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Guam (Chamorro:
Guåhån), officially the Territory of Guam, is an
island in the Western Pacific
Ocean and is an organized
unincorporated
territory of the United
States. Its inhabitants are the Chamorros,
who first populated the island approximately 3,500 years ago. It
is the largest and southernmost of the Mariana
Islands. The capital is Hagåtña,
formerly Agana (pronounced Agaña). Guam's economy is mainly
supported by tourism
(particularly from Japan)
and United
States armed forces bases. The latter takes up one-third of
the entire land mass of the island. The United
Nations Committee on Decolonization includes Guam on the United
Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories.
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