Guam

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INTRODUCTION

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Department of Public Health and Social Services
P.O. Box 2816, Agana, Guam 96910
WHO Representative
There is no WHO Representative to Guam. Queries about WHO’s programme of collaboration with Guam should be directed to the Director (Programme Management):
World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Western Pacific, United Nations Avenue, P.O. Box 2932, Manila, Philippines 1000
Tel:(632) 528-8001 (trunk line)
Office hours:0700H-1530H
http://www.wpro.who.int

Guam, a United States territory, is the largest and southernmost of the Mariana Islands and covers an area of 541 square kilometres (km2). The island comprises a northern, coralline, limestone plateau and a mountainous area of volcanic origin in the south, rising to some 395 metres. It is situated about 2400 km east of the Philippines, and its nearest neighbour is the Northern Mariana Islands to the north.

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