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Dededo
Location of Dededo, Guam within the Terrority of Guam.
Location of Dededo, Guam within the Terrority of Guam.
Country United States
Territory Guam
Government
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 - Vice mayor Andrew “Peter Daigo” A. Deputy mayor is an elective or appointive office of the second-ranking official in many local governments Benavente
Area
 - Total 30 sq mi (77. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 7 km²)
Population (2000[1])
 - Total 42,980
 - Ethnic groups 45
Time zone ChST (UTC+10)
Village Flower Gardenia jasminoides

Dededo is the most populous village of the American island of Guam. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of The Chamorro Time Zone, formerly the Guam Time Zone, observes Standard time by adding ten hours to Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC+10) The UTC+10 Time zone covers the following locations Australia (AEST&mdash Australian Eastern Standard Time) Australian A flower, also known as a bloom or Blossom, is the reproductive structure found in Flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also Gardenia jasminoides J Ellis (also G augusta ( L. Merr. common names Common Gardenia, Cape Jasmine or Cape |||}The territory of Guam is divided into 19 municipalities more commonly called villages. Guam ( Chamorro: cha Guåhån) officially the Territory of Guam, is an island in the western Pacific Ocean and is an organized unincorporated According to the U. S. census bureau estimates, Dededo's population was 46,000 in 2004. The village is located on the coral plateau of Northern Guam.

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History

Before World War II, Dededo Village was located at the bottom of the Macheche Hill. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Dededo grew into a major village after World War II when the U.S. Navy constructed housing for Guamanians displaced by the war and for laborers coming from off-island to help in Guam's development. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including

Following Typhoon Karen in 1962, the Kaiser subdivision in Dededo was constructed for island residents displaced by the storm. Further housing subdivisions were constructed increasing the village's population.

Description

Dededo is located at the north central part of the island of Guam where most of the population presently centers. It encompasses an area of about 30 square miles (78 km²) of Guam’s 209 square miles (540 km²). The word, “Dededo,” comes from a system of measurement using the fingers in which each finger signifies an inch. So as one measures “one inch, two inches, three inches …” the name “Dededo” was derived from the measurement of two fingers indicating two inches. There is another word that could have possibly given this village its name. The word, “dedeggo,” is a person who walks on tiptoes so as not to wake up those who are sleeping. It is not clear whether Dededo got its name because someone long ago measured the place with his fingers, or because the people habitually walked on tip toes.

Education

Guam Public School System serves the island. Guam Public School System ( GPSS, Chamorro: Sisteman Eskuelan Pupblekon Guåhan) formerly the Guam Department of Education, is a School

The village has five K-5 elementary schools:

Vicente S. A. Benavente Middle School is in Dededo.

Some Dededo students continue on to John F. Kennedy High School in Tamuning. Tamuning (also known as Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon) is a municipality or " village " located on the western shore of the island of Guam. Some continue on to Simon A. Sanchez High School in Yigo. Yigo (pronounced dzi-go (Yigu is the northern most village of the American Island of Guam and is the site of Andersen Air Force Base.

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ 2000 Census of Population and Housing: GuamPDF (1. 73 MiB), (rev. A mebibyte (a contraction of me ga bi nary byte) is a unit of Information or Computer storage, abbreviated MiB. May 2004) p. 38

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