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 2020 census, there were 43,385 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
- Sugar factory of Nanyo Kohatsu Kabushiki Kaisha, Saipan in 1932.png
Sugar factory of Nan'yō Kōhatsu, Saipan around 1932
- Marines march through Garapan.jpg
Marines march through Garapan, July 1944
- Marine infantrymen on Saipan.jpg
Marine infantrymen in Garapan, Saipan
- "A member of a Marine patrol on Saipan found this family of Japs hiding in a hillside cave. The mother, four children an - NARA - 532380.tif
A Marine finds a woman and her four children hiding in a hillside cave. June 21, 1944
- Suicide Cliff in Saipan 3.JPG
Suicide Cliff in Saipan
- ManagahaIsland.jpg
On Mañagaha Island, looking back at Saipan west side
- Artocarpus mariannensis leaf.jpg
The Marianas endemic tree, Artocarpus mariannensis (seeded breadfruit, or dugdug), a traditional forage food on Saipan.
- Saipan airport terminal detail (36753081970).jpg
- Saipan Mayor's Office.JPG
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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