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Saipan [2] (/ s aɪ ˈ p æ n /) 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]
Banzai Cliff is a historical site at the northern tip of Saipan island in the Northern Mariana Islands, overlooking the Pacific Ocean.Towards the end of the Battle of Saipan in 1944, hundreds of Japanese civilians and soldiers (of the Imperial Japanese Army) jumped off the cliff to their deaths in the ocean and rocks below, to avoid being captured by the Americans.
Forbidden Island (Partially connected island on South East of Saipan) Tinian, a quiet rural island with many cattle ranches and historical sites; Aguijan (Goat Island) (This uninhabited island south of Tinian is filled with birds and goats) Naftan Rock; Rota, (also known as Friendly Island) Also inhabited. Anatahan Volcano is a small volcanic ...
Saipan is the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI), a U.S. commonwealth in the western Pacific which begins roughly 70 km (44 miles) north of Guam and stretches across 14 islands.
SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (AP) — It was a peculiar setting to the final act in a legal drama that has now spanned the globe: a rural Western Pacific island, where visitors are usually ...
The Mariana Islands have a total land area of 1,008 km 2 (389 sq mi). [2] They are composed of two administrative units: Guam, a United States territory; the Northern Mariana Islands (including the islands of Saipan, Tinian and Rota), which make up a Commonwealth of the United States.