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Northern Mariana Islands' delegation to the 2016 Republican National Convention boasted about being "the most Republican territory" in the U.S. [69] In 2017, the Republican Party had large majorities in both the Northern Mariana Islands Senate and the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives, though no party has a majority in either ...
Bathymetry around Farallón de Pájaros Map including Farallon de Pajaros (DMA, 1983). Farallón de Pájaros is the northernmost island of the Marianas chain. It is located 65 kilometers (40 mi) northwest of the Maug Islands and 591 km (367 mi) north of Saipan, the main island of the Northern Mariana Islands.
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. Saipan is about 12 mi (19 km) long and 5.6 mi (9.0 km) wide, with a land area of 115.38 km 2 (44.55 sq mi).
The Mariana Islands (/ ˌ m ær i ˈ ɑː n ə / MARR-ee-AH-nə; Chamorro: Manislan Mariånas), also simply the Marianas, are a crescent-shaped archipelago comprising the summits of fifteen longitudinally oriented, mostly dormant volcanic mountains in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, between the 12th and 21st parallels north and along the 145th meridian east.
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") [1] (currently used on Northern Mariana Islands license plates) [2] America's Best Kept Secret [3] Song "Gi Talo Gi Halom Tasi" 1996 Bird: Mariana fruit dove ...
This is a list of villages in the Northern Mariana Islands. They include: On Alamagan: Alamagan Village (evacuated 2010) On Agrihan: Agrihan Village (evacuated 1990) On Anatahan: Anatahan Village (evacuated 1990) On Pagan: Bandara Village (abandoned) Marasu (evacuated 1981) Shomushon (evacuated 1981) On Sarigan: Sarigan Village (abandoned) On Rota:
In other projects Wikimedia Commons; Wikisource; Wikivoyage; ... Culture of the Northern Mariana Islands (11 C, 7 P) E. Economy of the Northern Mariana Islands (4 C, 5 P)
Maug (from the Chamorro name for the islands, Ma'ok, meaning 'steadfast' or 'everlasting') consists of a group of three small uninhabited islands.This island group is part of the Northern Islands Municipality of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, itself part of the Marianas archipelago in the Oceanian sub-region of Micronesia.