Islas Marianas del Norte

"Las Islas Marianas del Norte, oficialmente la Mancomunidad de las Islas Marianas del Norte (en inglés Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands), es un territorio en unión política con Estados Unidos, en el Pacífico Norte. Es uno de los dos territorios con estatus de Mancomunidad de Estados Unidos; el otro es Puerto Rico.Consiste de catorce islas septentrionales de las Islas Marianas, situadas entre Hawái y las Filipinas, a 15°12N 145°45E / 15.200, 145.750 y Guam. Las islas incluyen Saipán, Tinian y Rota, entre otras, con una superficie total de 477 km². Según el censo del 2010 están habitadas por unas 53,900 personas. Saipán y Tinian son los puertos principales. El centro administrativo es la villa de Capital Hill, ubicada en el noroeste de Saipan. Como la isla se encuentra gobernada por un único municipio, muchas fuentes consideran a Saipan la capital."

"The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI; Chamorro: Sankattan Siha Na Islas Mariånas; Carolinian: Commonwealth Téél Falúw kka Efáng llól Marianas), is an insular area and commonwealth of the United States consisting of fifteen islands in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The CNMI includes all islands in the Mariana Archipelago except Guam, which is the southernmost island of the chain and a separate U.S. territory. The United States Department of the Interior cites a landmass of 183.5 square miles (475.26 km2). According to the 2010 United States Census, 53,883 people were living in the CNMI at that time. The vast majority of the population resides on Saipan, Tinian, and Rota. The other islands of the Northern Marianas are sparsely inhabited; the most notable among these is Pagan, which for various reasons over the centuries has experienced major population flux but has formerly had residents numbering in the thousands. 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."