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Saipan[2] (/ saɪˈpæn /) is the largest island and capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, a Territory of the United States in the western Pacific Ocean. According to 2020 estimates by the United States Census Bureau, the population of Saipan was 43,385. [3] Its people have been United States citizens since the 1980s.
The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Department of Public Safety (DPS; Chamorro: Dipåttamentun Sinåfu' Pupbliku; Carolinian: Bwulasiyol Alillisil Toulap) is a law enforcement agency and firefighting agency of the Northern Mariana Islands. It is one of the CNMI executive agencies, and as of 2015 its commissioner is Robert A. Guerrero.
Open all year. Sugar King Park is a municipal park located in Garapan, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands across from the NMI Museum of History and Culture. [1][2] The park was named in honor of the "Sugar King" Haruji Matsue, director of the South Seas Development Company. The park has a statue of Matsue; [3] a small, wood-burning locomotive; [4 ...
[194] The Seabees cease listing the Public Works assignments at NAS Tanapag in 1953 while the CIA remained until 1962. However, MCB 9 deployed to Saipan in 1954 with one of their projects being the up-grading of the Public Works shops. [195] MCB 10 Det Bravo deployed to Saipan from July 1957 until February 1958 with projects unlisted. [196]
The recreational and medicinal use of cannabis in the Northern Mariana Islands has been legal since September 2018. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] House Bill 20-178 [9] was signed into law by Gov. Ralph Torres, becoming Public Law 20-66. [9] The cannabis legalization bill was introduced as the "Taulamwaar Sensible CNMI Cannabis Act of 2018," named in ...
Froilan Cruz "Lang" Tenorio (September 9, 1939 – May 4, 2020) [ 1][ 2] was a Northern Mariana Islander politician who was the fourth governor of the Northern Mariana Islands. Elected in 1993, he served one term from January 10, 1994 to January 12, 1998. During his governorship and most of his political career, Tenorio was a member of the ...
The Northern Mariana Islands is an unincorporated territory of the United States, and in a political union with it in the form of a commonwealth. Executive power is exercised by the governor. Legislative power is vested in the two chambers of the legislature. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature.
Established. 1988. Education in the Northern Mariana Islands is linked to the United States Department of Education as the Northern Mariana Islands form part of the United States Commonwealth. This encompasses the sectors of pre-K, elementary schools, middle schools, high schools and college education. The main governing body in the region is ...