The location of Guam

Guam The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Guam:

Guam – organized, unincorporated territory of the United States of America that comprises the island of Guam in the western North Pacific Ocean.[1] It is one of five U.S. territories with an established civilian government.[2] The island's capital is Hagåtña (formerly Agana). Guam is the largest and southernmost of the Mariana Islands. The Chamorros, Guam's indigenous inhabitants, first populated the island approximately 4,000 years ago. Discovered by the Spanish expedition of Ferdinand Magellan in 1521, the island has a long history of European colonialism beginning in the 16th century, and especially in 1668 with the arrival of Spanish settlers including Padre San Vitores, a Catholic missionary. Guam and the rest of the Mariana Islands were integrated in the Spanish East Indies since 1565. The island was a major stopover for Manila Galleons sailing from Acapulco, until 1815. Guam was taken over from Spain by the United States during the Spanish–American War in 1898. As the largest island in Micronesia and the only American-held island in the region before World War II, Guam was occupied by the Japanese between December 1941 and July 1944. Today, Guam's economy is mainly supported by tourism (primarily from Japan) and U.S. military bases.[3]

General reference

An enlargeable map of the United States Territory of Guam

Geography of Guam

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Geography of Guam

Environment of Guam

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Natural geographic features of Guam

Regions of Guam

  • Regions of Guam

Ecoregions of Guam

  • List of ecoregions in Guam

Administrative divisions of Guam

None

Municipalities of Guam

Demography of Guam

Government and politics of Guam

Politics of Guam

Branches of the government of Guam

Government of Guam

Executive branch of the government of Guam

Legislative branch of the government of Guam

Judicial branch of the government of Guam

Court system of Guam

Foreign relations of Guam

  • Diplomatic missions in Guam

International organization membership

The United States Territory of Guam is a member of:[1]

Law and order in Guam

Law of Guam

Local government in Guam

Local government in Guam

History of Guam

History of Guam

  • Timeline of the history of Guam
  • Current events of Guam

History of Guam, by period

Culture of Guam

Culture of Guam

Art in Guam

  • Art in Guam
  • Literature of Guam
  • Music of Guam
  • Television in Guam
  • Theatre in Guam

Sports in Guam

Sports in Guam

Economy and infrastructure of Guam

Economy of Guam

Infrastructure of Guam

Education in Guam

See also

  • Topic overview:
  • All pages with titles beginning with Guam
  • All pages with titles beginning with Chamorro
  • All pages with titles containing Guam
  • All pages with titles containing Chamorro

References

  1. 1 2 "Guam". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 2, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
  2. ↑ "USDOI Office of Insular Affairs" Archived 2007-02-09 at the Wayback Machine U.S. Territories, Retrieved November 4, 2007.
  3. ↑ Rogers, Robert F. (1995). Destiny's Landfall: A History of Guam. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-1678-0.

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