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Garapan in the Japanese period. Garapan was a minor settlement during the Spanish colonial period of Saipan, and a location to which the Chamorros forcibly relocated from other islands in the Northern Marianas were housed before being transferred to Guam. The forced transfer of the Chamorros to Guam was completed by 1749 and Saipan was recorded ...
Mount Marpi in Saipan Map of soil types on the island of Saipan Saipan is the largest island in the Northern Mariana Islands. It is about 120 mi (190 km) north of Guam and 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) northeast of Tinian , from which it is separated by the Saipan Channel .
Garapan on Saipan was developed as a regional capital, and numerous Japanese (including ethnic Koreans and Okinawan and Taiwanese) migrated to the islands. In the December 1939 census, the total population of the South Seas Mandate was 129,104, of whom 77,257 were Japanese (including ethnic Taiwanese and Koreans).
Map of the Northern Mariana Islands This is a list of the buildings , sites , districts , and objects listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the Northern Mariana Islands . There currently 37 listed sites spread across the four municipalities of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Map of the four municipalities of the Northern Mariana Islands, with the Northern Islands Municipality (topmost) highlighted in red. Northern Islands Municipality is one of the four main political divisions of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
The Garapan Heritage Trail is located in Garapan, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The cultural heritage trail project is supported through grants awarded to the Northern Marianas Humanities Council by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Office of Insular Affairs , United States Department of the Interior .
Number Length (mi) [1] Length (km) Southern or western terminus Northern or eastern terminus Formed Removed Notes Hwy. 20: 6.63: 10.67 Hwy. 201 in San Jose: Hwy. 21 in northern Tinian
The Japanese Jail Historic and Archeological District in Garapan , MP, is a historic district that was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2011. The listing included two contributing structures and 15 contributing sites. It includes ruins of a jail that was built in 1930 and was used until 1944. [1] [2]