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Northern Mariana Islands
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Introduction
Background ⓘ
The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands is a United States commonwealth in the northwestern Pacific. Its principal populated islands are Saipan, Tinian and Rota.
Geography
Total area ⓘ
1,976 square miles (5,118 square kilometres) (2010)
Land area ⓘ
182 square miles (471 square kilometres) (2010)
Water area ⓘ
1,793 square miles (4,644 square kilometres) (2010)
Island chain ⓘ
The Northern Mariana Islands occupy the Mariana island chain north of Guam; Guam is separately administered.
People
Government
Further reading
Source records
- Background
U.S. District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands, About Us ↗
Reference period: Not supplied by source.
Retrieved: 2026-10-31.
- Total area
U.S. Census Bureau, State Area Measurements (2010) ