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Planning Your Visit Planning Your Visit

Approximate flight times to for a period of up to 45 days. Crime Stoppers Hotline: Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
A.B. Won Pat Guam Interna- For a detailed listing of visa 477-4357 Jan. 18: Martin Luther
tional Airport (GUM) are as requirements and informa- ComNavMarianas Dive King Jr.’s
follows: tion about the visa waiver Locker Recompression Birthday
program, please visit the U.S. Chamber: 339-7143 Last
Beijing, China (PEK): Department of Homeland Guam Diving Doctor Monday in
5 hours Security website. (Dr. Frickel): 637-1777 May: Memorial Day
Cairns, Australia: July 4: Independence Day
4 hours, 40 minutes Accommodations On Guam Other Useful Phone July 21: Liberation Day
Hong Kong (HKG): Over 8,600 hotel rooms on Numbers First
4 hours, 30 minutes Guam are either on the beach Guam Visitors Bureau: Monday in
Honolulu, Hawaii (HON): or at convenient locations 646-5278 September: Labor Day
7 hours with the business traveler in Guam Hotel & Restaurant Nov. 2: All Soul’s Day
Los Angeles, California mind. Finding accommoda- Association: 649-1447 Nov. 11: Veterans Day
(LAX): tions is easy and can range Guam International Airport Fourth
12 hours from budget-conscious room Authority (GIAA) Police: Thursday
Manila, Philippines (MNL): rates to luxury five-star ame- 646-0308/0321 in
3 hours, 30 minutes nities. A list of hotels and Port Authority of Guam November: Thanksgiving Day
Osaka, Japan (OSA): facilities that provide accom- (PAG) Harbor Master: Dec. 8: Our Lady of
3 hours, 30 minutes modations is provided in the 477-8697 Camarin Day
Shanghai, China (PUD): Guam Guide insert. Department of Parks & Dec. 25: Christmas Day
4 hours, 30 minutes Recreation – Parks Division:
18 Seoul, Korea (ICN): Useful Emergency 475-6288/9 Quick Facts 19
4 hours, 30 minutes Phone Numbers Department of Public Health Political Status:
Tokyo, Japan (NRT): The country code for & Social Services, Vital Unincorporated Territory of
3 hours, 30 minutes Guam is (1) Statistics (Marriage License): the United States
The area code for 735-7292 Location:
Entry and Exit Formalities Guam is (671) 13.48 degrees North, 144.45
Entry requirements for Guam Emergency: 911 Government of Guam degrees East
are the same as any U.S. des- Department of Agriculture: Native Inhabitants:
tination. To be on the safe Emergency Management 475-1427 Chamorro
side – even if you possess Office of Civil Defense: University of Guam, Electricity: 120 volt/60 cy-
U.S. citizenship – you should 475-9600/9601 Registrar: 735-2207 cles (same as U.S. mainland)
have a passport before decid- Guam Fire Department, Fire Guam Community College, Capital: Hagåtña
ing to enter Guam. Citizens Rescue, Tiyan Rescue #1: Admissions: 735-5531 Land Area: 212 square miles
of most other countries must 477-3555/2615 National Weather Service: (549 square kilometers )
have a valid passport and a 811 or 472-0900 Official Languages:
U.S. visa. Guam Memorial Hospital English and Chamorro
Emergency Room: Public Holidays Time: Greenwich Meridian
The Guam Visa Waiver Pro- 647-2489/2442/647-2491 If any of the following falls on Time +10
gram, adopted in October Operator: 647-2330/2939 a Saturday, the holiday will be Population: Over 178,000
1988 and revised in Novem- observed the preceding Friday. (2010 estimate)
ber 2009, permits citizens of U.S. Naval Hospital If any fall on a Sunday, the Currency:
more than a dozen countries Emergency Room: holiday will be observed the U.S. Dollar, with most credit
entry to Guam without a visa 344-9232/9314 following Monday. cards widely accepted