Explore Northern Mariana Islands in Oceania - Northern Mariana Islands Tourism Info

Description and Basic Information

Northern Mariana Islands with its capital Capitol Hill is located in Oceania (Oceania, islands in the North Pacific Ocean). It covers some 478 square kilometres (2.5 times the size of Washington, DC) with 80,362 citizens. Tagalog, Chinese, Chamorro and English are the languages used by people in Northern Mariana Islands (consider regional differences).

Pictures from Capitol Hill (Capital)

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About Northern Mariana Islands

The terrain offers southern islands are limestone with level terraces and fringing coral reefs having northern islands are volcanic. The average density of population is about 168 per km². The climate in can be described as tropical marine with moderated by northeast trade winds, little seasonal temperature variation, dry season December to June, rainy season July to October. Possible natural disasters include active volcanoes on Pagan and Agrihan or typhoons (especially August to November).

To reach someone in Northern Mariana Islands dial +1-670 prior to a number. There are 25,100 installed telephones. And there are 20,500 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 1900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".mp". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 120V - 60Hz.

The country consists of 4 regions/states which are listed below.

Regions/States of Northern Mariana Islands

American Tourism Information

Official Tourism Office

Website: Northern Mariana Islands Tourism

P. O. BOX 500861
Saipan, MP 96950
Northern Mariana Islands

Phone: +1 670 664 3200
Fax: +1 670 664 3237

Demographic Information

Age Distribution in Northern Mariana Islands

Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Natural Population Growth

Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Northern Mariana Islands is shrinking at an rate of 5.57% (or by 2,690 citizens). Each year 3,554 people leave this country (or 73.60 per thousand citizens) - making it an emmigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of 1.79%. Or an total increase of 864 citizens.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.