| Tamuning Tamuneng |
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| — Village — | |
| Location of Tamuning within the Territory of Guam. | |
| Country | United States |
| Territory | Guam |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Francisco C. Blas |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 18,012 |
| Time zone | ChST (UTC+10) |
Tamuning, also known as Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon (Chamorro: Tamuneng) is a municipality or village located on the western shore of the island of Guam. The village of Tamuning can be viewed as the economic center of Guam, containing Tumon (the center of Guam's tourist industry), Harmon Industrial Park, and commercial districts in other parts of the municipality. 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, the passenger airport for Guam.[1] Fort Juan Muña, in Harmon, is a facility for the Guam Army National Guard.
The present and former locations of Guam Memorial Hospital, Guam's only civilian and government operated hospital, are in Tamuning. With Guam's only private birthing center[2] also in the village, most modern civilian births on Guam take place in Tamuning.
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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. Continental Micronesia, a subsidiary of Continental Airlines, is headquartered in the old terminal building at Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport in Tamuning.[3][4] Continental Micronesia, with about 1,400 jobs, is Guam's largest single employer.[5]
The Guam Department of Land Management and the Guam Economic Development Authority have its headquarters in the Guam International Trade Center (ITC) Building in Tamuning.[6][7]
The Guam Power Authority has its headquarters in Harmon, Tamuning.[8]
The Guam Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse has its main facility in Tamuning, across from Guam Memorial Hospital.[9][10]
The United States Postal Service operates the Tamuning Post Office at 143 Edward T. Calvo Memorial Parkway.[11]
| Climate data for Tamuning | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °F (°C) | 85.1 (29.5) |
85.3 (29.6) |
86.1 (30.1) |
87 (31) |
87.4 (30.8) |
87.8 (31.0) |
87.2 (30.7) |
86.9 (30.5) |
86.9 (30.5) |
87.1 (30.6) |
86.8 (30.4) |
85.9 (29.9) |
86.63 (30.35) |
| Average low °F (°C) | 75.1 (23.9) |
74.6 (23.7) |
75 (24) |
76.2 (24.6) |
76.9 (24.9) |
77.1 (25.1) |
76.5 (24.7) |
76.2 (24.6) |
76.1 (24.5) |
76.4 (24.7) |
76.7 (24.8) |
76.1 (24.5) |
76.08 (24.49) |
| Precipitation inches (mm) | 4.5 (114) |
3.5 (89) |
2.6 (66) |
3.3 (84) |
5 (127) |
6.3 (160) |
10.4 (264) |
14.4 (366) |
13.4 (340) |
12.2 (310) |
8.4 (213) |
5.5 (140) |
89.5 (2,273) |
| Source: Weatherbase [12] | |||||||||||||
Guam Public School System serves the island.
Public schools serving Tamuning:[13]
Five countries maintain consulates in Tamuning.[14] Except for the Korean consulate, the other four are all located in the landmark Guam ITC building at 590 South Marine Corps Drive.[15][16][17][18]
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