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Asan is thought to get its name from the CHamoru word hassan, meaning "scarce" or "rare."Before European contact, Asan was primarily a fishing village. The Spanish who colonized Guam in the late seventeenth century converted the village into an agricultural settlement, primarily farming taro, rice, and sugar cane. [2]
The Asan Invasion Beach is a historic site in the village of Asan, Guam. The beaches of Asan were one of the landing sites of American forces in the 1944 Battle of Guam, in which the island was retaken from occupying Japanese forces. The designated historic site includes the beaches extending between Asan Point and Adelup Point, and extends ...
Including the NRHP-listed Matgue River Valley Battle Area and Asan Ridge Battle Area, this unit comprises areas of Asan-Maina and Piti extending up towards Nimitz Hill. It also includes the Asan Bay Overlook on Guam Highway 6 off Nimitz Hill Annex, which includes developed walkways, views, and sculptures. The Overlook also includes a Memorial ...
Piti Bomb Holes Marine Preserve is a marine protected area comprising all of Piti Bay on the western coast of Guam, located off of the village of Piti in the Philippine Sea. The defining "bomb hole" features, named because they look like bomb craters in the reef flat, are actually natural percolation pits where fresh water filters into the ...
Map of Guam. This is a list of the buildings, sites, districts, and objects listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Guam. There are currently 134 listed sites spread across 17 of the 19 villages of Guam. The villages of Agana Heights and Mongmong-Toto-Maite do not have any listings.
The Asan Bay Overlook of the Park's Asan Inland Unit, with its memorials, is accessed through Nimitz Hill Annex. The Libugon Viewpoint, near the eastern boundary of the CDP, offers views over Maina and Agana Heights to Agana Bay. The NRHP-listed Fonte River Dam, often used as a water recreation area, is located in the southeast of Nimitz Hill Annex