GUAM Island
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The name of Guam comes from an ancient Chamorro word, which means "our possessions". In 1898 Spain conceded Guam Island to the U.S.A.

Today Guam is a domain of the U.S.A and plays an important role as a strategy-base on Pacific Ocean. The area of this Island is 540 sq Km, the population is 150,000 and the capital city is Agana. Tourist industry is major industry.

The Island is surrounded by coral reef and the other topographic characteristics are as follows.

Roughish coastline and narrow coastal plain in the northern area, rolling hilly terrain in the central region, mountainous region in the southern area where there is Mt. Lamalan, which is the highest summit at 406-meter elevation.