Inarajan is a village located on the Southeastern coast of the American island of Guam. The village's original name in Chamorro, Inalåhan, was altered when transliterated during Spain's rule of the island. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... The territory of Guam is divided into 19 municipalities more commonly called villages. ... The Chamorros are an indigenous people of Guam and the Mariana Islands. ...

The village history predates the 1521 discovery of Guam by the Spanish. It was the home to the legendary Chief Gadao, and was one of the few villages with sizable populations at the end of Spanish rule in 1898. In 1950 it had a population of 1,494 with 814 living in the village itself. Today, it is the best preserved of the Spanish era villages and is known for its rich history and culture. Events January 3 - Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem. ... Bronze statue of Chief Gadao, Inarajan, Guam. ...

Places of interest include the village's pre-World War II church, statue of Chief Gadao, the Gef Pa'go Chamorro Village, the ancient Paintings of Chief Gadao's Cave, and historic village architecture. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The Chamorros are an indigenous people of Guam and the Mariana Islands. ...

Statue of the legendary Chief Gadao in Inarajan, Guam.

The municipality of Inarajan includes the community of Malojloj, in the hills north of the central, village. Malojloj and Inarajan each celebrate separate village fiestas. Image File history File links Gadao_Guam. ... Image File history File links Gadao_Guam. ... Fiesta can mean: A festival , party, or pasta. ...

The Dandan region of Inarajan was the site of a NASA Apollo tracking station and is currently the site of the proposed landfill for Guam replacing the Ordot Landfill. A dandan is a mythical sea creature that appears in volume 9 of The Book of One Thousand and One Nights, or Arabian Nights. ... This article is about the American space agency. ... This article is about the series of human spaceflight missions. ... Chalan-Pago-Ordot is a municipality in the American island of Guam. ...

Education

Guam Public School System serves the island. Guam Public School System (Chamorro: Sisteman Eskuelan Pupblekon Guåhan), formerly the Guam Department of Education, is a school district that serves the entire island of Guam, a United States insular area. ...

Inarajan Elementary School and Inarajan Middle School are in Inarajan.

See also

• Villages of Guam

The territory of Guam is divided into 19 municipalities more commonly called villages. ...

References and external links

• Inarajan Guam at Guam Portal
• Pacific Worlds, 2003
• Inarajan Map from PDN
• Rogers, Robert F (1995). Destiny's Landfall: A History of Guam: University of Hawai'i Press. ISBN 0-8248-1678-1

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Villages	Agana Heights | Agat | Asan‑Maina | Barrigada | Chalan‑Pago‑Ordot | Dededo | Hagåtña | Inarajan | Mangilao | Merizo | Mongmong‑Toto‑Maite | Piti | Santa Rita | Sinajana | Talofofo | Tamuning | Umatac | Yigo | Yona The territory of Guam is divided into 19 municipalities more commonly called villages. ... Agana Heights is one of the 19 Villages of Guam. ... Municipality of Agat Agat is a village on the island of Guam, an unincorporated territory of the United States. ... Asan is a village located on the western shore of the U.S. territory of Guam. ... Barrigada is a municipality (or village) in central Guam. ... Chalan Pago-Ordot is a municipality in the American island of Guam containing the villages of Chalan-Pago and Ordot. ... Dededo is the most populous village of the American island of Guam. ... HagÃ¥tña (formerly Agana and in Spanish Agaña), the capital of the American island of Guam. ... Mangilao is a village of central Guam located on the eastern shore. ... Merizo is the southern most village of Guam, a U.S. territory. ... Mongmong-Toto-Maite is a municipality in Guam. ... Piti is a village located on the western shore of Guam. ... Santa Rita is a village located on the West Coast of Guam with hills overlooking Apra Harbor. ... Sinajana is one of the 19 Villages of Guam. ... Talofofo is a village located in the southern part of the American island of Guam on the east coast. ... Tamuning or Tanuning is a city in Guam. ... Umatac is a village on the south-western coast of the island of Guam. ... Yigo is the northern most village of the American Island of Guam and is the site of Andersen Air Force Base. ... Yona is a village on the east coast of Guam located above the cliffs between Pago Bay and Ylig Bay. ...

Coordinates: 13°16′32″N, 144°44′36″E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...