Guam Overview

Guam is an unincorporated yet organized USA territory that contains Guam Island in the North Pacific Ocean's Western side. Guam is one of the 5 territories that contain an established civilian government. Hagåtña is the capital of Guam. Also, it is known to be the Mariana island's southernmost and largest island.

Postal codes in Guam
The zip codes used in Guam are made with 5 digits.

Guam's geographical overview
Guam is a United States territory situated in the western Pacific Ocean at the Philippine Sea's boundary. It is the largest member of the Mariana archipelago, which itself Micronesia's northernmost group of islands.

• The CNMI (Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands) is the closest political entity here, a US territory.
• Guam is sharing its Maritime Boundaries with the Federated States of Micronesia in its south and CNMI to its north.
• Even more, it is located about a quarter when you go from the Philippines to Hawaii. At the same time, the location and size of Guam make it important strategically.

Guam is the only island containing multiple airports and protected harbor connecting Hawaii, Asia, Japan, and Papua New Guinea.
The total area of Guam is 541 km2. At the same time, the population of Guam is 173,000.

Guam Climate
Guam contains a tropical rainforest climate. The driest month of Guam is March which is dry enough to qualify as a tropical monsoon climate. While the weather here is usually humid and hot, that contains a little weather variation only throughout the year. Therefore, Guam has an equable temperature year around.

• Besides this, the trade winds here are pretty consistent all around the year, but the westerly monsoon influences the weather here for about a week only in the summers.
• Overall, there are two distinct seasons here that are dry and wet. The dry season goes from January to May, with June as a transitional month.
• The wet season consists of July to November. The average rainfall here is 2,490 millimeters.

The average temperature of the island of Guam ranges between 24.4°C to 30°C.

Economy of Guam
Guam's economy majorly depends upon tourism. It is known to be a popular tourist place, especially for the Japanese. Tumon is the tourist hub in Guam. Besides tourism, locally owned businesses and Department of Defense installations are also major economical sources for Guam. Under a special law by Congress' provision, the treasury of Guam receives the federal income taxes that local taxpayers used to pay here.

References

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