Previously named Agana, Hagåtña is the Territory of Guam’s capital village. Guam is an island territory in the northwestern Pacific Ocean that belongs the United States. The American army continues to use Guam as a strategic military base, which makes the island a target of America’s enemies.

Hagåtña is the second smallest of Guam’s 19 villages both in geographic and population size. The capital village has a tropical rainforest climate, with an average rainfall of 97.8 inches (2,480 millimeters). Typically, the wettest months are from July to October.

Hagåtña features such historic sites as the Governor’s House which offers a museum with native antiques, Angel Santos Memorial Park and the Latte of Freedom monument which also serves as an observation tower overlooking Agana Bay. Other tourist attractions are the Pacific War Museum and the War in the Pacific National Historical Park.

Research website numbeo lacks sufficient data to rank Guam’s capital village on its comprehensive global quality of life rating which benchmarks 250 cities worldwide. Numbeo does evaluate Hagåtña on several individual factors. For instance, Hagåtña’s safety score ranks in the bottom 5% confirming its reputation as a dangerous city in which to live. Ranking in the lowest 8%, Hagåtña appears to have poor health care while its traffic commute time falls within the slowest 15%. On the positive side, Hagåtña rates relatively well for its pollution level (cleanest 12%).

Guam was recognized by the Guinness World Records as the departure site for the longest-range air attacks ever. As part of the Operation Desert Strike mission on September 2, 1996, two United States Air Force B-52H bombers launched cruise missiles in Iraq after travelling 14,000 miles (25,530 kilometers) from Anderson Air Force Base in Guam.

Coral plays a key role in Guam’s physical topology. A coral reef outlines most of the island, with a limestone plateau providing most of Guam’s fresh water. Beaches in Guam have coral rather than sand, while coral mixed with cement is used to pave most of Guam’s roads.

From an international trade perspective, Guam exported an estimated US$643,000 worth of products around the globe in 2019. Its most valuable exports include generating sets (37.6% of Guam’s global total), bananas excluding plantains (33.1%), lemons (6.2%), flavored or sweetened waters (2.6%), wrist-watches (also 2.6%), guavas and mangoes (2.3%), small computers (1.4%), and frozen sea bass (1.2%) according to the International Trade Centre.

Capital Facts for Hagåtña, Guam: Quick Reference

 
Guamanians celebrate Discovery Day (also called Magellan Day) on each first Monday of March annually.

Hagåtña’s land area measures one square mile (3 square kilometers). The capital’s population was an estimated 1,200 residents at September 2020.

As an island, Guam physically resembles the shape of a footprint with a land area equal to 208 square miles (540 square kilometers). Guam’s total population was 169,058 Guamanians.

Population density is more concentrated within Guam’s capital Hagåtña, averaging 1,200 residents per square mile (400 per square kilometer).

Zooming out to Guam’s overall land boundaries, population density dilutes to an average 809 people per square mile (313 per square kilometer).