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Northern Mariana Islands - Introduction 1993
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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. A new government and constitution went into effect in 1978.


Northern Mariana Islands - Geography 1993
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Location: in the North Pacific Ocean, 5,635 km west-southwest of Honolulu, about three-quarters of the way between Hawaii and the Philippines

Geographic coordinates

Map referenceOceania

Area
Total: total: 477 km²

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 1,482 km
Contiguous zone: 24 nm
Continental shelf: 200 m (depth)
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Territorial sea: 12 nm

Maritime claims

Climate: tropical marine; moderated by northeast trade winds, little seasonal temperature variation; dry season December to June, rainy season July to October

Terrain: southern islands are limestone with level terraces and fringing coral reefs; northern islands are volcanic; highest elevation is 471 meters (Mt. Okso' Takpochao on Saipan)

Elevation

Natural resources: arable land, fish
Land use

Land use
Arable land: 5% on Saipan
Permanent crops: NA%
Meadows and pastures: 19%
Forest and woodland: NA%
Other: NA%

Irrigated land: NA km²

Major rivers

Major watersheds area km²

Total water withdrawal

Total renewable water resources

Natural hazards

Geography


Northern Mariana Islands - People 1993
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Population: 48,581 (July 1993 est.)
Growth rate: 3.04% (1993 est.)

Nationality
Noun: NA
Adjective: NA

Ethnic groups:
Chamorro, Carolinians and other Micronesians, Caucasian,
Japanese, Chinese, Korean


Languages: English, Chamorro, Carolinian

Religions: Christian (Roman Catholic majority, although traditional beliefs and taboos may still be found)

Demographic profile
Age structure

Age structure

Dependency ratios

Median age

Population growth rate: 3.04% (1993 est.)

Birth rate: 35.05 births/1000 population (1993 est.)

Death rate: 4.61 deaths/1000 population (1993 est.)

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1000 population (1993 est.)

Population distribution

Urbanization

Major urban areas

Environment
Current issues: active volcanos on Pagan and Agrihan; subject to typhoons (most during August through November)
Current issues note: strategic location in the North Pacific Ocean

Air pollutants

Sex ratio

Mothers mean age at first birth

Maternal mortality ratio

Infant mortality rate

Life expectancy at birth
Total population: 67.43 years
Male: 65.53 years
Female: 69.48 years (1993 est.)

Total fertility rate: 2.69 children born/woman (1993 est.)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

Drinking water source

Current health expenditure

Physicians density

Hospital bed density

Sanitation facility access

Hiv/Aids

Major infectious diseases

Obesity adult prevalence rate

Alcohol consumption

Tobacco use

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

Education expenditures

Literacy: age NA and over can read and write (1980)
Total population: 97%
Male: 97%
Female: 96%

School life expectancy primary to tertiary education

Youth unemployment


Northern Mariana Islands - Government 1993
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Country name
Conventional long form: Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Conventional short form: Northern Mariana Islands

Government type: commonwealth in political union with the US; self-governing with locally elected governor, lieutenant governor, and legislature; federal funds to the Commonwealth administered by the US Department of the Interior, Office of Territorial and International Affairs

Capital: Saipan

Administrative divisions: none

Dependent areas

Independence: none (commonwealth in political union with the US) constitution of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

National holiday: Commonwealth Day, 8 January (1978)

Constitution

Legal system: based on US system except for customs, wages, immigration laws, and taxation

International law organization participation

Citizenship

Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal; indigenous inhabitants are US citizens but do not vote in US presidential elections

Executive branch: US president; governor, lieutenant governor

Legislative branch: bicameral Legislature consists of an upper house or Senate and a lower house or House of Representatives

Judicial branch: Commonwealth Supreme Court, Superior Court, Federal District Court

Political parties and leaders

International organization participation: ESCAP (associate), SPC

Diplomatic representation

Flag descriptionflag of Northern%20Mariana%20Islands: blue with a white five-pointed star superimposed on the gray silhouette of a latte stone (a traditional foundation stone used in building) in the center

National symbols

National anthem

National heritage


Northern Mariana Islands - Economy 1993
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Economy overview: The economy benefits substantially from financial assistance from the US. The rate of funding has declined as locally generated government revenues have grown. An agreement for the years 1986 to 1992 entitled the industry, which now employs about 50% of the work force. Japanese tourists predominate. The agricultural sector is made up of cattle ranches and small farms producing coconuts, breadfruit, tomatoes, and melons. Industry is small scale, mostly handicrafts and light manufacturing.

Real gdp purchasing power parity

Real gdp growth rate: NA%

Real gdp per capita: $11,500 (1992)

Gross national saving
Gdp composition by sector of origin

Gdp composition by end use

Gdp composition by sector of origin

Agriculture products: coconuts, fruits, cattle, vegetables

Industries: tourism, construction, light industry, handicrafts

Industrial production growth rate: growth rate NA%

Labor force: 7,476 total indigenous labor force, 2,699 unemployed; 21,188 foreign workers (1990)
By occupation: NA
Labor force

Unemployment rate: NA%

Youth unemployment

Population below poverty line

Gini index

Household income or consumption by percentage share

Distribution of family income gini index

Budget: revenues $147.0 million; expenditures $127.7 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1991)

Taxes and other revenues

Public debt

Revenue

Fiscal year: 1 October - 30 September

Inflation rate consumer prices

Central bank discount rate

Commercial bank prime lending rate

Stock of narrow money

Stock of broad money

Stock of domestic credit

Market value of publicly traded shares

Current account balance

Exports: $263.4 million (f.o.b. 1991 est.)
Commodoties: manufactured goods, garments, bread, pastries, concrete blocks, light iron work
Partners: NA

Imports: $392.4 million (c.i.f. 1991 est.)
Commodoties: food, construction, equipment, materials
Partners: NA

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold

Debt external

Stock of direct foreign investment at home

Stock of direct foreign investment abroad

Exchange rates


Northern Mariana Islands - Energy 1993
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Electricity
Production: 25,000 kW capacity; 35 million kWh produced, 740 kWh per capita (1990)

Coal

Petroleum

Crude oil

Refined petroleum

Natural gas

Carbon dioxide emissions

Energy consumption per capita


Northern Mariana Islands - Communication 1993
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Telephones

Telephone system

Broadcast media

Internet

Broadband fixed subscriptions


Northern Mariana Islands - Military 1993
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Military expenditures

Military and security forces

Military service age and obligation

Space program

Terrorist groups


Northern Mariana Islands - Transportation 1993
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National air transport system

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

Airports: 6
Usable: 5
With permanentsurface runways: 3
With runways over 3659 m: 0
With runways 2440-3659 m: 2
With runways 1220-2439 m: 2

Heliports

Pipelines

Railways

Roadways

Waterways: none

Merchant marine

Ports and terminals


Northern Mariana Islands - Transnational issues 1993
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Disputes international: none

Refugees and internally displaced persons

Illicit drugs


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