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Guam
unincorporated organized territory of the US with local self-government; republican form of territorial government with separate executive, legislative, and judicial branches
<p>Guam was settled by Austronesian people around 1500 B.C. These people became the indigenous Chamorro and were influenced by later migrations, including the Micronesians in the first millennium A.D., and island Southeast Asians around 900. Society was stratified, with higher classes living along the coast and lower classes living inland.
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CapitalHagatna (Agana)
Population170K
Area544 km²
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Population
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