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1. The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, is an insular area and commonwealth of the United States consisting of 15 islands in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The territory is in a political union with the United States, and although they have their own constitution, their head of state is the president of the United States.
2. On June 15, 1944, near the end of World War II, the United States military invaded the Mariana Islands, starting the Battle of Saipan, which ended on July 9. Of the 30,000 Japanese troops defending Saipan, fewer than 1,000 remained alive at the battle's end. Many Japanese civilians were also killed, by disease, starvation, enemy fire, and suicide. Approximately 1,000 civilians committed suicide by jumping off the cliffs at Mt. Marpi or Marpi Point.
3. The first people of the Mariana Islands immigrated at some point between 4000 BC and 2000 BC from Southeast Asia. The ancient people of the Marianas raised colonnades of megalithic capped pillars called latte stones upon which they built their homes. The Spanish reported that by the time of their arrival, the largest of these were already in ruins, and that the Chamorros believed the ancestors who had erected the pillars lived in an era when people possessed supernatural abilities.
4. The administrative center is Capitol Hill, a village in northwestern Saipan. However, most publications consider Saipan to be the capital because the island is governed as a single municipality. Saipan’s land area measures 115.4 square kilometers with an estimated population of 53,467.
5. One of the islands of this territory is Agrihan. It’s an island of just 43 square kilometres, and it’s basically one big volcano. The island itself is very densely forested and the only relatively flat land is along a small portion of its shoreline. Despite this, the island always seemed to have a local population. That is, until 1990, when due to increased volcanic activity, all islanders from the 4 settlements were evacuated.
6. Despite being a remote area on the globe, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands has a well-developed infrastructure. 3 airports with paved runways serve the territory, plus 3 with unpaved runways and a heliport. This comes in handy for the tourism industry, which employs half of the workforce. Tourism is a booming industry, which shouldn’t surprise you, since the islands are basically a tropical paradise.
7. Despite heavy influences, the native Chamorro also managed to hold on to their own cultural heritage. In their culture, respect is single most important thing. One common display is the manngingi. This tradition has been around for centuries and involves an elder and a young Chamorro child. The child takes the hand of the elder, places it on their nose and says ñot to the men and ñora to the women with the elders responding diosti ayudi, meaning "God help you".
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