Guam


 * media type="facebooklike" key="http%3A%2F%2Fpcep.wikispaces.com%2FGuam" width="270" height="48" align="right"include component="pageList" hideInternal="true" tag="Guam story" limit="10" Hafa Adai**, Welcome to the Guam Community Page

//from Guampedia// Puntan and Fu‘una are only two of the gods in the ancient Chamorro religion. Historical sources have all referred to the Chamorros as pagans and have denied the existence of a religion in the Mariana Islands. Thus, Chamorro gods such as Puntan and Fu‘una have been referred to historically as “myths,” “legends,” or “superstitions.”
 * Puntan and Fu‘una: Gods of Creation**

The Puntan and Fu‘una account also tells us that in the Chamorro culture, men and women were both respected as powerful and contributing members of society. The Chamorro people had a matrilineal system in which gender roles were balanced equitably so that men and women shared power and responsibility.

In addition to the Puntan and Fu‘una account, this gender balance can also be found in the political system. In Chamorro politics, the two most powerful titles in society were held by a male and a female, the //maga‘låhi// (leading son) and the //maga‘håga// (leading daughter). =About Puntan and Fu‘una= Read a longer version of the Puntan and Fu‘una story on the CNMI community page. Read more about Fouha Point at @http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fouha_Point  toc

=Guam=   **Languages**: Chamorro, English, Spanish, Filipino, other Pacific island languages, Asian languages and others  **Indigenous Ethnicity**: Chamorro  **Greetings**: //Hafa adai//
 * //Guåhån//**
 * Capital**: Hagåtña
 * Population**: 183,286 (2011)
 * Land Area**:544 sq km (210 sq miles)

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=Environment = Guam is a largest (544 sq km) and southernmost island in the Mariana Islands archipelago in the western North Pacific Ocean. The terrain of this volcanic island is characterized by a relatively flat coralline limestone plateau with steep coastal cliffs and narrow coastal plains in north, low hills in center, mountains in south. Its highest point is Mount Lamlam (406 m) in Agat village. Some of the current environmental issues in Guam include local extinction of native bird population by the rapid proliferation of the brown tree snake, an exotic, invasive species.

 __Learn more about the Environment in Guam__:
 * **Sea Grant at the University of Guam**: http://www.uog.edu/dynamicdata/sgAbout.aspx
 * **//Natural Resources// on Guampedia**: http://guampedia.com/category/natural-resources/
 * **Guam Buildup Environmental Impact Statement** (US Navy): http://www.guambuildupeis.us/
 * **Guam Association of Saltwater Anglers**
 * **Guam Fisherman’s Cooperative**
 * **Water and Environmental Research Institute of the Western Pacific** (Guam, CNMI, FSM): http://www.weriguam.org/
 * **GuamWaterKids.com**: http://guamwaterkids.com/index.html

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=Climate & Climate Impacts = Guam’s climate is characterized as tropical marine—generally warm and humid, moderated by northeast trade winds. There are two seasons: dry season (//fanumnangan//) is January to June and wet season (//fanuchanan//) is July to December. Annual rainfall is usually 80 to 110 inches, averaging 4.35 inches/month during the dry season and 10.77 inches/month during the wet season. Aside from changes in rainfall, Guam experiences frequent storms during wet season and relatively rare typhoons during dry season.

 The mean annual temperature is 81 degrees, and it generally ranges is from the low 70s to the middle 80s. The coolest months in Guam are December through February, marked by prevailing westerly tradewinds, and the warmest months are March through August.

 __Learn more about the Climate & Climate Impacts in Guam__:  Back to the Top
 * **Pacific RISA**: http://www.pacificrisa.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=80&Itemid=85
 * **//Integrated Assessment: Guam// (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)**: http://www.ornl.gov/sci/knowledgediscovery/QDR/guam/GuamAssessment.pdf
 * **US Global Change Research Program, Overview: Islands**: http://globalchange.gov/publications/reports/scientific-assessments/first-national-assessment/477

=History & Way of Life = <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: bottom;"> __Learn more about History & Way of Life in Guam__: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: bottom;"> Back to the Top
 * **Teach ReSPECT** (PREL): http://www.prel.org/teams/teach-ReSPCT.asp Teacher Resources on Selected Pacific Cultural Topics
 * **//Trends// on Guampedia**: http://guampedia.com/category/trends/

=<span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: bottom;">Education = <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: bottom;"> __Learn more about Education in Guam__: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: bottom;"> Back to the Top
 * Education demographics from PCEP: http://pcep.dsp.wested.org/content_items/389050
 * **//Education// on Guampedia**: http://guampedia.com/category/education/
 * **Guam Department of Education**: https://sites.google.com/a/gdoe.net/gdoe/
 * **University of Guam**: http://www.uog.edu/default.aspx
 * **Guam Community College**: http://www.guamcc.edu/Pages/Default.aspx

=<span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: bottom;">Photo Gallery = <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: bottom;"> Want to know how to add photos to this gallery? Please see the Photo Gallery Tutorial.

<span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: bottom;"> __Photo galleries on Guampedia__: http://guampedia.com/category/photo-galleries/

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=Tell Your Climate Story= <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: bottom;"> You can share a story about how climate change is affecting your community in two ways

Or Create a New Wiki Page with Pictures and Links
<span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: bottom;"> Your new page will appear in the list of Guam Climate Stories here. <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: bottom;"> include component="pageList" hideInternal="true" tag="Guam story" limit="10" <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: bottom;"> Back to the Top
 * 1) Create a new wiki page
 * 2) Give it a title that includes your name
 * 3) Tag your page as //Guam story//.
 * 4) Tell us your story (you can even include pictures and links!)