CIA World Fact Book, 2004/Guam


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!| 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.
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!| Location: !| Geographic coordinates: !| Map references: !| Area: water: 0 sq km land: 549 sq km !| Area - comparative: !| Land boundaries: !| Coastline: !| Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 nm !| Climate: !| Terrain: !| Elevation extremes: highest point: Mount Lamlam 406 m !| Natural resources: !| Land use: permanent crops: 16.36% other: 74.55% (2001) !| Irrigated land: !| Natural hazards: !| Environment - current issues: !| Geography - note:
 * Oceania, island in the North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines
 * 13 28 N, 144 47 E
 * Oceania
 * total: 549 sq km
 * three times the size of Washington, DC
 * 0 km
 * 125.5 km
 * territorial sea: 12 nm
 * 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
 * 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
 * lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
 * fishing (largely undeveloped), tourism (especially from Japan)
 * arable land: 9.09%
 * NA sq km
 * frequent squalls during rainy season; relatively rare, but potentially very destructive typhoons (June - December)
 * extirpation of native bird population by the rapid proliferation of the brown tree snake, an exotic, invasive species
 * largest and southernmost island in the Mariana Islands archipelago; strategic location in western North Pacific Ocean
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!| Population: !| Age structure: 15-64 years: 64% (male 54,220; female 52,026) 65 years and over: 6.3% (male 4,912; female 5,505) (2004 est.) !| Median age: male: 28 years female: 28.4 years (2004 est.) !| Population growth rate: !| Birth rate: !| Death rate: !| Net migration rate: !| Sex ratio: under 15 years: 1.07 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.89 male(s)/female total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2004 est.) !| Infant mortality rate: female: 6.46 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) male: 7.8 deaths/1,000 live births !| Life expectancy at birth: male: 75.08 years female: 81.34 years (2004 est.) !| Total fertility rate: !| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: !| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: !| HIV/AIDS - deaths: !| Nationality: adjective: Guamanian !| Ethnic groups: !| Religions: !| Languages: !| Literacy: total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (1990 est.)
 * 166,090 (July 2004 est.)
 * 0-14 years: 29.8% (male 25,577; female 23,850)
 * total: 28.2 years
 * 1.5% (2004 est.)
 * 19.31 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 * 4.35 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 * 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 * at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
 * total: 7.15 deaths/1,000 live births
 * total population: 78.12 years
 * 2.61 children born/woman (2004 est.)
 * NA
 * NA
 * NA
 * noun: Guamanian(s)
 * Chamorro 37%, Filipino 26%, white 10%, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and other 27%
 * Roman Catholic 85%, other 15% (1999 est.)
 * English, Chamorro, Japanese
 * definition: age 15 and over can read and write
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!| Country name: conventional short form: Guam local long form: Guahan !| Dependency status: !| Government type: !| Capital: !| Administrative divisions: !| Independence: !| National holiday: !| Constitution: !| Legal system: !| Suffrage: !| Executive branch: election results: Felix P. P. CAMACHO elected governor; percent of vote - Felix P. P. CAMACHO (Republican Party) 55.4%, Robert A. UNDERWOOD (Democratic Party) 44.6% 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 NA November 2006) head of government: Governor Felix P. P. CAMACHO (since 6 January 2003) and Lieutenant Governor Kaleo MOYLAN (since 6 January 2003) cabinet: executive departments; heads appointed by the governor with the consent of the Guam legislature !| Legislative branch: elections: last held 5 November 2002 (next to be held 2 November 2004) note: Guam elects one nonvoting delegate to the US House of Representatives; election last held 5 November 2002 (next to be held 2 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 election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Democratic Party 9, Republican Party 6 !| Judicial branch: !| Political parties and leaders: !| Political pressure groups and leaders: !| International organization participation: !| Diplomatic representation in the US: !| Diplomatic representation from the US: !| Flag description:
 * conventional long form: Territory of Guam
 * 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
 * NA
 * Hagatna (Agana)
 * none (territory of the US)
