [34], and the [35].
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