Chief Quipuha Park
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Chief Quipuha Park is located on the Paseo de Susana
peninsula, in the north of the city of Agana, Guam
. Like the rest of the peninsula, it was created after World War II, based on bulldozed debris from the ruined city. It is named for Chief Quipuha
, the highest ranking chief in the area at the time of the first European settlement on the island.
Paseo de Susana
Paseo de Susana is a peninsula that forms part of the city of Agana, Guam. It was built in the 1940s from rubble and debris left behind after World War II. The peninsula contains Guam's main sports stadium, markets, and Chief Quipuha Park.-References:...
peninsula, in the north of the city of Agana, 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...
. Like the rest of the peninsula, it was created after World War II, based on bulldozed debris from the ruined city. It is named for Chief Quipuha
Chief Kepuha
Chief Kepuha , also spelled Kipuhá or Quipuha, was the island of Guam's first Catholic chief. The chief's name means "striving to capsize." He granted the lands to Spanish missionaries upon which the first Catholic church in the Marianas was built...
, the highest ranking chief in the area at the time of the first European settlement on the island.