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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.
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.
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This is a list of the individual Guam year pages. In 1899, after the Spanish-American War and under the 1898 Treaty of Paris , Spain ceded Guam to the United States . [ 1 ]
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 ...
Guam's size and possession of a natural safe anchorage at Apra Harbor, uniquely among its neighbors, have driven much of its history. [2] Guam was a minor but integral part of the Spanish Manila galleon trade. Located on the east-to-west trade winds, galleons from Mexico would briefly reprovision on Guam before continuing on to Manila.
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