Sinajana

Sinajana is the smallest of the nineteen villages in the territory of by area. It is located in the hills south of Hagåtña. The village's name may have come from the word "china-jan," cookware used to cook wild yams that once grew in the area.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Locality with 2,850 residents
  • Description: village of Guam, a municipality in the United States territory
  • Also known as: “Sinahanna”, “Sinajana, GU”, and “Sinajana, Guam”
  • Postal code: 96910

Places of Interest

Highlights include Plaza de España and Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral Basilica.

Park
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The located in central Hagåtña, the capital of the United States territory of , was the location of the Governors Palace during the island's long period of Spanish occupation.

Church
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is a Roman Catholic cathedral in . It is the seat of the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Agaña.

Fort
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, on Guam Highway 7 in Hagåtña, , dates from about 1800, during the 1784-1802 administration of Spanish governor Manuel Moro. It was an uncovered fort with a manposteria parapet, rising about 10 feet above a sloping hillside.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Agana Heights and Hagåtña.

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

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is the capital of . It is the island's second smallest village in both area and population. is the seat of local government and one of the island's major commercial districts.

Village
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is a community and census-designated place along the western coast of the U.S. territory of . , along with Maina and Nimitz Hill Annex, are the three communities in the village of Asan-Maina. is situated 2½ miles west of Sinajana.

Sinajana

Latitude
13.46334° or 13° 27′ 48″ north
Longitude
144.75406° or 144° 45′ 15″ east
Population
2,850
Elevation
180 feet (55 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GU SJA
Open location code
7R56FQ73+8J
Geo­Names ID
4038588
Wiki­data ID
Q2482489
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Waray—“Sinajana” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Sinajana Village”
  • Chamorro: “Sinahåña”
  • Chamorro: “Sinajana”
  • Chinese: “西納賈納”
  • Dutch: “Sinajana”
  • French: “Sinajana”
  • German: “Sinajana”
  • Italian: “Sinajana”
  • Japanese: “シナハニャ”
  • Persian: “سیناجانا”
  • Polish: “Sinajana”
  • Russian: “Синаяна”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سیناجانا، قوام”
  • Spanish: “Sinajana (Guam)”
  • Spanish: “Sinajana”
  • Swedish: “Sinajana Village”
  • Swedish: “Sinajana”
  • Turkish: “Sinajana, Guam”
  • Turkish: “Sinajana”
  • Urdu: “سیناجانا، گوام”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Sinajana, Guam”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Sinajana”

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