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The east coast of the island is a day resort with a pool, volleyball court, cafe, ice cream parlor, restaurant and bar, and water sports equipment rentals. Visitors to the resort can snorkel, dive, kayak, dolphin watch, parasail, jet ski and bike. The west side is public land, part of the Territorial Park System. Ferries run to Malesso'.
Many villages have rich histories reaching back thousands of years. Artifacts from ancient Chamorro settlements can be found in every village of Guam. When the Spanish Empire colonized the Marianas Islands as part of its Pacific possessions in the 16th and 17th centuries, the island was divided into separate districts with each district consisting of a parish with a village center governed by ...
The village covers an area of 6 square miles (16 km 2) and is located on the shore below the volcanic hills of southern Guam. Places of interest for visitors include Merizo Bell Tower, Malesso' Kombento and Merizo Pier where ferries can be taken to Cocos Island (Guam) Resort. Several popular dive sites are located off the Malesso' coast.
Guam Public School System serves the island. Southern High School in Santa Rita serves the village. [8] In regards to the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), Asan is in the school transportation zone for McCool Elementary and McCool Middle School, while Guam High School is the island's sole DoDEA high school. [9]
The tourist area of the Tumon district of Tamuning is the island's de facto red-light district.There are many massage parlours, with 75% opening 24 hours a day. [7]There have been ongoing discussions about establishing a legitimate red-light district since 2006. [1]
The District Court of Guam [1] (in case citations, D. Guam) is a United States territorial court with jurisdiction over the United States territory of Guam. It sits in the capital, Hagåtña . Appeals of the court's decisions are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit .
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For example, Hagåtña, the capital of Guam at the time, at longitude 144°45′E, had a local time equivalent to GMT-14:21 under the date of the western hemisphere and GMT+09:39 under the eastern hemisphere. [citation needed] In 1901, "Guam Standard Time" was established within the United States as GMT+10:00. [citation needed]