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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. [11]
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 Mariana Islands are the southern part of a submerged mountain range that extends 1,565 miles (2,519 km) from Guam to near Japan. Geographically, the Marianas are part of a larger region called Micronesia, situated between 13° and 21°N latitude and 144° and 146°E longitude. The Mariana Islands have a total land area of 1,008 km 2 (389 sq ...
Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.
] Other movements advocate U.S. statehood for Guam, union with the state of Hawaii, or union with the Northern Mariana Islands as a single territory, or independence. [91] The first Guam Constitutional Convention was funded by the 10th Guam Legislature and met from June 1, 1969, through June 29, 1970, with 43 elected delegates.
The Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands: July, 1985 Seal: The Seal of the Northern Mariana Islands: 1981 Nickname: Nicknames: Håfa Adai (a Chamorro phrase; in English, it is "Hello") (currently used on Northern Mariana Islands license plates) America's Best Kept Secret; Song "Gi Talo Gi Halom Tasi" 1996 Bird: Mariana fruit dove: Flower ...
Rota (Chamorro: Luta), also known as the "Friendly Island", is the southernmost island of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and the third southernmost of the Marianas Archipelago (the first being Cocos Island). In early Spanish records it is called "Zarpana"; the name Rota may have come from the Spaniards ...
In the '70s, another wave of Guamanians arrived in the US. In 1986, the US acquired the Northern Marianas Islands, [46] which favoured migration from islands to the US. As of 2020, Pierce County, Washington, has the largest Chamorro population with 4,931 persons or 0.62% of the total population. [47] Pop singer Pia Mia is of mixed Chamorro ancestry