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The United States territory

Territory

Territory may refer to:* Territory , a non-sovereign geographic region**States and territories of Australia, administrative subdivisions of Australia**British Overseas Territories...

 of Guam

Guam

Guam is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States located in the western Pacific Ocean. It is one of five U.S. territories with an established civilian government. Guam is listed as one of 16 Non-Self-Governing Territories by the Special Committee on Decolonization of the United...

 is divided into 19 municipalities more commonly called villages. Each municipality is governed by an elected mayor

Mayor

In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....

. Village populations range in size from under 1,000 to over 40,000. As of the 2000 census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

, the total population of Guam was 154,805.
Many villages have rich histories reaching back thousands of years. Artifacts

Artifact (archaeology)

An artifact or artefact is "something made or given shape by man, such as a tool or a work of art, esp an object of archaeological interest"...

 from ancient Chamorro settlements can be found in every village of Guam.