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	Guam - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Guam was the southernmost island in the Marianas Group and this poltical change started Guam and the Northern Marianas (including Saipan and Tinian) down separate paths.
		Guam is a relatively short flight from Japan compared to Hawaii, and a series of tourist hotels and golf courses were built to cater to the tourists.
		Guam is the southernmost island in the Mariana Island chain and is the largest island in Micronesia.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/g/u/a/Guam.html (1298 words)

	Guam's Geography at ns.gov.gu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The island of Guam is approximately 30 miles in length with a variable width, ranging from 12 miles to 4 miles at its narrowest point.
		Two-thirds of Guam, the central and northern features, are primarily raised limestones with several volcanic formations at Mount Santa Rosa and Mount Mataguak.
		Guam is the "isle of orthogonal rivers", and Westernmost U.S. territory.
	ns.gov.gu /geography.html (539 words)

	Naval Forces Marianas :: Geography
		Guam is shaped like a footprint and is 30 miles long, stretching from Ritidian Point in the north to the village of Merizo in the south.
		A close scientific examination of Guam reveals four main physical divisions - the northern limestone plateau, the dissected volcanic plateau in the south, the south-central basin area and the fringing reef areas of the coastal lowlands.
		Guam's northern third is a wide plateau of limestone about eight miles across.
	www.guam.navy.mil /geography.htm (384 words)

	Guam main page
		Guam is an "organized" territory because the Congress provided the territory with an Organic Act in 1950 which organized the government much as a constitution would.
		Guam's Congressional Delegate possesses the same powers and privileges as Representatives from the several States, with the exception of voting on the House floor.
		Guam, which was formed by an uplift of undersea volcanoes, is surrounded by coral reefs near the shore.
	www.doi.gov /oia/Islandpages/gumain.htm (1661 words)

	LeCureux Trans World Radio Guam missionaries Guam Life
		Guam is south of Japan, east of the Philippines, north of Australia and just far, far away from everything, located in the western Pacific about 13 degrees north of the equator.
		Guam has a very large stray dog population, and they believe that cyclists were placed on Earth just for their enjoyment.
		Guam is rabies free, and to keep it that way, a four-month quarantine had been imposed on all dogs and cats brought onto the island.
	www.twrguam.com /html/life_in_guam.html (6413 words)

	AllRefer.com - Guam (Pacific Islands Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Guam's permanent inhabitants are predominantly of native Chamorro stock (37%) or Filipino descent (26%); the rest of the population mainly consists of roughly equal numbers of other Pacific Islanders, Caucasians, and other persons of Asian descent.
		Guam was captured by Japan in 1941, was retaken by U.S. forces in 1944, and became a major base for assaults on the Japanese mainland.
		In 1987 Guamanians voted to seek commonwealth status from the U.S. Guam was devastated by typhoons in 1976 and 1992 and suffered a severe earthquake in 1993.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/G/Guam.html (500 words)

	ms state geosciences - geography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Beginning with the physical geography of the region, the course then moves on to look at the historical geography and settlement patterns of the continent, it's cultural, economic, urban, ethnic, population, and industrial geography, and why they are unique in North America.
		Throughout the course, students examine the historical and current geographies of the racial and ethnic makeup of Latin America, economic development, agriculture, mining and manufacturing, urbanization and population growth, political change, and various cultural aspects of the region.
		While studying the historical geography of the continent, students will become familiar with the spatial aspects of past civilizations and their influences, the introduction of Islam, the coming of European explorers and settlement, the slave trade, European colonization and independence.
	www.msstate.edu /dept/geosciences/4site/geography.htm (1295 words)

	Why War? Keywords: Guam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		...at could be moved to Japan and B-52 or B-1B bombers that might be moved to Guam.
		The Territory of Guam (Guahan) is an island in the Western Pacific Ocean and is an unincorporated territory of the United States.
		Guam is served by Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport.
	www.why-war.com /encyclopedia/places/Guam (374 words)

	Geography of present-day nations and states - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Geography of The Bahamas - Commonwealth of The Bahamas
		Geography of the Republic of the Congo - Republic of the Congo
		Geography of Trinidad and Tobago - Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_geography_topics (1268 words)

	Guam Overview \| Guam Tour Guide \| iExplore.com
		Guam is the largest and most southerly island of the Marianas Islands, which were occupied by the Chamorro Indians from 1500 BC.
		It was claimed by the Spanish in 1565 and ruled by Madrid until the Spanish-American War of 1898.
		Guam is the largest and most southerly island of the Marianas archipelago.
	www.africa.com /dmap/Guam/Overview (196 words)

