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World Gazetteer Results for Asan:
NameAsan
Geographical TypeMunicipality
Population2038
CountryGuam
Dictionary Results for Guam:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Guam
    n 1: the largest and southernmost island in the Marianas which
         is administered as a territory of the United States; it was
         ceded by Spain to the United States in 1898 [syn: Guam,
         GU]

2. CIA World Factbook 2002
Guam

   Introduction Guam
   -----------------
                            Background: 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 military
                                        installation on the island is one of
                                        the most strategically important US
                                        bases in the Pacific.
  
   Geography Guam
   --------------
                              Location: Oceania, island in the North Pacific
                                        Ocean, about three-quarters of the
                                        way from Hawaii to the Philippines
                Geographic coordinates: 13 28 N, 144 47 E
                        Map references: Oceania
                                  Area: total: 549 sq km
                                        water: 0 sq km
                                        land: 549 sq km
                    Area - comparative: three times the size of Washington,
                                        DC
                       Land boundaries: 0 km
                             Coastline: 125.5 km
                       Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
                                        territorial sea: 12 NM
                               Climate: tropical marine; generally warm and
                                        humid, moderated by northeast trade
                                        winds; dry season from January to
                                        June, rainy season from July to
                                        December; little seasonal
                                        temperature variation
                               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
                    Elevation extremes: lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
                                        highest point: Mount Lamlam 406 m
                     Natural resources: fishing (largely undeveloped),
                                        tourism (especially from Japan)
                              Land use: arable land: 10.91%
                                        permanent crops: 10.91%
                                        other: 78.18% (1998 est.)
                        Irrigated land: NA sq km
                       Natural hazards: frequent squalls during rainy
                                        season; relatively rare, but
                                        potentially very destructive
                                        typhoons (June - December)
          Environment - current issues: extirpation of native bird
                                        population by the rapid
                                        proliferation of the brown tree
                                        snake, an exotic, invasive species
                      Geography - note: largest and southernmost island in
                                        the Mariana Islands archipelago;
                                        strategic location in western North
                                        Pacific Ocean
  
   People Guam
   -----------
                            Population: 160,796 (July 2002 est.)
                         Age structure: 0-14 years: 35.1% (male 29,706;
                                        female 26,813)
                                        15-64 years: 58.6% (male 49,457;
                                        female 44,697)
                                        65 years and over: 6.3% (male 5,070;
                                        female 5,053) (2002 est.)
                Population growth rate: 1.99% (2002 est.)
                            Birth rate: 24.09 births/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                            Death rate: 4.24 deaths/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                    Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                             Sex ratio: at birth: 1.14 male(s)/female
                                        under 15 years: 1.11 male(s)/female
                                        15-64 years: 1.11 male(s)/female
                                        65 years and over: 1 male(s)/female
                                        total population: 1.1 male(s)/female
                                        (2002 est.)
                 Infant mortality rate: 6.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2002
                                        est.)
              Life expectancy at birth: total population: 78.11 years
                                        female: 80.72 years (2002 est.)
                                        male: 75.81 years
                  Total fertility rate: 3.73 children born/woman (2002 est.)
      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: NA%
     HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ NA
                                  AIDS:
                     HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA
                           Nationality: noun: Guamanian(s)
                                        adjective: Guamanian
                         Ethnic groups: Chamorro 37%, Filipino 26%, white
                                        10%, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and
                                        other 27%
                             Religions: Roman Catholic 85%, other 15% (1999
                                        est.)
                             Languages: English, Chamorro, Japanese
                              Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read
                                        and write
                                        total population: 99%
                                        male: 99%
                                        female: 99% (1990 est.)
  
   Government Guam
   ---------------
                          Country name: conventional long form: Territory of
                                        Guam
                                        conventional short form: Guam
                                        local long form: Guahan
                     Dependency status: organized, unincorporated territory
                                        of the US with policy relations
                                        between Guam and the US under the
                                        jurisdiction of the Office of
                                        Insular Affairs, US Department of
                                        the Interior
                       Government type: NA
                               Capital: Hagatna (Agana)
              Administrative divisions: none (territory of the US)
                          Independence: none (territory of the US)
                      National holiday: Discovery Day, first Monday in March
                                        (1521)
                          Constitution: Organic Act of 1 August 1950
                          Legal system: modeled on US; US federal laws apply
                              Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal; US
                                        citizens, but do not vote in US
                                        presidential elections
                      Executive branch: chief of state: President George W.
                                        BUSH of the US (since 20 January
                                        2001); Vice President Richard B.
                                        CHENEY (since 20 January 2001)
                                        election results: Carl GUTIERREZ
                                        reelected governor; percent of vote
                                        - Carl GUTIERREZ (Democrat) 53.2%,
                                        Joseph ADA (Republican) 46.8%
                                        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 terms; election last held
                                        3 November 1998 (next to be held 5
                                        November 2002)
                                        head of government: Governor Carl
                                        GUTIERREZ (since 8 November 1994)
                                        and Lieutenant Governor Madeleine
                                        BORDALLO (since 8 November 1994)
                                        cabinet: executive departments;
                                        heads appointed by the governor with
                                        the consent of the Guam legislature
                    Legislative branch: unicameral Legislature (15 seats;
                                        members are elected by popular vote
                                        to serve two-year terms)
                                        elections: last held 7 November 2000
                                        (next to be held 5 November 2002)
                                        note: Guam elects one nonvoting
                                        delegate to the US House of
                                        Representatives; election last held
                                        7 November 2000 (next to be held 5
                                        November 2002); results - Robert
                                        UNDERWOOD was reelected as delegate;
                                        percent of vote by party - NA%;
                                        seats by party - Democratic Party 1
                                        election results: percent of vote by
                                        party - NA%; seats by party -
                                        Republican Party 8, Democratic Party
                                        7
                       Judicial branch: Federal District Court (judge is
                                        appointed by the president);
                                        Territorial Superior Court (judges
                                        appointed for eight-year terms by
                                        the governor)
         Political parties and leaders: Democratic Party (party of Governor
                                        GUTIERREZ) [leader NA]; Republican
                                        Party (controls the legislature)
                                        [leader NA]
          Political pressure groups and NA
                               leaders:
             International organization ESCAP (associate), Interpol
                         participation: (subbureau), IOC, SPC
   Diplomatic representation in the US: none (territory of the US)
     Diplomatic representation from the none (territory of the US)
                                    US:
                      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
  
