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Territory of Guam
Status: Territory Governor: Felix Camacho (2003) Capital (2000 est.): Agaña, 1,100 Land area: 209 sq mi (541 sq km) Population (2007 est.): 173,456 (growth
rate: 1.4%); birth rate: 18.6/1000; infant mortality rate: 6.7/1000;
life expectancy: 78.8; density per sq mi: 830. 1996 est. net
migration: 3 migrants per 1,000 population Languages: English and Chamorro; note: most
residents are bilingual; Japanese also widely spoken Ethnicity/race: Chamorro 37%, Filipino 26%,
Caucasian 10%, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and other, 27% Religions: Roman Catholic 85%, other 15%
(1999 est.) Literacy rate: 99%
(1990 est.) Monetary unit: U.S.
dollar Economic summary: GDP/PPP
(2005 est.): $2.5 billion; per capita $15,000. Real growth
rate: n.a. Inflation: 2.5%. Unemployment: 11.4%
(2002 est.). Arable land: 9%. Agriculture: fruits,
copra, vegetables; eggs, pork, poultry, beef. Labor force:
60,000 (2000 est.); federal and territorial government 26%,
private 74% (trade 24%, other services 40%, industry 10%) (2000 est.).
Industries: U.S. military, tourism, construction, transshipment
services, concrete products, printing and publishing, food processing,
textiles. Natural resources: fishing (largely undeveloped),
tourism (especially from Japan). Exports: $3.94 billion f.o.b.
(2005 est.): mostly transshipments of refined petroleum products;
construction materials, fish, food and beverage products.
Imports: $701 million f.o.b. (2004 est.): petroleum and
petroleum products, food, manufactured goods. Major trading
partners: Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Philippines
(2004). Communications: Telephones:
main lines in use: 84,134 (1998); mobile cellular: 55,000 (1998).
Radio broadcast stations: AM 4, FM 7, shortwave 2 (2003).
Radios: 221,000 (1997). Television broadcast stations: 5
(1997). Televisions: 106,000 (1997). Internet Service
Providers (ISPs): 20 (2000). Internet users: 5,000
(2001). Transportation: Railways: 0 km.
Highways: total: 885 km; paved: 675 km; unpaved: 210 km note:
there is another 685 km of roads classified non-public, including
roads located on federal government installations. Ports and
harbors: Apra Harbor. Airports: 5 (2002). International disputes: none.
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