Chalan Pago-Ordot

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]

Chalan Pago-Ordot
Chalan Pågu-Otdot
Village
Location of Chalan Pago-Ordot within the Territory of Guam.
CountryUnited States
TerritoryGuam
Government
 • MayorJessy "Jess" Cruz Gogue (D)
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total6,822
 • Ethnic groups
(as of 2,000[2]) 90% Chamorro, Micronesian
Time zoneUTC+10 (ChST)
Village FlowerPink Catharanthus roseus / Chichirica
Hibiscus tiliaceus / Pago
Historical population
CensusPop.%±
19601,835—
19702,93159.7%
19803,1206.4%
19904,45142.7%
20005,92333.1%
20106,82215.2%
Source:[1]

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

Commissioner
  • Francisco L.G. Valenzuela (1956–1964)
  • Thomas B. Anderson (1964–1969)
  • Francisco C. Carbullido (1969–1973)

Mayor
  • Francisco C. Carbullido (1973–1977)
  • Vicente S. San Nicolas (1977–1997)
  • Rossanna D. San Miguel (1997–2001)
  • Vicente I. Aguon (2001–2005)
  • Pedro I. Borja (2005–2009)
  • Jessy C. Gogue (2009–present)

See also
  • 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
  1. "2010 Guam Statistical Yearbook" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-23. (4.3 MB), (rev. 2011)
  2. Census.gov
  3. Hart, Therese (August 26, 2011). "Guam Population slightly up, latest census says". Marianas Variety. Archived from the original on January 26, 2016. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
  4. Comfsm.fm
  5. Clynt Ridgell (December 2, 2006). "Senators comment on Ordot dump's environmental impacts". Kuam.
  6. "Welcome to Agueda I. Johnston Middle School." Agueda I. Johnston Middle School. Retrieved on October 20, 2010.
  7. "Guam's Public High Schools." Guam Public School System. Accessed September 8, 2008.
  • 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


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