   Economy Guam
   ------------
                    Economy - overview: The economy depends on US military
                                        spending, tourism, and the export of
                                        fish and handicrafts. Total US
                                        grants, wage payments, and
                                        procurement outlays amounted to $1
                                        billion in 1998. Over the past 20
                                        years, the tourist industry has
                                        grown rapidly, creating a
                                        construction boom for new hotels and
                                        the expansion of older ones. More
                                        than 1 million tourists visit Guam
                                        each year. The industry has recently
                                        suffered setbacks because of the
                                        continuing Japanese slowdown; the
                                        Japanese normally make up almost 90%
                                        of the tourists. Most food and
                                        industrial goods are imported. Guam
                                        faces the problem of building up the
                                        civilian economic sector to offset
                                        the impact of military downsizing.
                                   GDP: purchasing power parity - $3.2
                                        billion (2000 est.)
                GDP - real growth rate: NA%
                      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $21,000
                                        (2000 est.)
           GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: NA%
                                        industry: 15% (1993)
                                        services: NA%
         Population below poverty line: 23% (2001 est.)
     Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: NA%
                      percentage share: highest 10%: NA%
      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 0% (1999 est.)
                           Labor force: 60,000 (2000 est.)
           Labor force - by occupation: federal and territorial government
                                        26%, private 74% (trade 24%, other
                                        services 40%, industry 10%) (2000
                                        est.)
                     Unemployment rate: 15% (2000 est.)
                                Budget: revenues: $420 million
                                        expenditures: $431 million,
                                        including capital expenditures of
                                        $NA (2000 est.)
                            Industries: US military, tourism, construction,
                                        transshipment services, concrete
                                        products, printing and publishing,
                                        food processing, textiles
     Industrial production growth rate: NA%
              Electricity - production: 825 million kWh (2000)
    Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 100%
                                        hydro: 0%
                                        other: 0% (2000)
                                        nuclear: 0%
             Electricity - consumption: 767.25 million kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2000)
                Agriculture - products: fruits, copra, vegetables; eggs,
                                        pork, poultry, beef
                               Exports: $75.7 million (f.o.b., 1999 est.)
                 Exports - commodities: mostly transshipments of refined
                                        petroleum products; construction
                                        materials, fish, food and beverage
                                        products
                    Exports - partners: US 25%
                               Imports: $203 million (f.o.b., 1999 est.)
                 Imports - commodities: petroleum and petroleum products,
                                        food, manufactured goods
                    Imports - partners: US 23%, Japan 19%
                       Debt - external: $NA
              Economic aid - recipient: 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
                              Currency: US dollar (USD)
                         Currency code: USD
                        Exchange rates: the US dollar is used
                           Fiscal year: 1 October - 30 September
  
   Communications Guam
   -------------------
        Telephones - main lines in use: 84,134 (1998)
          Telephones - mobile cellular: 55,000 (1998)
                      Telephone system: general assessment: modern system,
                                        integrated with US facilities for
                                        direct dialing, including free use
                                        of 800 numbers
                                        domestic: modern digital system,
                                        including cellular mobile service
                                        and local access to the Internet
                                        international: satellite earth
                                        stations - 2 Intelsat (Pacific
                                        Ocean); submarine cables to US and
                                        Japan (Guam is a trans-Pacific
                                        communications hub for MCI, Sprint,
                                        AT&T, IT&E, and GTE, linking the US
                                        and Asia)
              Radio broadcast stations: AM 4, FM 7, shortwave 0 (1998)
                                Radios: 221,000 (1997)
         Television broadcast stations: 5 (1997)
                           Televisions: 106,000 (1997)
                 Internet country code: .gu
     Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 20 (2000)
                        Internet users: 5,000 (2000)
  
   Transportation Guam
   -------------------
                              Railways: 0 km
                              Highways: total: 885 km
                                        paved: 675 km
                                        unpaved: 210 km
                                        note: there are also 685 km of roads
                                        classified non-public, including
                                        roads located on federal government
                                        installations
                             Waterways: none
                     Ports and harbors: Apra Harbor
                       Merchant marine: none (2002 est.)
                              Airports: 5 (2001)
         Airports - with paved runways: total: 4
                                        over 3,047 m: 2
                                        2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2001)
       Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 1
                                        under 914 m: 1 (2001)
  
   Military Guam
   -------------
                       Military - note: defense is the responsibility of the
                                        US
  
   Transnational Issues Guam
   -------------------------
                                              Disputes - international: none
  
                                       



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