Guam Information
Guam is an island in the western Pacific Ocean and is an
organized, unincorporated territory of the United States. It is one
of five U.S. territories with an established civilian government.
The island's capital is Hagåtña (formerly Agana). Guam is the
largest and southernmost of the Mariana Islands.
The Chamorros, Guam's indigenous people, first populated the
island approximately 4,000 years ago. The island has a long
history of European colonialism beginning on March 6, 1521
with the arrival of Ferdinand Magellan and again in 1668, when
the first Spanish colony was established following the arrival of
settlers including Padre San Vitores, a Catholic missionary. The
island was controlled by Spain until 1898, when it was surrendered
to the United States as part of the Treaty of Paris following Spanish
American War.
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