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A peak wind gust of 68 mph (109 km/h) was recorded on Saipan Island, part of the Northern Mariana Islands, as Bolaven passed over the region Tuesday and Tuesday night. Wind gusts of 46 mph (74 km ...
Fueled by tourism, Saipan's economy is struggling to rebound after the coronavirus pandemic and a devastating typhoon in 2018, with a declining number of direct flights to the island vexing the ...
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 ]
On Wednesday morning, Saipan — a rural Pacific island, the theater of a World War II battle between the U.S. and Japan and, more recently, a scuba diving destination with lush golf courses ...
This is a list of newspapers in the Northern Mariana Islands. Marianas Business Journal – Saipan; Marianas Variety News & Views – Saipan; Saipan Tribune – Saipan; Other regional newspapers: Pacific Daily News – Guam; Palau Horizon – Palau
Bird Island (Partially connected island on East of Saipan) 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 ...
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 tourists — attracted by laid-back resorts, snorkeling, diving and golf — and the furthermost reach of the United States.
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.