Sinajana
Sinajana is the smallest of the nineteen villages in the United States territory of Guam 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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.
Plaza de España
Park
Photo: あばさー, Public domain.
The Plaza de España located in central Hagåtña, the capital of the United States territory of Guam, was the location of the Governors Palace during the island's long period of Spanish occupation.
Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral Basilica
Church
Photo: あばさー, Public domain.
Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral Basilica is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Guam. It is the seat of the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Agaña.
Fort Santa Agueda
Fort
Photo: あばさー, Public domain.
Fort Santa Agueda, on Guam Highway 7 in Hagåtña, Guam, 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.
Agana Heights
Village
Photo: あばさー, Public domain.
Agana Heights is one of the nineteen villages in the United States territory of Guam. 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.
Hagåtña
Hagåtña is the capital of Guam. It is the island's second smallest village in both area and population. Hagåtña is the seat of local government and one of the island's major commercial districts.
Asan
Village
Asan is a community and census-designated place along the western coast of the U.S. territory of Guam. Asan, along with Maina and Nimitz Hill Annex, are the three communities in the village of Asan-Maina. Asan is situated 2½ miles west of Sinajana.
Sinajana
- Categories: village and village of Guam
- Location: Sinajana Municipality, Guam, Micronesia, Oceania
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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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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Municipal Tripoint Agana Heights - Hagatna - Sinajana and Agana Heights Gym.
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