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North of Routes 8 and 16 is the former Naval Air Station Agana, most of which lies within the boundary of Barrigada. [8] When NAS Agana (now Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport; (IATA: GUM, ICAO: PGUM)) was closed in the mid-1990s, the land and buildings were handed over to the Government of Guam, which utilized many former base buildings as government offices; some agencies, such as the ...
Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport (IATA: GUM, ICAO: PGUM) — also known as Guam International Airport — is an international airport located in Tamuning and Barrigada, [5] three miles (4.8 km) east of the capital city of Hagåtña (formerly Agana) in the United States territory of Guam.
Within the U.S. Territories, American Samoa (postal abbreviation AS) uses zip code 96799, and Guam (postal abbreviation GU) uses zip codes in the range 96910–96932. Each major island of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (postal abbreviation MP) has its own zip code in the 96950-96952 range. [1] [2]
The facility dates back to 1944, immediately after the 1944 Battle of Guam.It was previously designated Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Western Pacific (NCTAMS WESTPAC), before those responsibilities were merged with NCTAMS EASTPAC to form NCTAMS PAC in Honolulu in 2000, and the Guam facility was redesignated a NCTS.
Maps of the two Barrigada military facilities in north-central Guam, southeast of Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport. Radio Barrigada, formally Communications Site Barrigada and previously Communications Annex Barrigada, [1] refers to two adjacent U.S. military transmitter facilities located in the villages of Barrigada and Mangilao on the western Pacific territory of Guam.
Houses of Carolininans, possibly in Tamuning, in 1899 or 1900. The ancient Chamorro word for Tamuning was Apurgan or Apotgan. "Tamuning" is a Carolinian word that was given to the area where Carolinians settled after an earthquake on January 25, 1849, near Guam caused a tsunami that devastated Lamotrek and Satawal.
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GH-16 serves as one of the chief routes of the island's central plateau, splitting off from GH-8 in Barrigada and turning northeast, skirting around the eastern reaches of Tiyan (formerly Naval Air Station Guam) and the neighboring Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport, eventually reaching an interchange.