Chalan Pago-Ordot, Guam

Chalan Pago-Ordot Chalan Pågu-Otdot
Village
Location of Chalan Pago-Ordot within the Territory of Guam.
Country	United States
Territory	Guam
Government
• Mayor	Jessy "Jess" Cruz Gogue (D)
Population (2010)^[1]
• Total	6,822
• Ethnic groups	(as of 2,000^[2]) 90% Chamorro, Micronesian
Time zone	ChST
Village Flower	Pink Catharanthus roseus / Chichirica Hibiscus tiliaceus / Pago

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1960	1,835	—
1970	2,931	59.7%
1980	3,120	6.4%
1990	4,451	42.7%
2000	5,923	33.1%
2010	6,822	15.2%
Source:^[1]

Chalan Pago-Ordot (Chamorro: Chalan Pågu-Otdot) is a municipality in the United States territory of Guam, containing the villages of Chalan-Pago and Ordot. It is located in the eastern-central part of the island and is part of the Kattan (Eastern) District. The village's population has increased slightly following the island's 2000 census.^[3]

Etymology

Pågu is the Chamorro word for the wild tree Hibiscus tiliaceus,^[4] while "chalan"' means "road". The name Chalan Pago is named after the path from Hagåtña to the Spanish village at Pago Bay. Ordot comes from the word otdot, or ant.

In World War II, the Japanese used the area as a supply depot during their occupation of the island. Ordot is also the site of the controversial Ordot Landfill, first constructed by the U.S. Navy, but now full and in violation of United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations.^[5]

Education

The Guam Public School System serves the island.

Ordot/Chalan Pago Elementary School and Agueda Johnston Middle School are located in Chalan-Pago-Ordot. Johnston is located in Ordot; originally it was named George Washington Junior High School.^[6] George Washington High School in Mangilao serves the village as a secondary school.^[7]

St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic High School also serves residents of the area.

Mayor of Chalan Pago-Ordot

Vicente S. San Nicolas (1977–1993)
Rossanna D. San Miguel (1993–2001)
Vicente I. Aguon (2001–2005)
Pedro I. Borja (2001–2009)
Jessy C. Gogue (2009–present)

Gallery

Agueda Johnston Middle School
Lt. Lisa Braun of U.S. Naval Hospital Guam, hands a toy to a Chalan Pago-Ordot child displaced following Super Typhoon Pongsona during a Christmas holiday event held for the children

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chalan Pago-Ordot, Guam.

1 2 "2010 Guam Statistical Yearbook" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-23. (4.3 MB), (rev. 2011)
↑ Census.gov
↑ Hart, Therese (August 26, 2011). "Guam Population slightly up, latest census says". Marianas Variety.
↑ Comfsm.fm
↑ Clynt Ridgell (December 2, 2006). "Senators comment on Ordot dump's environmental impacts". Kuam.
↑ "Welcome to Agueda I. Johnston Middle School." Agueda I. Johnston Middle School. Retrieved on October 20, 2010.
↑ "Guam's Public High Schools." Guam Public School System. Accessed September 8, 2008.

External links

Ordot map from PDN
Rogers, Robert F (1995). Destiny's Landfall: A History of Guam: University of Hawai'i Press. ISBN 0-8248-1678-1

Territory of Guam

Hagåtña (capital)

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Islands	Guam Cocos Island

Villages	Agana Heights Agat Asan‑Maina Barrigada Chalan‑Pago‑Ordot Dededo Hagåtña Inarajan Mangilao Merizo Mongmong‑Toto‑Maite Piti Santa Rita Sinajana Talofofo Tamuning Umatac Yigo Yona

Peaks	Mount Alifan Mount Almagosa Mount Bolanos (368 m) Mount Jumullong Manglo (391 m) Mount Lamlam (406 m)

Coordinates: 13°26′26″N 144°46′17″E / 13.44056°N 144.77139°E / 13.44056; 144.77139

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