• The westernmost territory of the U.S..
• 30 miles long and varies between 4 to 9 miles wide.
• A strategic US military post in the Western Pacific and in close proximity to major cities in Asia.
• Projected to increase in population by 14% by 2014, 2006 population was 171,019 according to the US Census Bureau.
• Regulated under U.S. federal banking law. Commercial bank deposits are insured through the FDIC.
• Situated between Hawaii and the Philippines at 13°28” north latitude, 144°44” east longitude.
• The gateway to Micronesia and a crossroad to the Far East.
• Approximately 6,000 miles west of San Francisco; 3,700 miles west-southwest of Honolulu; 1,500 miles southeast of Tokyo; 2,100 miles southeast of Hong Kong; 1,500 miles east of Manila; and 3,100 miles northwest of Sydney.
• Short flights to all major markets in the Pacific Rim make Guam an ideal location in the Western Pacific.

"Considering what is happening to the real estate prices now in many areas of the U.S. Mainland, and even in Hawaii, Guam has the distinction of being the U.S. jurisdiction that offers the greatest probability of really big population and economic growth in the next several years. That makes speculation understandable and rational."
Dr. Leroy O. Laney, First Hawaiian Bank
2008 Economic Forecast Guam-CNMI Edition

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