GUAM
(The island state in a zapapdny part of the Pacific Ocean.)

Area: 541 sq.km
Population: 162 742 people (2016)
Capital: Hagatna
Currency: US dollar (USD)
Telephone code: +1 671
Languages: English, Chamorro (local)

ABOUT THE COUNTRY

In 2016 on Guam 162 742 persons lived. Guam has the area of 210 square miles (540 sq.km.) and population density 775 on square mile (299 sq.km.). In Oceania it is the biggest and the most southern of the Mariana Islands and the biggest island in Micronesia. Among its municipalities Mongun-Toto-Mait has the dense population - 3691 on square mile (1,425/sq.km.) whereas Inaradzhan and Umatats have the lowest density at the level of 119 on square mile (46/sq.km). The highest point - Mount Lamlam at the height of 1332 feet (406 m) above sea level. Since the 1960s the economy was supported by two branches: tourism and Armed forces of the United States.

GEOGRAPHY

Guam is between 13,2 °C. highway. And 13,7 °C. highway and between 144,6 ° EL and 145,0 ° EL. Also has the area of 212 square miles (549 sq.km.) that does it by the island of the United States, the 32nd for size. It is the most southern and biggest island in chains of the island of Mariana and also the biggest island in Micronesia. This chain of islands was created by counter tectonic plates of the Quiet and Philippine seas. Guam - the closest land weight to Mariana a trench, a deep zone of a subduktion which lies near a chain of islands in the east. Challenger Deep, the deepest surveyed point in oceans, is in the southwest of Guam at a depth of 35797 feet (10 911 meters). The highest point in Guam - Mount Lamlam at the height of 1334 feet (407 meters).

CLIMATE

Guam experiences tropical climate of the rainforest (Koppen Af) - though its driest month of March almost on average rather dry to be qualified as the tropical monsoonal climate softened by seasonal east trade winds. However because of its proximity to the equator, high temperature of a surface of the sea and a warm ocean stream which transfers moisture from the East, weather, as a rule, very warm and damp during over a year seasonal change of temperature. Therefore, Guam, as we know, has uniform temperatures all the year round. Average high temperature makes 86 °F or 30 °C, and average - 76 °F (24,4 °C). Temperatures seldom exceed 90 °F (32,2 °C) or lower than 70 °F (21,1 °C) fall. Within a year relative humidity usually exceeds 84 percent, but the average monthly humidity fluctuates about 66 percent. The dry season passes from December to June. Other months (from July to November) make a rainy season with an average annual amount of precipitation during the period from 1981 to 2010 about 98 inches or 2490 millimeters. Months of January and February reckon as the coldest months of year with the night time low temperature from 70 to 75 °F (from 21,1 to 23,9 °C) and, as a rule, less repressive levels of humidity.