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Is Guam considered part of the US? |
Travel Info proving a point to a friend Travel Tips Guam is an island in the western South Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines. It is the largest and southernmost island in the Mariana Islands archipelago. Guam is a territory of the United States of America. It is considered to occupy a militarily strategic location, south of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Guam is one of many islands that make of Micronesia, which politically consists of Belau (Palau), the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Kiribati (anthropologically having affinities with Polynesia and Micronesia), the Marshall Islands, and several remote islands designated as the U.S.-administered islands of the Central Pacific. All of Micronesia has close political ties to the United States of America. History: 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 installations on the island are some of the more strategically important US bases in the Western Pacific. Capital: Hagatna (Agana) Government: Overseas territory of the United States Source(s): www.wikitravel.org/en/Guam Other Travel Tips Yes and no. Yes, the island is a US territory, owned, I believe, by the US. No, it's not part of the United States. It's a separate island, separate culture, ~not~ one of the 50 states, the way Hawaii is. TMS. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/guam... it's U.S. Territory Guam is a territory of the United States and the residents are U.S. citizens. See the website below to use as proof. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/guam... |
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