Tamuning, also known as Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon ( ch, Tamuneng) is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

located on the western shore of the

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territory of

Guam Guam (; ch, Guåhan ) is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean. It is the westernmost point and territory of the United States (reckoned from the geographic ce ...

. The village of Tamuning is the economic center of Guam, containing tourist center Tumon, Harmon Industrial Park, and other commercial districts. Its central location along Marine Corps Drive, the island's main thoroughfare, has aided in its development. Tamuning is the site of the access roads and the old passenger terminal of

Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport , also known as Guam International Airport, is an airport located in Tamuning and Barrigada, east of the capital city of Hagåtña (formerly Agana) in the United States territory of Guam. The airport is ...

, the passenger airport for Guam.CBC66010_009.pdf
" U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on October 6, 2010. Fort Juan Muña, in Harmon, is a facility for the Guam Army National Guard. The present and former locations of

Guam Memorial Hospital Guam Memorial Hospital is located in Tamuning, Guam and is the public civilian hospital serving the island of Guam. The hospital has 158 licensed acute care beds, plus 40 beds at its off-site, long-term care Skilled Nursing Facility. The hospital ...

, Guam's only civilian and government operated hospital, are in Tamuning. With Guam's only private birthing center also in the village, most modern civilian births on Guam take place in Tamuning.

Etymology

Caroline Islanders Village near Agana, Guam (1899-1900)

The ancient Chamorro word for Tamuning was Apurgan or Apotgan. "Tamuning" is a Carolinian word that was given to the area where Carolinians settled after an earthquake on January 25, 1849, near Guam caused a

tsunami A tsunami ( ; from ja, 津波, lit=harbour wave, ) is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other underwater exp ...

that devastated

Lamotrek Lamotrek is a coral atoll of three islands in the central Caroline Islands in the Pacific Ocean, and forms a legislative district in Yap State in the Federated States of Micronesia. The atoll is located approximately east of Elato. The pop ...

and

Satawal Satawal is a solitary coral atoll of one island with about 500 people on just over 1 km2 located in the Caroline Islands in the Pacific Ocean. It forms a legislative district in Yap State in the Federated States of Micronesia. Satawal is t ...

. It is possibly the name of the clan of a Carolinian chief, though the American administration relocated the Carolinians to

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in the early 1900s. The area was also called Maria Christina in the 19th century.

Economy

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Beside the tourist district of Tumon, Tamuning is home to the Guam Premier Outlets, one of three major shopping centers of the island.

United Airlines United Airlines, Inc. (commonly referred to as United), is a major American airline headquartered at the Willis Tower in Chicago, Illinois.

is headquartered in the old terminal building at

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''. Retrieved on February 5, 2009. United Airlines, with about 1,400 jobs, is Guam's largest single employer.

Demographics

The U.S. Census Bureau 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, suc ...

: Tamuning, Apotgan, Harmon Industrial Park, Oka, Tumon, and Upper Tumon.

Infrastructure and government

Government of Guam

The Guam Department of Land Management and the Guam Economic Development Authority have their headquarters in the Guam International Trade Center (ITC) Building in Tamuning. The

Guam Power Authority The Guam Power Authority (GPA, ch, Aturidat Ilektresedat Guahan) is an agency of the Government of Guam The Government of Guam (GovGuam) is a presidential representative democratic system, whereby the President is the head of state and the Go ...

has its headquarters in Harmon, Tamuning. The Guam Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse has its main facility in Tamuning, across from

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U.S. federal government

The

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operates the Tamuning Post Office at 143 Edward T. Calvo Memorial Parkway.

Climate

Under the

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, nota ...

, Tamuning features a

tropical rainforest climate A tropical rainforest climate, humid tropical climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the equator. There are some other areas at higher latitudes, such as the coast of southea ...

. While the town does experience a noticeably drier season from February through April, it does not have a true

dry season The dry season is a yearly period of low rainfall, especially in the tropics. The weather in the tropics is dominated by the tropical rain belt, which moves from the northern to the southern tropics and back over the course of the year. The ...

as all months average more than of precipitation. Tamuning averages roughly of precipitation annually, while maintaining relatively consistent temperatures throughout the course of the year.

Education

Road to Marriott from Ypao Beach Park - panoramio

Primary and secondary schools

Public schools

Guam Public School System serves the island. Public schools serving Tamuning: *Chief Brodie Memorial Elementary School (Tamuning) *Lyndon B. Johnson Elementary School (Tamuning) *Tamuning Elementary School (Tamuning) *Jose L. G. Rios Middle School ( Piti) * John F. Kennedy High School (Tamuning)

Private schools

* St. John's School *Saint Anthony Catholic School

Diplomacy

Five countries maintain

consulates A consulate is the office of a consul. A type of diplomatic mission, it is usually subordinate to the state's main representation in the capital of that foreign country (host state), usually an embassy (or, only between two Commonwealth count ...

in Tamuning,Guam Phone Book
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'' Consulate-General of the Philippines in Agana, Guam''. Retrieved on December 4, 2008. They are: * (Suite 613B, ITC Building) * (Suite 604A, ITC Building) * (Suite 615B, ITC Building) * (Suite 601A, ITC Building) * (125C Tun Jose Camacho Street)총영사관 소개
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Government

References

External links

PEACE Project Profile on Tamuning
{{Authority control Villages in Guam