Explore Guam in Oceania - Guam Tourism Info

Description and Basic Information

Guam with its capital Hagåtña is located in Oceania (Oceania, island in the North Pacific Ocean). It covers some 550 square kilometres (three times the size of Washington, DC) with 168,564 citizens. English and Chamorro are the some of the languages spoken by the majority in Guam.

Pictures from Hagåtña (Capital)

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About Guam

The terrain offers volcanic origin, surrounded by coral reefs having 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. The average density of population is about 307 per km². The climate in can be described as tropical marine with generally warm and humid, moderated by northeast trade winds, dry season (January to June), rainy season (July to December), little seasonal temperature variation. Possible natural disasters include frequent squalls during rainy season or relatively rare but potentially destructive typhoons (June - December).

To reach someone in Guam dial +1-671 prior to a number. There are 65,500 installed telephones. And there are 98,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 1900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".gu". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 110V - 60Hz.

The country consists of 19 regions/states which are listed below.

Regions/States of Guam

Demographic Information

Age Distribution in Guam

Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Natural Population Growth

Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Guam is growing at an rate of 1.35% (or by 2,434 citizens). Each year 0 people enter this country (or 0.00 per thousand citizens) - making it an immigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of 1.35%. Or an total increase of 2,434 citizens.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.