| Inarajan Inalåjan |
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| Country | United States |
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| Territory | Guam |
| Government | |
| - Mayor | Unknown |
| Population (2000 [1]) | |
| - Total | 3,052 |
| Time zone | ChST (UTC+10) |
Inarajan is a village located on the Southeastern coast of the American island of Guam. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Territories of the United States are one type of political division of the United States, administered by the U Guam ( Chamorro: cha Guåhån) officially the Territory of Guam, is an island in the western Pacific Ocean and is an organized unincorporated A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government 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 |||}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 The village's original name in Chamorro, Inalåhan, was altered when transliterated during Spain's rule of the island. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
The village history predates the 1521 discovery of Guam by the Spanish. It was the home to the legendary Chief Gadao, and was one of the few villages with sizable populations at the end of Spanish rule in 1898. Gadao is a legendary chief of the village of Inarajan in southern Guam. In 1950 it had a population of 1,494 with 814 living in the village itself. Today, it is the best preserved of the Spanish era villages and is known for its rich history and culture.
Places of interest include the village's pre-World War II church, statue of Chief Gadao, the Gef Pa'go Chamorro Village, the ancient Paintings of Chief Gadao's Cave, and historic village architecture. 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
The municipality of Inarajan includes the community of Malojloj, in the hills north of the central, village. Malojloj and Inarajan each celebrate separate village fiestas.
The Dandan region of Inarajan was the site of a NASA Apollo tracking station and is currently the site of the proposed landfill for Guam replacing the Ordot Landfill. A dandan is a mythical sea creature that appears in volume 9 of The Book of One Thousand and One Nights, or Arabian Nights. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program Chalan Pago-Ordot is a municipality in the American island of Guam containing the villages of Chalan-Pago and Ordot
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
Inarajan Elementary School and Inarajan Middle School are in Inarajan.
See also
References and external links
- Inarajan Guam at Guam Portal
- Pacific Worlds, 2003
- Inarajan Map from PDN
- Rogers, Robert F (1995). |||}The territory of Guam is divided into 19 municipalities more commonly called villages. Destiny's Landfall: A History of Guam: University of Hawai'i Press. ISBN 0-8248-1678-1