Guam: Flag and Facts
Guam's flag is dark blue with a thin red border and a pointed red-edged oval in the middle showing a beach, a palm tree, a sailing canoe, and the word GUAM in red.
- Capital
- Hagåtña
- Region
- Micronesia
- Population
- 169,532 (2024)
- Languages
- Chamorro, English, Spanish
- Currency
- United States dollar
- Area
- 549 km² (212 sq mi)
- People
- Guamanian
- Calling code
- +1671
- Highest point
- Mount Lamlam 406 m
- Independence
- none (territory of the US)
- National symbols
- coconut tree
- Borders
- No land borders
- Status
- Territory (not a sovereign country)
About Guam
The oval takes the shape of a Chamorro sling stone, once used for hunting and defense. The canoe, called a proa, sails in Agana Bay with the cliff of Puntan Dos Amantes behind it. Blue is for the sea, and red for blood shed resisting oppression.
Austronesian people settled Guam around 1500 B.C. and became the Chamorro, later mixing with Micronesian and Southeast Asian newcomers. Higher classes lived on the coast and lower classes inland. Magellan sighted the island in 1521, and Spain claimed it in 1565 as a supply stop for ships sailing between Mexico and the Philippines. Formal Spanish colonization followed in 1668. Harsh rule, disease and war cut the native population from more than 100,000 to under 5,000. Guam is now a US territory.
Did you know?
- The coconut tree is Guam's official symbol.
- Mount Lamlam, the highest point, reaches 406 meters.
- Discovery Day, the first Monday in March, marks Magellan's arrival in 1521.
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Questions about Guam
What languages are spoken in Guam?
Chamorro, English and Spanish.
What currency does Guam use?
The United States dollar.
Sources
- CIA World Factbook, checked October 8, 2026
- REST Countries data (mledoze/countries), checked October 8, 2026
- Flag artwork: flag-icons (MIT), checked October 8, 2026
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