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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 .
3.2.2 A property with integrity possesses significance if the property embodies one or more of the following: [3] a. A property has cultural value if the property contributes integrally to the continuation of an on-going practice which is important in the values generally held by members and participants of a cultural tradition, or if the property is attributed special and important status in ...
Guam was added to the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) in 1997. The country code 671 became NANP area code 671. [116] This removed the barrier of high-cost international long-distance calls to the continental U.S. Guam is a major hub for submarine communications cables between the Western U.S., Hawaii, Australia and Asia. Guam currently ...
The history of Guam starts with the early arrival around 2000 BC of Austronesian people known today as the Chamorro Peoples. The Chamorus then developed a "pre-contact" society, that was colonized by the Spanish in the 17th century.
Many villages have rich histories reaching back thousands of years. Artifacts from ancient Chamorro settlements can be found in every village of Guam. When the Spanish Empire colonized the Marianas Islands as part of its Pacific possessions in the 16th and 17th centuries, the island was divided into separate districts with each district consisting of a parish with a village center governed by ...
The Guampedia project was started in 2002 by the Guam Humanities Council with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the United States Department of the Interior. [1] [2] [3] It published 350 encyclopedia entries in April 2008. [1] In 2009, it became affiliated with the University of Guam and was registered as a non-profit ...
The T. Stell Newman Visitor Center is located in Santa Rita, outside the gate of Naval Base Guam. The front of the Center displays Ha. 62-76 Japanese Midget Attack Submarine, an NRHP-listed item. The Park Headquarters itself is located in Hagåtña. [3]
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