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Saipan[2] (/ saɪˈpæn /) is the largest island and capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, a Territory of the United States in the western Pacific Ocean. According to 2020 estimates by the United States Census Bureau, the population of Saipan was 43,385. [3] Its people have been United States citizens since the 1980s.
The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands[ b ] (CNMI; Chamorro: Sankattan Siha Na Islas Mariånas; Carolinian: Commonwealth Téél Falúw kka Efáng llól Marianas), is an unincorporated territory and commonwealth of the United States consisting of 14 islands in the northwestern Pacific Ocean ...
the Northern Mariana Islands (including the islands of Saipan, Tinian and Rota), which make up a Commonwealth of the United States. The island chain geographically consists of two subgroups, a northern group of ten volcanic main islands, all are currently uninhabited; and a southern group of five coralline limestone islands (Rota, Guam, Aguijan ...
Saipan was the first island during the Pacific War where the United States forces encountered a substantial Japanese civilian population, [55] and the first where U. S. Marines fought around urban areas. [56] Approximately 26,000 [6] to 28,000 [7] civilians lived on the island, primarily serving the sugar industry. [39]
Saipan International Airport (far background), photographed from the top of Mount Tapochau.. Saipan International Airport (IATA: SPN, ICAO: PGSN, FAA LID: GSN), also known as Francisco C. Ada/Saipan International Airport, is a public airport located on Saipan Island in the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
The feral dogs on Saipan, referred to locally as "boonie dogs," are largely descended from dogs brought to the small island in World War Two by U.S. troops, Cabrera said.