Guam
Guam Population and cities
According to Countryaah website, approx. 160,000 people live on Guam.
Ethnic composition
37% are Chamorroers
28% Filipinos
25% Asians
10% Caucasians
Religious affiliation
85% of the population are Catholics and 15% belong to other
religions.
National languages English, Chomorroic and Japanese are
spoken on the island.
The Spanish language is present in place names and in many expressions in
Chomorro to this day.
Hagatna
The capital of Guam is Hagatna, the former Agana, with a population of around
1,800.
Guam: map
Defined by DigoPaul, Guam covers a total land area of around 549 km².
The state consists of a main island of approx. 540 km² and the small offshore
coconut island in the south.
Guam has a coastline of around 125 km.
Tidal range in Guam
In Guam the mean tidal range is 1-2 m.
Compare
The world's highest tidal range can be found in the Bay of Fundy in Canada,
where it is up to 16 meters, and at spring tide even over 20 meters. The Bay of
Fundy is located on the Atlantic between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick
and Nova Scotia, which is called Nova Scotia in German and whose capital is
Halifax.
On the German North Sea coast it varies between one and three meters. In the
western Baltic Sea, on the other hand, the tidal range is only 0.3 meters, while
it is barely noticeable in the eastern Baltic Sea.
Longitude and latitude
Guam extends over the following geographical latitude (abbreviation Δφ) and
geographical longitude (abbreviation Δλ):
| Δφ = from 13 ° 15 'to 13 ° 40' north
Δλ = from 144 ° 40 'to 144 ° 58' east |
You can find detailed information on this subject under: Geographical
longitude and latitude.
Legal time
For Guam, the following value applies to Central European Time (CET), i.e.
the time without summer time. A minus sign means that it is earlier there, a
plus sign that it is later than CET:
More detailed explanations of the time can be found under: Time zones, time.
Highest sun in Guam
Guam is located at a northern latitude of around φ = 13 ° 30 'and thus in the
middle of the tropics.
If the sun or its pixel is exactly over this area of the island, i.e. at 13 °
30 'N, the sun is exactly perpendicular there. This happens exactly twice a
year, roughly 52 after March 21st and 52 days before September 21st.
Mountains or elevations
Mount Lamlam
The highest mountain or the highest elevation in the country is Mount Lamlam
with a height of 406 m.
Other high elevations are:
- Mount Manglo with a height of 391m
- Mount Alifan with a height of 265 m
Rivers, lakes
Talofolo
The longest river in the country is the Talofolo.
Other rivers in the country are:
Fena Lake
The largest lake is Fena Lake. The lake is located in the south of the island
and drains into the Pacific via the Talofolo
Pacific Ocean
With a total coastline of 125 km, Guam borders the Pacific Ocean - more
precisely, Guam is located in the South Pacific, the so-called South
Pacific. This region of the Pacific Ocean includes the Polynesian Islands as
well as parts of Melanesia and Micronesia.
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