Outline of Guam

• Pronunciation: /ˈɡwɑːm/
• Common English country name: Guam
• Official English country name: The
  Territory of Guam
• Common
  List of countries and capitals in native languages
• Official endonym(s):
  List of official endonyms of present-day nations and states
• Guamanian
• Demonym(s):
• Etymology: Name of Guam
• ISO country codes
  : GU, GUM, 316
• ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:GU
• Internet country code top-level domain: .gu

Geography of Guam

Geography of Guam

• Guam is: a United States territory
• Location:
  • Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
  • Pacific Ocean
    • North Pacific
      • Oceania
        • Micronesia
  • UTC+10
    )
  • Extreme points of Guam
    • High: Mount Lamlam 406 m (1,332 ft) – 11,377 meters above Challenger Deep
    • Low:
      North Pacific Ocean
      0 m
  • Land boundaries: none
  • Coastline: 125.5 km (78.0 mi)
• 179th most populous country
• Area of Guam: 541 km² (209 sq mi)
• Atlas of Guam

Environment of Guam

• Climate of Guam
• Renewable energy in Guam
• Geology of Guam
• Protected areas of Guam
  • Biosphere reserves in Guam
  • National parks of Guam
• Superfund sites in Guam
• Wildlife of Guam
  • Fauna of Guam
    • Birds of Guam
    • Mammals of Guam

Natural geographic features of Guam

• Beaches in Guam
• Islands of Guam
• Lakes of Guam
• Mountains of Guam
  • Volcanoes in Guam
• Rivers of Guam
  • Waterfalls of Guam
• Valleys of Guam
• World Heritage Sites in Guam: None

Regions of Guam

• Regions of Guam

Ecoregions of Guam

• List of ecoregions in Guam

Administrative divisions of Guam

None

Municipalities of Guam

• Hagåtña
• Cities of Guam

Demography of Guam

• Demographics of Guam

Government and politics of Guam

Politics of Guam

• Form of government: presidential representative democracy
• Hagåtña
• Elections in Guam
• Political parties in Guam

Branches of the government of Guam

Government of Guam

Executive branch of the government of Guam

• President of United States
• Governor of Guam
• Cabinet of Guam

Legislative branch of the government of Guam

• unicameral
  )

Judicial branch of the government of Guam

• Supreme Court of Guam

Foreign relations of Guam

• Diplomatic missions in Guam

International organization membership

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

• International Olympic Committee (IOC)
• Secretariat of the Pacific Community
  (SPC)
• Universal Postal Union (UPU)

Law and order in Guam

Law of Guam

• Cannabis in Guam
• Constitution of Guam
• Crime in Guam
• Human rights in Guam
  • LGBT rights in Guam
  • Freedom of religion in Guam
• Law enforcement 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

• Geology of Guam
• Indigenous peoples
  • Chamorro people
• First European contact, 1521–1668
  • • On March 6, 1521, three
      Island of Guam after a seemingly endless eleven week voyage across the Pacific Ocean. Magalhães names the archipelago Las Isles de las Velas Latinas (The Islands of the Latine Sails). When the Spaniards refuse to pay for supplies, natives take iron from the ships. Magalhães renames the archipelago Las Islas de los Ladrones
      (The Islands of the Thieves).
• Spanish East Indies, 1565–(1668–1898)–1899
  • Diego Luis de San Vitores leads the colonization of Guam, renaming the Chamorro archipelago Islas Marianas in honor of his patroness, Queen Mariana of Austria
  • The
    Spanish-Chamorro Wars
    (1670-1683 on Guam) pacifies CHamoru resistance and solidifies Spanish control
  • Guam becomes a major stopover for
    Umatac
    .
• Spanish–American War, April 23 – August 12, 1898
  • Spanish Empire declares war on the United States, April 23, 1898
  • United States capture of Guam, June 20–21, 1898
  • Treaty of Paris, December 10, 1898
• Territory of Guam
  , since December 10, 1898
  • World War I, June 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918
    • United States enters Great War on April 6, 1917
  • World War II, September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945
    • United States enters Second World War on December 8, 1941
    • Battle of Guam of 1941
    • Battle of Guam of 1944
  • Cold War, March 5, 1946 – December 25, 1991
  • Korean War, June 25, 1950 – July 27, 1953
  • Guam Organic Act, August 1, 1950

Culture of Guam

Culture of Guam

• Architecture of Guam
• Cuisine of Guam
• Festivals in Guam
• Languages of Guam
• Media in Guam
• National symbols of Guam
  • Coat of arms of Guam
  • Flag of Guam
  • National anthem of Guam
• People of Guam
• Public holidays in Guam
• Records of Guam
• Religion in Guam
  • Christianity in Guam
  • Hinduism in Guam
  • Islam in Guam
  • Judaism in Guam
  • Sikhism in Guam
• World Heritage Sites in Guam: None

Art in Guam

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

Sports in Guam

• Football in Guam
• Guam at the Olympics

Economy and infrastructure of Guam

Economy of Guam

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 150th (one hundred and fiftieth)
• Agriculture in Guam
• Banking in Guam
  • National Bank of Guam
• Communications in Guam
  • Internet in Guam
• Companies of Guam
• Dollar
  • USD
• Energy in Guam
  • Energy policy of Guam
  • Oil industry in Guam
• Mining in Guam
• Tourism in Guam
• Guam Stock Exchange

Infrastructure of Guam

• Health care in Guam
• Transportation in Guam
  • Airports in Guam
  • Rail transport in Guam
  • Roads in Guam
    • Highways in Guam

Education in Guam

• Education in Guam
  • Schools in Guam
  • Colleges and universities in Guam

See also

• Topic overview:
  • Guam
  • Index of Guam-related articles
• 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