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  2. Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands - Wikipedia

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    Saipan [2] (/ s aɪ ˈ p æ n /) is the largest island and capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, an unincorporated 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.

  3. Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands - Wikipedia

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    Topographic map of the island of Tinian, showing buildings as of 1999. Tinian is about 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) southwest of Saipan, from which it is separated by the Saipan Channel. It has a land area of 39 square miles (100 km 2), with its highest elevation on the Kastiyu plateau at 187 meters (614 ft). It is considerably flatter than Saipan.

  4. Mariana Islands - Wikipedia

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    In 1944, the United States captured the Mariana Islands chain from Japan: the Northern Mariana Islands were desired by the U.S. as bombing bases to reach the Japanese mainland, with the invasion of Saipan being launched for that reason in June before the U.S. even moved to recapture Guam; a month later the U.S. recaptured Guam and captured ...

  5. Northern Mariana Islands - Wikipedia

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    According to the 2020 United States census, 47,329 people were living in the CNMI at the time. [8] The vast majority of the population resides on Saipan, Tinian, and Rota. The other islands of the Northern Marianas are sparsely inhabited; the most notable among these is Pagan, which was left largely uninhabited since a 1981 volcanic eruption. [15]

  6. Geography of the Northern Mariana Islands - Wikipedia

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    Map of the Northern Mariana Islands. Asuncion Island. The Marianas Trench, with some of deepest ocean on the planet wraps around the Northern Mariana's and is National Marine Monument since 2009. The Northern Mariana Islands, together with Guam to the south, compose the Mariana Islands.

  7. Rota, Northern Mariana Islands - Wikipedia

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    In 1521, the first European to see Rota was the lookout on Ferdinand Magellan's ship Victoria, Lope Navarro.However, Magellan's armada of three ships did not stop until they reached Guam, so the first European to arrive in Rota (in 1524), was the Spanish navigator Juan Sebastián Elcano, who annexed it together with the rest of the Mariana Islands on behalf of the Spanish Empire.

  8. Carolinian people - Wikipedia

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    These were not the only Carolinians that continued to come to Marianas. More continued to come here in the 100s as well as other areas such as Guam and Tinian. [18] This is an aerial view of Saipan, the island the people came to after the islands were hit by the typhoon. The Spanish allowed them to keep their culture.

  9. Northern Mariana citizenship and nationality - Wikipedia

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    These were administered from Hawaii until 1954 and then from Guam until 1962, when the administrative headquarters moved to Saipan. [90] That year a District Legislature was established for the Mariana Islands, and voters who were residents participated in electing officials. [91]