	Guam: Geography, Topography & Climate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Guam is the largest and southernmost island of the Marianas Islands chain.
		Guam was the first Pacific island discovered by the western world.
		For more information on Guam's Geography, Topography and Climate, visit the official Guam, USA website: www.gov.gu.
	www.investguam.com /eqf/geography.html (262 words)

	What's It Like to Live on Guam?
		Guam is represented in Washington by one non-voting congressman in the House of Representatives.
		And if you think that everything at the Guam schools is as wonderful as a few of you claim, you are either part of the problem or are totally oblivious to what is going on around you or your children.
		One interesting aspect of Guam's faculty pay scale is that it is the same for all faculty of a given rank, regardless of academic area.
	www.heptune.com /guam.html (9161 words)

	Guam travel guide - Wikitravel
		Guam is an island in the western North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines.
		Guam is one of many islands that make of Micronesia, which politically consists of Belau (Palau), the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Kiribati (anthropologically having affinities with Polynesia and Micronesia), the Marshall Islands, and several remote islands designated as the U.S.-administered islands of the Central Pacific.
		Guam is also a melting pot of other Micronesian cultures, with local inhabitants coming from the Philippines, Japan, China, Micronesia, Korea, and other countries to find better opportunities.
	wikitravel.org /en/Guam (1339 words)

	Guam: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — Infoplease.com
		Guam is the largest and southernmost island in the Marianas Archipelago.
		Guam was probably explored by the Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan (sailing for Spain) in 1521.
		Guam's economy is based on tourism and U.S. military spending (U.S. naval and air force bases occupy one-third of the land on Guam).
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0113950.html (449 words)

	Brief History of the Island Areas
		Guam is the largest and southernmost island of a chain of volcanic islands in part of Micronesia known as the Marianas Archipelago (see Figure 2).
		Spain claimed Guam and the Marianas in 1565, established a supply station on Guam the next year, and established the first permanent Spanish settlement in 1668.
		The U.S. Navy was responsible for the administration of Guam from 1898 until June 30,1950, when the U.S. Government transferred that obligation to the Department of the Interior.
	www.census.gov /population/www/proas/pr_ia_hist.html (1813 words)

	Guam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Guam's economy is mainly supported by tourism (particularly from Japan, Korea and the People's Republic of China) and United States armed forces bases.
		Guam is governed by a popularly elected governor and a unicameral 15 member legislature.
		Guam was added to the North American Numbering Plan in 1997, removing barriers of high costs of international long-distance calls to the mainland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Guam (2788 words)

	Guam - Micronesia - North Pacific Ocean
		Guam is the southernmost and largest island of the Marianas Island Archipelago in the North Pacific.
		The University of Guam is the major institution of higher education in the Western Pacific.
		The role of Guam in the War in the Pacific.
	www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/guam.htm (598 words)

	Guahan.com - begin a new day with Guam...
		Guam was ceded to the US by Spain in 1898.
		Captured by the Japanese in 1941, it was retaken by the US three years later.
		The Marianas Trench off Guam is the deepest known ocean depth, 39,198 feet.
	www.guahan.com /guam_geninfo.shtml (245 words)

	Geography Of Guam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		If you would like to use this flag of Guam or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
		If you would like to use this map of Guam or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
		If you would like to use this information for Guam or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
	www.appliedlanguage.com /country_guides/guam_country_geography.shtml (320 words)

	Bisita Guam
		Bisita Guam, which means, Visit Guam, takes the viewer through randomly selected episodes that project an entirely different dimension of our territory and our people from the usual dosage one gets from texts and tales of transients on their way elsewhere.
		Its secondary goal is to provide those interested in knowing more about us with a glimpse of our beautiful and bountiful island through the eyes of one of her native sons.
		The Bisita Guam trilogy is written and produced by Vicente (Ben) Blaz, a retired general officer of the U.S. Marines, and a former Member of the U.S. Congress (1985-1993).
	www.bisitaguam.com (390 words)

	About the USA > Travel > The States & Territories
		Today Guam is an unincorporated, organized territory of the United States.
		Guam was probably visited by the Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan (sailing for Spain) in 1521.
		Guam's economy is based on two main sources of revenue: tourism and U.S. military spending (U.S. naval and air force bases occupy one-third of the land on Guam).
	usa.usembassy.de /guam.htm (534 words)

