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Country name: conventional long form: Territory of Guam conventional short form: Guam local long form: Guahan Dependency status: organized, unincorporated territory of the US with policy relations between Guam and the US under the jurisdiction of the Office of Insular Affairs, US Department of the Interior Government type: NA Capital: Hagatna (Agana)...
Economy - overview: The economy depends on US military spending, tourism, and the export of fish and handicrafts. Total US grants, wage payments, and procurement outlays amounted to $1 billion in 1998. Over the past 20 years, the tourist industry has grown rapidly, creating a construction boom for new hotels and the expansion of older ones. More than...
The Chamoru culture is visually manifested in dances, sea navigation, unique cuisines, games {batu, chonka, estuleks and bayogu}, songs and fashion influenced by the transmigration of peoples from other lands. Prior to being an American Territory in 1898, Guam was colonized by Spain from 1521 which, in order to preserve the lucrative Spanish galleon...
Magellan, the first European to visit Micronesia, landed on Guam in 1521. Spain held the island for the next 300 years. The Treaty of Paris, at the end of the Spanish-American war in 1898, made Guam a U.S. possession. Administration of the island was assigned to the U.S. Navy, and it became primarily a coaling station and later a naval base in the western...
Location: Oceania, island in the North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines Map references: Oceania Area: total area: 541.3 sq km land area: 541.3 sq km comparative area: slightly more than three times the size of Washington, DC Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 125.5 km Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone:...
Population: 166,090 (July 2004 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 29.8% (male 25,577; female 23,850) 15-64 years: 64% (male 54,220; female 52,026) 65 years and over: 6.3% (male 4,912; female 5,505) (2004 est.) Median age: total: 28.2 years male: 28 years female: 28.4 years (2004 est.) Population growth rate: 1.5% (2004 est.) Birth rate: 19.31 births/1,000...
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