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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.

Population:

183,286

GDP per capita:

$14,737.53 per capita

Alternative names:

Guam, Territory of Guam, Guahan


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dana
20th October 2009
Are there any social injustices occurring in Guam today, such as child abuse, governmental abuse of power, excessive poverty/hunger?
Suchita Vemuri
Staff Editor

6th March 2005
Hi Eric, Since January 2001, Guam has been an "unincorporated" territory of the USA and, as such, the President of the USA is also the head of the state of Guam. But special rules apply to the government of Guam. The present Governor of Guam is Felix P. P. Camacho of the Republican Party.
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