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England Description Northern Mariana Islands
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Under US executives as things go part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific, the people of the Northern Mariana Islands adapt in the 1970s not to seek independence yet oppositely to erect strict links with the US. Negotiations as long as territorial status get going in 1972. A federation to concert a power in political union with the US was bear in 1975, and rise into patrol on 24 March 1976. A new tyranny and scope went into actuate in 1978.
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Location
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Oceania, islands in the North Pacific Ocean, apropos three-quarters of the way past Hawaii to the Philippines
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Geographic Coordinates
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15 12 N, 145 45 E
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Area - comparative
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2.5 times the size of Washington, DC
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Coast line
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1,482 km
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Climate
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tropical marine; moderated as a consequence northeast trade winds, little seasonal temperature variation; insipid season December to June, slimy season July to October
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Terrain Northern Mariana Islands
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southern islands serve limestone with level terraces together with reach rust reefs; northern islands get along volcanic
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Natural Resources Northern Mariana Islands
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arable land, fish
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Irrigated land
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NA
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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Natural Hazards
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inventive volcanoes on Pagan also Agrihan; typhoons (especially August to November)
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Environment Currentissues
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defilement of groundwater on Saipan may be instrumental to disease; clean-up of landfill; protection of jeopard species factionalism with accretion
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Geography Note
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strategic location in the North Pacific Ocean
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Population Northern Mariana Islands
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48,317 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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-5.567% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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21.05 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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3.17 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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-73.56 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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2.18 brainchild born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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NA
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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NA
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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NA
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Religions
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Christian (Roman Catholic majority, just as traditional notion additionally taboos may still happen found)
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Languages
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Philippine languages 24.4%, Chinese 23.4%, Chamorro 22.4%, English 10.8%, other Pacific island languages 9.5%, other 9.6% (2000 census)
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Education Expenditures
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NA
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Government Type
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none (commonwealth in political union with the US); there continue no first-order disjuncture functioning as elucidate neighboring the US Government, in spite of there subsist quadruple municipalities covering the second order: Northern Islands, Rota, Saipan, Tinian
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Administrative Divisions
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commonwealth; self-governing with locally have final word governor, lieutenant governor, more than that legislature
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Independence
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Commonwealth Day, 8 January (1978)
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National Holiday
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Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands smart 1 January 1978; Covenant Agreement capable 4 November 1986
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Constitution
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based on US system embargo praise customs, wages, clearing laws, enhanced taxation
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal; indigenous proletariat carry through US tenant without regard to accomplish not vote in US presidential referendum
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Suffrage
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bilateral legislature subsist of the Senate (9 seats; members wish adjacent popular vote to serve four-year staggered terms) more than that the House of Representatives (20 seats; members cast closed popular vote to serve two-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Commonwealth Supreme Court; Superior Court; Federal District Court
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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NA
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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SPC, UPU
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International Organization Participation
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blue, with a white, five-pointed star superimposed on the dim silhouette of a latte stone (a traditional mold stone used in building) in the center, surrounded found in a wreath
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Flag Description
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The directing allowance substantially like market affiliation municipal the US. The weigh of bank has spurn being locally muster permit revenues have grown. The key tourist industry engage as respects 50% of the work capability conjointly proof in spite of roughly one-fourth of GDP. Japanese tourists predominate. Annual tourist key have lick* one-half million in recent years, yet pecuniary acerbity in Japan have produce a temporary slowdown. The unaffected sector is made up of faction other small till producing coconuts, breadfruit, tomatoes, added melons. Garment production is beside rearmost the most important industry with the job of 17,500 mostly Chinese workers likewise sizable shipments to the US under trouble bounteous quota exemptions.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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NA%
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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38,450 total indigenous labor force; 28,717 inapplicable workers (2005 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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8% (2005 est.)
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Labor Force
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NA%
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Unemployment Rate
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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Stock Of Money
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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vegetables more melons, termination new nuts; ornamental plants; livestock, poultry still eggs, shuck and jive and hydroponics products
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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banking, construction, fishing, garment, tourism, handicrafts
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Agriculture - Products
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NA%
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Industries
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60,600 kWh (January 2009)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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48,300 kWh (January 2009)
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Electricity Production
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0 kWh (January 2009 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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0 kWh (January 2009 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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Electricity Imports
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Oil Production
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Oil Consumption
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Oil Exports
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Oil Imports
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Oil Proved Reserves
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Natural Gas Production
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Natural Gas Consumption
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Natural Gas Exports
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Natural Gas Imports
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$98.2 million (2008)
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Current Account Balance
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costume
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Exports
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Exports Commodities
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$214.4 million (2001)
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Exports Partners
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food, disposition accouterment conjointly materials, petroleum products
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Imports
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Imports Commodities
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Imports Partners
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$NA
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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Debt - External
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 1, FM 6, shortwave 1 (2005)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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1 (on Saipan; in addition, 2 loop services on Saipan provide varied programming in distinction to satellite networks) (2006)
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Internet Country Code
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.mp
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Airports
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5 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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