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Oceania > Northern Mariana Islands

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Background:

Under US administration as part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific, the people of the Northern Mariana Islands decided in the 1970s not to seek independence but instead to forge closer links with the US. Negotiations for territorial status began in 1972. A covenant to establish a commonwealth in political union with the US was approved in 1975, and came into force on 24 March 1976. A new government and constitution went into effect in 1978.

Population:

86,616

Alternative names:

Northern Mariana Islands, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands


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Maps of Northern Mariana Islands

Saipan and Tinian Islands [Northern Mariana Islands]
Saipan and Tinian Islands [Northern Mariana Islands] 		Northern Mariana Islands (Political) 1989
Northern Mariana Islands (Political) 1989 		Tinian and Saipan Islands [Northern Mariana Islands]
Tinian and Saipan Islands [Northern Mariana Islands] 		Northern Mariana Islands - Saipan and Tinian Islands
Northern Mariana Islands - Saipan and Tinian Islands
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