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Geographical unit:
 
 Entity
 Northern Mariana Islands 
 Main prefix
 KH0 
 Time zone
 +10 h 
 Continent
 Australia and Oceania 
 
          Northern Mariana Islands          
 
 Northern Mariana Islands 

 Northern Mariana Islands - (Metropole: United States)
 contains of following DXCC entities:
 
          Northern Mariana Islands          
 
 Coat of arms 
 Coin 
 Banknote 
 Stamp 
 Satellite image 
 
 Flag 
 Flag description 
Blue, with a white, five-pointed star superimposed on the gray silhouette of a latte stone (a traditional foundation stone used in building) in the center, surrounded by a wreath.
 
          Northern Mariana Islands          
 
 Northern Mariana Islands 
 Capital: 
Chalan Kanoa (Saipan I.)
 Administrative
 divisions: 
None (commonwealth in political union with the US); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are four municipalities at the second order: Northern Islands, Rota, Saipan, and Tinian.
 Population: 
77,311 (July 2002 est.)
 Languages: 
English, Chamorro, Carolinian - 86% of population speaks a language other than English at home.
 Geographic
 coordinates: 
15° 12' N, 145° 45' E
 Area total: 
477 sq. km
includes 14 islands including Saipan, Rota, and Tinian
 Land area: 
477 sq. km
 Water area: 
0 sq. km
 Total land
 boundaries: 
0 km
 Coastline: 
1,482 km
 Elevation
 extremes: 
Pacific Ocean 0 m - unnamed location on Agrihan 965 m
 Internet
 country code: 
.mp
 Currency: 
US dollar (USD)
 Name -
 conventional
 long form: 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
 Name -
 conventional
 short form: 
Northern Mariana Islands
 Former name: 
Mariana Islands District (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands)
 Independence: 
none (commonwealth in political union with the US)
 Constitution: 
Covenant Agreement effective 4 November 1986 and the Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands effective 1 January 1978.
 Government
 type: 
commonwealth, self-governing with locally elected governor, lieutenant governor, and legislature
 Dependency
 status: 
commonwealth in political union with the US, federal funds to the Commonwealth administered by the US Department of the Interior, Office of Insular Affairs
 National
 holiday: 
Commonwealth Day, 8 January (1978)
 
          Northern Mariana Islands          

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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