Yigo
Map of Guam highlighting Yigo.
Statistics
Area	35 mi²
Population	19,474 (2000)
Mayor	Robert S. Lizama

Yigo (pronounced dzi-go) is the northern most village of the American Island of Guam and is the site of Andersen Air Force Base. The municipality of Yigo is larger than any other on 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. ... A B-1B at Andersen This B-2 Spirit was photographed in 2004 at Andersen Andersen Air Force Base is a base of the United States Air Force on the island of Guam in the Pacific Ocean. ...

Yigo is historically one of Guam's richest farming areas. During World War II, the village was the site of a concentration camp during Japanese occupation of the island. It was also the site of the island's final battle during the war. Yigo's South Pacific Memorial Park is dedicated to the many Japanese soldiers who died in the battle.

Historic Marker at South Pacific Memorial Park, Yigo

Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 672 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Sign remembering Japanese Admiral Obata at the South Pacific Memorial Park in Yigo I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby grant the permission to... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 672 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Sign remembering Japanese Admiral Obata at the South Pacific Memorial Park in Yigo I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby grant the permission to...

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. ...

Yigo has several Kindergarten through 5th grade elementary schools: This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

• Daniel L. Perez Elementary School (formerly Yigo Elementary School)
• Machananao Elementary School
• Upi Elementary School

F.B. Leon Guerrero Middle School and Simon Sanchez High School are in Yigo.

See also

• Villages of Guam

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

References and external links

• Yigo Guam at Guam Portal
• Yigo Map from PDN
• Rogers, Robert F (1995). Destiny's Landfall: A History of Guam: University of Hawai'i Press. ISBN 0-8248-1678-1
• PDN Village Maps
• Municipalities of Guam at Statoids

	v • d • e Territory of Guam Hagåtña (capital)
Topics	Geography | Economy | Demographics | Communications | Transportation Statoids. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Guam. ... United States territory is any extent of region under the jurisdiction of the federal government of the United States,[1] including all waters[2] (around islands or continental tracts). ... Hagåtña (formerly Agana and in Spanish Agaña), the capital of the American island of Guam. ... Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, site of first U.S. capital. ... Population: 154,623 (July 2000 est. ... Telephones - main lines in use: 82,669 (1997) Telephones - mobile cellular: 55,000 (1998) Telephone system: domestic: NA international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean); submarine cables to United States and Japan Radio broadcast stations: AM 4, FM 7, shortwave 0 (1998) Radios: 221,000 (1997) Television broadcast stations...
Islands	Cocos Island | Guam
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. ... Inarajan is a village located on the Southeastern coast of the American island of Guam. ... Mangilao is a village of central Guam located on the eastern shore. ... Merizo, also known as Malesso, is the southernmost 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. ... Yona is a village on the east coast of Guam located above the cliffs between Pago Bay and Ylig Bay. ...

Coordinates: 13°32′04″N, 144°53′08″E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...