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Northern Islands Municipality

Northern Islands Municipality is an island in and has about 53,900 residents and an elevation of 3,212 feet. Northern Islands Municipality is situated nearby to the region , as well as near the locality .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Tapochau and Japanese Lighthouse.

Peak
Photo: あばさー, Public domain.
is the highest point on the island of Saipan in the . It is located in the center of the island, north of San Vicente village and northwest of Magicienne Bay. is situated 2 miles southwest of Northern Islands Municipality.

Lighthouse
Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is an old lighthouse situated atop Navy Hill in Garapan, Saipan, in the . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Park
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is a municipal park located in Garapan, Saipan, across from the . The park was named in honor of the "Sugar King" Haruji Matsue, director of the South Seas Development Company. is situated 2½ miles west of Northern Islands Municipality.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saipan and Capitol Hill.

Photo: Inkey, Public domain.
is the largest of the . , Guam, and many other islands of the Marianas were all important battle sites during , and there are still many Japanese bunkers and armaments on these islands.

Village
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is a settlement on the island of Saipan in the . It has a population of around 1,000. has been the territory's seat of government since 1962.

Suburb
is a settlement on the island of Saipan in the . It is located close to Beach on the northwest coast, just to the north of Capital Hill, the island group's center of government.

Northern Islands Municipality

Latitude
15.214° or 15° 12′ 50″ north
Longitude
145.7565° or 145° 45′ 23″ east
Population
53,900
Elevation
3,212 feet (979 metres)
Open location code
7R776Q74+HH
Geo­Names ID
4041467
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Welsh—“Northern Islands Municipality” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “የሰሜናዊ ማሪያና ደሴቶች”
  • Arabic: “جزر ماريانا الشمالية”
  • Basque: “Iparraldeko Mariana uharteak”
  • Belarusian: “Паўночныя Марыянскія астравы”
  • Bengali: “উত্তর মেরিয়ানা দ্বীপপুঞ্জ”
  • Bulgarian: “Северни Мариански О-ви”
  • Catalan: “Illes Marianes del Nord”
  • Croatian: “Sjeverni Marijanski Otoci”
  • Czech: “Severní Mariany”
  • Danish: “Nordmarianerne”
  • Dutch: “Noordelijke Marianen”
  • Esperanto: “Nord-Marianoj”
  • Estonian: “Põhja Mariaanid”
  • Finnish: “Pohjois-Mariaanit”
  • French: “Mariannes du Nord (Commonwealth des îles)”
  • Galician: “Illas Marianas do norte”
  • German: “Nördliche Marianen”
  • Greek: “Νήσοι Βόρειων Μαριάνα”
  • Hebrew: “מריאנה הצפוניים, איי”
  • Hindi: “नॉर्दर्न मारियाना आइलैंड्स”
  • Hungarian: “Északi Mariana-szigetek”
  • Icelandic: “Norður-Maríanaeyjar”
  • Indonesian: “Kepulauan Mariana Utara”
  • Interlingua: “Insulas Marianna del Nord”
  • Irish: “Oileáin Mariana Thuaidh”
  • Italian: “Marianne Settentrionali, isole”
  • Japanese: “北マリアナ諸島”
  • Korean: “북마리아나 군도”
  • Korean: “북마리아나 제도”
  • Latvian: “Ziemeļu Marianas salas”
  • Lithuanian: “Marianos šiaurinės salos”
  • Macedonian: “Северни Маријанини Острови”
  • Malay: “Northern Mariana Islands”
  • Maltese: “Gżejjer Marjana ta’ Fuq”
  • Northern Sami: “Dávvi-Mariánat”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nord-Marianene”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nord-Marianane”
  • Persian: “جزیره های شمالی ماریانا”
  • Polish: “Wspólnota Marianów Północnych”
  • Portuguese: “Ilhas Marianas do Norte”
  • Romanian: “Insulele Northern Mariana”
  • Russian: “Северные Марианские Острова”
  • Serbian: “Северна Маријанска Острва”
  • Slovak: “Severné Mariány”
  • Slovenian: “Severni Marianski otoki”
  • Spanish: “Islas Mariana del Norte”
  • Swedish: “Nordmarianerna”
  • Thai: “หมู่เกาะนอร์ธเทินมาเรียนา”
  • Turkish: “Kuzey Mariana Adaları”
  • Ukrainian: “Північні Маріанські Острови”
  • Urdu: “شمالی ماریاناجزائر”
  • Vietnamese: “Quần Đảo Bắc Mariana”
  • Welsh: “Ynysoedd Gogledd Mariana”

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