Guam

Also known as GU, Territory of Guam, US-GU, GUM, Guåhån, Guahan, ISO 3166-1:GU, Guåhan

Guam ( ; ) is an island that is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean. Guam's capital is Hagåtña, and the most populous village is Dededo. It is the westernmost point and territory of the United States, as measured from the geographic center of the U.S. with point Udall. In Oceania, Guam is the largest and southernmost of the Mariana Islands and the largest island in Micronesia. In 2022, its population was 168,801. Chamorros are its largest ethnic group, but a minority on the multiethnic island. The territory spans

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Guam is an organized, unincorporated U.S. territory located in the western Pacific Ocean that serves as America's westernmost point. It is the largest island in Micronesia and has strategic importance to the United States as a Pacific territory, with a population of approximately 168,801 people as of 2022.

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Key facts

Dependency.name: Guam
Dependency.settlement_type: Unincorporated and organized U.S. territory
Dependency.image_flag: Flag of Guam.svg
Dependency.flag_size: 130px
Dependency.flag_link: Flag of Guam
Dependency.image_seal: Seal of Guam.svg
Dependency.seal_size: 65px
Dependency.seal_type: Seal
Dependency.seal_link: Seal of Guam
Dependency.nickname: ()
Dependency.nickname_link: List of U.S. state and territory nicknames
Dependency.motto_link: List of U.S. state and territory mottos
Dependency.motto: ()
Dependency.anthem_link: List of U.S. state songs
Dependency.anthem: "Kantikun Guåhan" (Chamorro)("Guam Hymn") (regional) "The Star-Spangled Banner" (official)
Dependency.image_map: Guam_in_United_States.svg
Dependency.map_alt: Location of Guam
Dependency.map_caption: Location of Guam (circled in red)

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Research

2,162 papers

Guam dementia syndrome revisited in 2011.ReviewCurrent opinion in neurology · 2011Lee SEDOI: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e32834cd50a
Ancient DNA from Guam and the peopling of the Pacific.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021Pugach I, Hübner A, Hung HC et al.DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2022112118
Nursing Leadership in Guam.Nursing administration quarterly · 2019Hattori-Uchima M, Wood KDOI: 10.1097/NAQ.0000000000000332
Guam: The US territory where America's day begins but abortion access is still in the dark.Contraception · 2021Raidoo S, Kaneshiro B, Stowers PDOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2021.03.030
The ALS/PDC syndrome of Guam and the cycad hypothesis.ReviewNeurology · 2008Steele JC, McGeer PLDOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000312571.81091.26
Guam ALS-PDC: possible causes.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 1993Spencer PS, Kisby GE, Ross SM et al.DOI: 10.1126/science.8235599
Guam ALS-PDC: possible causes.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 1993Sacks OWDOI: 10.1126/science.8235600
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and parkinsonism-dementia complex on Guam: immunohistochemical studies.ReviewThe Keio journal of medicine · 1992Hirano ADOI: 10.2302/kjm.41.6

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Guåhan
Demonym: guamanienne
Country: Spanish Empire
Located in: United States
Contains: Agana Heights
Continent: Oceania
Capital: Hagåtña
Official language: Chamorro
Currency: United States dollar
Population: 153836
Area: 544.0
Time zone: UTC+10:00
Body of water: Pacific Ocean
Head of government: Lou Leon Guerrero
Legislature: Legislature of Guam
Anthem: Stand Ye Guamanians
Shares border with: Federated States of Micronesia
Highest point: Mount Lamlam
Official website: guam.gov
Image: Guam satellite photo map.jpg
Life expectancy: 79.575
Nominal GDP: 6123000000
Calling code: +1671
Mains voltage: 110

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Motto: Tånó I' Man CHamoru
Flag: flag of Guam
Unicode character: 🇬🇺
twinned administrative body: Riga
topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Guam
geography of topic: geography of Guam
top-level Internet domain: .gu
Commons category: Guam
topic's main category: Category:Guam
inception: 1898-01-01
category for people born here: Category:Births in Guam
category of associated people: Category:Guamanian people
driving side: right
Commons gallery: Guam
emergency phone number: 911
short name: GU
language used: Chamorro
total fertility rate: 2.386
related category: Category:Guam-related lists
described by source: New International Encyclopedia
lowest point: Pacific Ocean
history of topic: history of Guam
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Guam
water as percent of area: 63.23
foundational text: Guam Organic Act of 1950
minimum temperature record: 56
official symbol: Guam Rail
maximum temperature record: 96
native label: Guåhan
economy of topic: economy of Guam
demographics of topic: demographics of Guam
nickname: Tånó y CHamoru
marriageable age: 18
topic has template: Template:Guam
OpenStreetMap zoom level: 10
official map URL: gis.guam.gov/gmap/index.html
different from: GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development
P11012: Louis-Philippe I
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
P12749: red giant
P8168: Boulzicourt

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Encyclopedic overview

30 sections

Contents

History
Pre-Contact era
Spanish era
American era
World War I
World War II
Post-war
Geography and environment
Climate
Ecology
Demographics
Culture
Sports
Economy
Tourism
Budget and unemployment
Pacific migration to Guam
Military bases
Government and politics
Political status
Villages
Transportation and communications
Education
Health care
See also
Notes
References
Works cited
Further reading
External links

Indigenous Guamanians are the Chamorro, who are related to the Austronesian peoples of the Malay Archipelago, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Polynesia. Unlike most of its neighbors, the Chamorro language is not classified as a Micronesian or Polynesian language. Like Palauan, it possibly constitutes an independent branch of the Malayo-Polynesian language family. 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 in March 1521. Guam was fully colonized by Spain in 1668. Between the 17th and 19th centuries, Guam was an important stopover for Spanish Manila galleons. During the Spanish–American War, the United States captured Guam in June 1898. Under the 1898 Treaty of Paris, Spain ceded Guam to the U.S. effective April 11, 1899.

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