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hagatna (agana) administrative divisions: none (territory of the us) independence: none (territory of the us) national holiday: discovery day. first monday in march (1521) constitution: organic act of 1 august 1950 legal system: modeled on us; us federal laws apply suffrage: 18 years of age; universal; us citizens. but do not vote in us presidential elections executive branch: chief of state: president george w. bush of the us (since 20 january 2001); vice president richard b. cheney (since 20 january 2001) head of government: governor felix p. p. camacho (since 6 january 2003) and lieutenant governor kaleo moylan (since 6 january 2003) cabinet: executive departments; heads appointed by the governor with the consent of the guam legislature elections: us president and vice president elected on the same ticket for a four-year term; governor and lieutenant governor elected on the same ticket by popular vote for four-year term; election last held 5 november 2002 (next to be held november 2006) election results: felix p. p. camacho elected governor; percent of vote - felix p. p. camacho (republican party) 55.4%. robert a. underwood (democratic party) 44.6% legislative branch: unicameral legislature (15 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve two-year terms) elections: last held 2 november 2004 (next to be held november 2006) election results: percent of vote by party - na%; seats by party - democratic party 6. republican party 9 note: guam elects one nonvoting delegate to the us house of representatives; election last held 2 november 2004 (next to be held november 2006); results - madeleine bordallo (democratic party) was elected as delegate; percent of vote by party - democratic party 64.6%. republican party 35.4%; seats by party - democratic party 1 judicial branch: federal district court (judge is appointed by the president); territorial superior court (judges appointed for eight-year terms by the governor) political parties and leaders: democratic party [leader michael phillips]; republican party (controls the legislature) [leader philip j. flores] political pressure groups and leaders: na international organization participation: ioc. spc. upu diplomatic representation in the us: none (territory of the us) diplomatic representation from the us: none (territory of the us) flag description: territorial flag is dark blue with a narrow red border on all four sides; centered is a red-bordered. pointed. vertical ellipse containing a beach scene. outrigger canoe with sail. and a palm tree with the word guam superimposed in bold red letters; us flag is the national flag economy - overview: the economy depends on us military spending. tourism. and the export of fish and handicrafts. total us grants. wage payments. and procurement outlays amounted to $1 billion in 1998. over the past 20 years. the tourist industry has grown rapidly. creating a construction boom for new hotels and the expansion of older ones. more than 1 million tourists visit guam each year. the industry had recently suffered setbacks because of the continuing japanese slowdown; the japanese normally make up almost 90% of the tourists. most food and industrial goods are imported. guam faces the problem of building up the civilian economic sector to offset the impact of military downsizing. gdp (purchasing power parity): $3.2 billion (2000 est.) gdp (official exchange rate): na gdp - real growth rate: na gdp - per capita: purchasing power parity - $21.000 (2000 est.) gdp - composition by sector: agriculture: 7% industry: 15% services: 78% (2002 est.) labor force: 60.000 (2000 est.) labor force - by occupation: private 74% (industry 10%. trade 24%. other services 40%). federal and territorial government 26% (2000 est.) unemployment rate: 15% (2000 est.) population below poverty line: 23% (2001 est.) household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: na highest 10%: na inflation rate (consumer prices): 0% (1999 est.) budget: revenues: $340 million expenditures: $445 million. including capital expenditures of na (2000 est.) agriculture - products: fruits. copra. vegetables; eggs. pork. poultry. beef industries: us military. tourism. construction. transshipment services. concrete products. printing and publishing. food processing. textiles industrial production growth rate: na electricity - production: 840.1 million kwh (2003) electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 100% hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001) electricity - consumption: 781.3 million kwh (2003) electricity - exports: 0 kwh (2003) electricity - imports: 0 kwh (2003) oil - production: 0 bbl/day (2003 est.) oil - consumption: 19.000 bbl/day (2003 est.) oil - exports: na (2001) oil - imports: na (2001) exports: $45 million f.o.b. (2004 est.) exports - partners: japan 66.1%. south korea 9.9%. singapore 8.4% (2004) imports: $701 million f.o.b. (2004 est.) imports - partners: singapore 39.5%. south korea 20.8%. japan 19%. hong kong 9%. philippines 4.3% (2004) debt - external: na economic aid - recipient: guam receives large transfer payments from the us federal treasury ($143 million in 1997) into which guamanians pay no income or excise taxes; under the provisions of a special law of congress. the guam treasury. rather than the us treasury. receives federal income taxes paid by military and civilian federal employees stationed in guam (2001 est.) currency (code): us dollar (usd) currency code: usd exchange rates: the us dollar is used fiscal year: 1 october - 30 september telephones - main lines in use: 84.134 (2001) telephones - mobile cellular: 32.600 (2001) telephone system: general assessment: modern system. integrated with us facilities for direct dialing. including free use of 800 numbers domestic: modern digital system. including cellular mobile service and local access to the internet international: country code - 1-671; satellite earth stations - 2 intelsat (pacific ocean); submarine cables to us and japan (guam is a trans-pacific communications hub for mci. sprint. at&t. it&e. and gte. linking the us and asia) radio broadcast stations: am 4. fm 7. shortwave 2 (2003) radios: 221.000 (1997) television broadcast stations: 3 (2004) televisions: 106.000 (1997) internet country code: .gu internet service providers (isps): 20 (2000) internet users: 50.000 (2002) airports: 5 (2004 est.) airports - with paved runways: total: 4 over 3.047 m: 2 2.438 to 3.047 m: 1 914 to 1.523 m: 1 (2005 est.) airports - with unpaved runways: total: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2005 est.) roadways: total: 977 km paved: 962 km unpaved: 15 km (2004) ports and terminals: apra harbor military - note: defense is the responsibility of the us disputes - international: none
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