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Agana Heights () is one of the nineteen villages in the
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territory of
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. It is located in the hills south of Hagåtña (formerly Agana), in the central part of the island. United States Naval Hospital Guam is located in this largely residential village.


Demographics

The
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has the municipality in multiple
census-designated places A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...
: Agana Heights, and U.S. Naval Hospital.


Education

The village is served by the
Guam Public School System The Guam Department of Education (GDOE), formerly the Guam Public School System, is a school district that serves the United States territory of Guam. The school district can be thought of as analogous to the school districts of other cities a ...
Agana Heights Elementary School is in Agana Heights. Jose Rios Middle School in
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serves sections of Agana Heights south of Tutujan Drive. George Washington High School in
Mangilao Mangilao is a village on the eastern shore of the United States territory of Guam. The village's population has decreased slightly since the island's 2010 census. Cliffs lie along much of the village's shoreline provide dramatic views, including ...
serves the village.Guam's Public High Schools
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In regards to the
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(DoDEA), Agana Heights is in the school transportation zone for McCool Elementary and McCool Middle School, while Guam High School is the island's sole DoDEA high school. Guam High School is in Agana Heights. The
Guam Adventist Academy Guam Adventist Academy (GAA) is a K-12 private school run by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Guam and the Seventh-day Adventist Guam Micronesia Mission,Yona The word Yona in Pali and the Prakrits, and the analogue Yavana in Sanskrit, were used in Ancient India to designate Greek speakers. "Yona" and "Yavana" are transliterations of the Greek word for "Ionians" (), who were probably the first Gr ...
campus, which the institution secured in 1963.About Us
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Guam Adventist Academy Guam Adventist Academy (GAA) is a K-12 private school run by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Guam and the Seventh-day Adventist Guam Micronesia Mission,Carl Gutierrez Carl Tommy Cruz Gutierrez (born October 15, 1941) is an American (U.S. citizen) politician who was the sixth governor of Guam, serving two four-year terms with Lieutenant Governor Madeleine Bordallo from January 2, 1995, to January 6, 2003. Guti ...
– former
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(1995–2003) * Geri Gutierrez – former First Lady of Guam (1995–2003) * Paul M. McDonald – mayor of Agana Heights *
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– MLB pitcher for the
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Government


See also

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References

Census-designated places in Guam {{Guam-geo-stub