Guam/Definition
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Guam is a civilian-governed U.S. territory in the geographic Marianas Islands of Micronesia but not part of the political Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands; major U.S. military base, including a prepositioning ship squadron and Anderson Air Force Base for bomber aircraft and air refueling tankers, growing with the transfer of forces from Okinawa.
Location
About three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines, at the geographic coordinates: 13 28 N, 144 47 E
Map references: Oceania
Area
Area:
- total: 541.3 sq km
- land: 541.3 sq km
- water: 0 sq km
Area—comparative: three times the size of Washington, DC