 * none (territory of the US)
 * Discovery Day, first Monday in March (1521)
 * Organic Act of 1 August 1950
 * modeled on US; US federal laws apply
 * 18 years of age; universal; US citizens, but do not vote in US presidential elections
 * chief of state: President George W. BUSH of the US (since 20 January 2001); Vice President Richard B. CHENEY (since 20 January 2001)
 * unicameral Legislature (15 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve two-year terms)
 * Federal District Court (judge is appointed by the president); Territorial Superior Court (judges appointed for eight-year terms by the governor)
 * Democratic Party (controls the legislature) [speaker, Vicente (Ben) PANGELINAN]; Republican Party (party of Governor CAMACHO) [leader NA]
 * NA
 * Interpol (subbureau), IOC, UPU
 * none (territory of the US)
 * none (territory of the US)
 * 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
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!| Economy - overview: !| GDP: !| GDP - real growth rate: !| GDP - per capita: !| GDP - composition by sector: industry: 15% services: 78% (2002 est.) !| Population below poverty line: !| Household income or consumption by percentage share: highest 10%: NA !| Inflation rate (consumer prices): !| Labor force: !| Labor force - by occupation: !| Unemployment rate: !| Budget: expenditures: $445 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2000 est.) !| Agriculture - products: !| Industries: !| Industrial production growth rate: !| Electricity - production: !| Electricity - consumption: !| Electricity - exports: !| Electricity - imports: !| Oil - production: !| Oil - consumption: !| Oil - exports: !| Oil - imports: !| Exports: !| Exports - commodities: !| Exports - partners: !| Imports: !| Imports - commodities: !| Imports - partners: !| Debt - external: !| Economic aid - recipient: !| Currency: !| Currency code: !| Exchange rates: !| Fiscal year:
 * 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 had 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.
 * purchasing power parity - $3.2 billion (2000 est.)
 * NA
 * purchasing power parity - $21,000 (2000 est.)
 * agriculture: 7%
 * 23% (2001 est.)
 * lowest 10%: NA
 * 0% (1999 est.)
 * 60,000 (2000 est.)
 * private 74% (industry 10%, trade 24%, other services 40%), federal and territorial government 26% (2000 est.)
 * 15% (2000 est.)
 * revenues: $340 million
 * fruits, copra, vegetables; eggs, pork, poultry, beef
 * US military, tourism, construction, transshipment services, concrete products, printing and publishing, food processing, textiles
 * NA
 * 830 million kWh (2001)
 * 771.9 million kWh (2001)
 * 0 kWh (2001)
 * 0 kWh (2001)
 * 0 bbl/day (2001 est.)
 * 20,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)
 * NA (2001)
 * NA (2001)
 * $38 million f.o.b. (2002 est.)
 * mostly transshipments of refined petroleum products; construction materials, fish, food and beverage products
 * Japan 70.1%, South Korea 17.9%, Singapore 6% (2003)
 * $462 million f.o.b. (2002 est.)
 * petroleum and petroleum products, food, manufactured goods
 * Singapore 35.8%, Japan 22.2%, South Korea 17.5%, Hong Kong 11.4% (2003)
 * NA (2003 est.)
 * 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 (2001 est.)
 * US dollar (USD)
 * USD
 * the US dollar is used
 * 1 October - 30 September
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!| Telephones - main lines in use: !| Telephones - mobile cellular: !| Telephone system: domestic: modern digital system, including cellular mobile service and local access to the Internet international: country code - 1-671; 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: !| Radios: !| Television broadcast stations: !| Televisions: !| Internet country code: !| Internet Service Providers (ISPs): !| Internet users:
 * 84,134 (2001)
 * 32,600 (2001)
 * general assessment: modern system, integrated with US facilities for direct dialing, including free use of 800 numbers
 * AM 4, FM 7, shortwave 2 (2003)
 * 221,000 (1997)
 * 5 (1997)
 * 106,000 (1997)
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 * 20 (2000)
 * 50,000 (2002)
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!| Highways: paved: 675 km unpaved: 210 km note: there are also 685 km of roads classified non-public, including roads located on federal government installations !| Ports and harbors: !| Merchant marine: !| Airports: !| Airports - with paved runways: over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2004 est.) !| Airports - with unpaved runways: under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)
 * total: 885 km
 * Apra Harbor
 * none
 * 5 (2003 est.)
 * total: 4
 * total: 1
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!| Military - note:
 * defense is the responsibility of the US
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