Saipan
Saipan (IPA: [saɪ'pæn], [saɪ'pɑn], or ['saɪpæn] in English) is the largest island and capital of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), a chain of 15 tropical islands which are part of the Marianas archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean (15°10’51”N, 145°45’21”E) with a total area of 115.39 km² (44.55 sq mi). At the 2000 census, there were more than 62,392 people.[1]
Saipan is at latitude of 15.25° north and longitude of 145.75° east, about 200 km (120 mi) north of Guam. Saipan is about 20 km (12.5 mi) long and 9 km (5.5 mi) wide. It is a popular tourist destination in the Pacific.
Saipan Media
This old Spanish Church tower on Saipan and in the National Register of Historic Places
Sugar factory of Nan'yō Kōhatsu, Saipan around 1932
Marines march through Garapan, July 1944
Marine infantrymen in Garapan, Saipan
A Marine finds a woman and her four children hiding in a hillside cave. 21 June 1944
Suicide Cliff in Saipan
A view from Mañagaha Island, Saipan, CNMI
former location of the Saipan Mayor's Office as of 2018
References
Other websites
- Saipan Municipality, United States Census Bureau Archived 2011-12-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Department of the Interior, Office of Insular Affairs Archived 2007-06-09 at the Wayback Machine Links to cultural and informational sites about the CNMI as well as to government sites
- Saipan Tribune
- KSPN Channel 2
- Marianas Variety
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