Guam

Guam yana ɗaya daga cikin tsibiran farko a Tekun Pasifik da Turawa suka ziyarta. A cikin 1521, yayin da yake jagorantar balaguron Sipaniya, Ferdinand Magellan ya zama ɗaya daga cikin Turawa na farko da suka taka ƙafar Guam. Daga nan, Guam ya zama wani muhimmin sashe na hanyar kasuwanci da jiragen ruwan Sipaniya mai suna Manila Galleon ke bi, wanda ke tafiya tsakanin Mexico da Philippines kowace shekara. Kuma a cikin 1668, Spain ta karɓi Guam a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin yankunanta. A wannan lokacin, ƴan ƙasar sun haɗa al'adun Mutanen Espanya da yawa.

A cikin 1898, Yaƙin Mutanen Espanya-Amurka, Spain ta rasa yawancin yankunanta zuwa Amurka ƙarƙashin yarjejeniyar Paris, gami da Guam, Cuba, Philippines, da Puerto Rico. Guam ya ci gaba da kasancewa mai mahimmanci saboda dabarun wurin jigilar kayayyaki, kuma daga baya don balaguron iska a cikin Pacific. A lokacin yakin duniya na biyu, Japan ta mamaye Guam a cikin 1941 na tsawon watanni 31, amma ba da jimawa ba ta rasa yankin ga Amurka. Mutanen Chamorro sun bazu a cikin Guam da Arewacin Mariana Islands - wanda kuma yanki ne na Amurka. Duk da haka, mutanen Chamorro daga tsibirin Mariana ta Arewa ba su shiga cikin yankin da kyau ba saboda sun kasance a karkashin mamayar Japan kusan shekaru 30.

A cikin 1950, Majalisar Dokokin Amurka ta zartar da wata doka don haɗa mutanen Guam a matsayin ƴan ƙasar Amurka.^[2][3]

A cikin watan Agustan 2017, Koriya ta Arewa ta yi gargadin cewa za ta iya harba makamai masu linzami masu cin dogon zango a cikin ruwa tsakanin mil 18 zuwa 24 (kilomita 29 zuwa 38) daga Guam, biyo bayan musayar barazana[1][2] tsakanin gwamnatocin Koriya ta Arewa da Amurka.

Kudin Guam shine dalar Amurka. Guam yana samun mafi yawan kuɗin sa daga gwamnatin Amurka. Yawancin wadannan kudaden ana kashe su ne a sansanonin sojoji, amma akwai kuma tallafin da gwamnatin tarayya ke baiwa gwamnatin Guam don shirye-shirye daban-daban. Saboda yanki ne kawai, harajin shiga na tarayya da mazauna Guam ke biya ana ba gwamnatin Guam don ayyukanta.

Guam wuri ne da ake nema bayan tafiya. Kusan duk waɗannan baƙi sun fito ne daga Japan. Masu yawon bude ido na Japan suna son Guam saboda yana kusa da Japan fiye da sauran wuraren Amurka. Guam yana da otal-otal da yawa da sauran wuraren jin daɗi don mutane su ziyarta. Tumon Bay shine babban bakin teku na Guam. Tana da kyawawan yashi da yawa, kuma ruwan yana da kifaye da yawa. Tumon yana zama birni mai yawan aiki.

Yawan masu ziyara zuwa Guam ya ragu sosai saboda koma bayan tattalin arziki a yawancin sassan Asiya, wanda kuma shine sanadin rasa ayyukan yi a Guam.

Guam yana da fadin murabba'in mil 212 (kilomita 549) babba. A bangaren arewa, yana da fili mai fili na murjani da dutsen farar ƙasa. Yankin kudu yana da duwatsu. A kewayen tsibirin akwai murjani reef.

Guam yana kusa da mashigin Marianas, wanda shine mafi zurfin ɓangaren duniya da kuma ƙarƙashin ruwa. Wani lokaci yana samun girgizar ƙasa, wasu daga cikinsu suna da ƙarfi sosai.

Guam tsibiri ne mai zafi. Yawancin lokaci yana da dumi da rigar kuma zafin jiki baya canzawa sosai. Daga Fabrairu zuwa Yuli ya bushe, amma sauran shekara ana damina. Wani lokaci Guam yana da guguwa mai ƙarfi da haɗari a cikin Oktoba da Nuwamba.

Wikimedia Commons on Guam

• Guampedia, Guam's Online Encyclopedia
• The Insular Empire: America in the Mariana Islands, PBS documentary film & website
• Official Portal for the Island of Guam Archived 2017-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
• U.S. Census Bureau: Island Areas Census 2000
• Portals to the World: Guam from the U.S. Library of Congress
• KUAM TV/AM/FM
• War in the Pacific – Liberation of Guam
• Maps – Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
• Military: Naval Air Station, Agana (Tiyan) (closed). GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
• Goetzfridt, Nicholas J. (2011) Guahan: A Bibliographic History. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press Archived 2011-05-11 at the Wayback Machine
• NOAA's National Weather Service - Guam
• Guam -Citizendium