	War in the Pacific NHP: Liberation - Guam Remembers
		The Japanese defenders of Guam, numbering perhaps 17-18,000, would be engaging in battle more than 50,000 Marines and Army infantry.
		Although the physical geography of the Gilberts and the Marshalls — thin but long atolls — are quite different than the geography of Guam and Saipan — high islands, that is with mountains, hills, ravines — the Japanese doctrine of defense never changed.
		On the night of July 25, in Guam, Eddy and his platoon repulsed the charge of not one, not two, but seven banzai attempts.
	www.nps.gov /wapa/indepth/extContent/Lib/liberation18.htm (977 words)

	Guam Map >> U.S. Pacific Island Territory of Guam
		Guam Terrain: volcanic origin, surrounded by coral reefs; relatively flat coralline limestone plateau (source of most fresh water), with steep coastal cliffs and narrow coastal plains in north, low hills in center, mountains in south
		Guam Judicial branch: Federal District Court (judge is appointed by the president); Territorial Superior Court (judges appointed for eight-year terms by the governor)
		Guam Flag description: territorial flag is dark blue with a narrow red border on all four sides; centered is a red-bordered, pointed, vertical ellipse containing a beach scene, outrigger canoe with sail, and a palm tree with the word GUAM superimposed in bold red letters; US flag is the national flag
	www.cccarto.com /guam_map (1103 words)

	Guam Factbook
		Federal District Court (judge is appointed by the president); Territorial Superior Court (judges appointed for eight-year terms by the governor)
		Over the past 20 years, the tourist industry has grown rapidly, creating a construction boom for new hotels and the expansion of older ones.
		Guam faces the problem of building up the civilian economic sector to offset the impact of military downsizing.
	www.geography-site.co.uk /pages/countries/atlas/guam.html (928 words)

	Geography of Guam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Approximately 30 miles (51 km) long and 9 miles (15 km) wide, narrowing to 4 miles (7 km) at the center.
		The southern maritime boundary of Guam forms a border with the Federated States of Micronesia, and the northern maritime boundary forms a border with the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands.
		Guam · Kiribati · Marshall Islands · Northern Mariana Islands · Federated States of Micronesia · Nauru · Palau
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Geography_of_Guam (359 words)

	Guam Visitors Bureau (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Contestants will be a part of the glamour, grace, and pageantry that is the Miss Guam Tourism Pageant while competing for cash prizes, the honor of representing Guam on off-island trips, professional fees for work performed at home and abroad, opportunities for celebrity endorsements, plus wardrobe, makeup, jewelry, gifts, and more.
		Contestants are expected to be poised, polite and possess general knowledge of Guam’s history, culture, geography, and visitor industry while being able to communicate clearly and effectively.
		Contestants will compete for cash prizes, the honor of representing Guam on off-island trips, professional fees for work performed at home and abroad, opportunities for celebrity endorsements, plus wardrobe, makeup, jewelry, gifts, and more.
	www.visitguam.org /media/?news_id=78 (277 words)

	Information about Guam
		Cabinet: executive departments; heads appointed by the governor with the consent of the Guam legislature
		Elections: US president and vice president elected on the same ticket for a four-year term; governor and lieutenant governor elected on the same ticket by popular vote for four-year term; election last held 5 November 2002 (next to be held November 2006)
		Note: Guam elects one nonvoting delegate to the US House of Representatives; election last held 2 November 2004 (next to be held November 2006); results - Madeleine BORDALLO (Democratic Party) was elected as delegate; percent of vote by party - Democratic Party 64.6%, Republican Party 35.4%; seats by party - Democratic Party 1
	www.destination-luxury.com /geography/countries/index.php?country=gq (896 words)

	Guam, Map and Flag
		note: Guam elects one nonvoting delegate to the US House of Representatives; election last held 5 November 2002 (next to be held NA November 2004); results - Madeleine BORDALLO (Democratic Party) was elected as delegate; percent of vote by party - Democratic Party 64.6%, Republican Party 35.4%; seats by party - Democratic Party 1
		The industry has recently suffered setbacks because of the continuing Japanese slowdown; the Japanese normally make up almost 90% of the tourists.
		Guam receives large transfer payments from the US Federal Treasury ($143 million in 1997) into which Guamanians pay no income or excise taxes; under the provisions of a special law of Congress, the Guam Treasury, rather than the US Treasury, receives federal income taxes paid by military and civilian Federal employees stationed in Guam
	www.greatestcities.com /Oceania/Guam.html (949 words)

	Guam Post
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		Geography of Guam - ABC Factook; Flag, Economy, Geography,...
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	archive.wn.com /2004/11/02/1400/guampost (767 words)

	Learn more about Guam in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /g/gu/guam.html (131 words)

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