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| Territorial motto: Where America's Day Begins | |||||
| Official languages | English, Chamorro, Japanese | ||||
| Capital | Hagåtña | ||||
| Chief of state | George W. Bush | ||||
| Governor | Felix Perez Camacho | ||||
| Area - Total - % water | Ranked 202nd 549 km²Square kilometre (symbol km is an SI unit of surface area. It is one of the SI derived units. 1 km² is equal to: the area of a square measuring 1 kilometre on each side 1 000 000 m² 100 hectares 0. 386 102 square miles (statute) 247. 105 381 acres Convers Negligible | ||||
| PopulationFor the use of the word population in statistics, see statistical population. In the most common sense of the word, a population is the collection of people—or organisms of a particular species—living in a given geographic area. Populations are studied in - Total ( 20032003 is a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar), and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Summary Perhaps the defining global event of the year 2003 was the Invasion of Iraq launched by the U) - DensityIf you were linked from a country article: the density there is based on land area, see below Population density can be used as a measurement of any tangible item. However it is most frequently applied to living organisms. Population density is usually ex | Ranked N/AThis is a list of countries by population . The data are from the CIA World Factbook 2003 and although not always quite up to date, at least roughly accurate. In the main list dependent or occupied areas are listed under the country which governs the area 163,941 (July 2003 est.) 299/km² | ||||
| IndependenceAlternate uses: see Independence (disambiguation Independence for a country, organization or branch of government is the same as self-rule, as opposed to being ruled by someone else. Establishing such independence sometimes implies a violent break-out or | none (territory of the USAThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in) | ||||
| CurrencyFor exchange rates, see here. A currency is a unit of exchange, facilitating the transfer of goods and services. It is a form of money, where money is defined as a medium of exchange rather than e. a store of value. A currency zone is a country or region | US dollar (USD) | ||||
| Time zone | UTC+10 (no DST) | ||||
| National anthem | Fanoghe Chamorro | ||||
| Internet TLD | .gu | ||||
| Calling Code | 1-671 | ||||
The Territory of Guam (Guahan in Chamorro) is an island in the Western Pacific Ocean and is an unincorporated territory of the United States. The capital is Hagåtña, formerly Agana (pronounced Agaña). Guam's economy is mainly supported by tourism (90% of all visitors come from Japan) and a United States armed forces base. One of the closest American territories to the International Date Line, Guam is referred to by many as "where America's day begins", and as such, has become the territorial motto for the island.
The island is also known as a prominent example for the disastrous effects of bioinvasion: A stowaway on US troop transport ships at the end of World War II, the slightly venomous, but rather harmless, brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis) came from the Philippines to Guam and killed almost the entire native bird population on the previously snake-free island. This snake has no natural predators on the island; nowadays, Guam is one of the areas with the highest snake density in the world (an estimated 2,000 snakes/km²).
Guam is served by Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport.
From the CIA World Factbook 2000:
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