Garapan
Garapan is the largest village and the center of the tourism industry on the island of Saipan, which is a part of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Garapan, as a census-designated place, has an area of 1.2 km2 and a population of 3,096.- Type: City with 3,590 residents
- Description: largest city on the island of Saipan
- Also known as: “Garapan, MP”, “Garapan, Northern Mariana Islands”, and “Garapan, Saipan”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sugar King Park and Old Japanese Hospital Museum.
Sugar King Park
Park
Photo: あばさー, Public domain.
Sugar King Park is a municipal park located in Garapan, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands across from the NMI Museum of History and Culture. The park was named in honor of the "Sugar King" Haruji Matsue, director of the South Seas Development Company.
Old Japanese Hospital Museum
Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Japanese Hospital or Saipan Byoin is a historic World War II-era hospital complex on Route 3 in Garapan, a village on the island of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands.
NMI Museum of History and Culture
Museum
Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The NMI Museum of History and Culture, also known as the NMI Museum, is a museum in Garapan, Saipan hosting exhibitions about the Chamorro and Carolinian people and also displays artifacts, documents, textiles, and photographs from the Spanish, German, Japanese, and American periods in the Northern Mariana Islands.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Capitol Hill and Kannat Tabla.
Capitol Hill
Village
Photo: あばさー, Public domain.
Capitol Hill is a settlement on the island of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands. It has a population of around 1,000. Capitol Hill has been the territory's seat of government since 1962.
Kannat Tabla
Village
Kannat Tabla is a settlement in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. It is located on the middle of the island. It uses UTC+10:00 and its highest point is 374 feet.
Tanapag
Suburb
Tanapag is a settlement on the island of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands. It is located close to Tanapag Beach on the northwest coast, just to the north of Capital Hill, the island group's center of government.
Garapan
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, Micronesia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
15.20709° or 15° 12′ 26″ northLongitude
145.72086° or 145° 43′ 15″ eastPopulation
3,590Elevation
220 feet (67 metres)Open location code
7R776P4C+R8OpenStreetMap ID
node 9429871410OpenStreetMap feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
13527050Wikidata ID
Q3272415
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chamorro to Urdu—“Garapan” goes by many names.
- Chamorro: “Garapan”
- Chinese: “加拉潘”
- Czech: “Garapan”
- Dutch: “Garapan”
- Esperanto: “Garapan”
- Esperanto: “Garapano”
- French: “Garapan”
- German: “Garapan”
- Italian: “Garapan”
- Japanese: “ガラパン”
- Japanese: “加拉潘”
- Japanese: “柄帆”
- Polish: “Garapan”
- Portuguese: “Garapan”
- Romanian: “Garapan”
- Silesian: “Garapan”
- Slovak: “Garapan”
- Spanish: “Garapan”
- Urdu: “گاراپان”
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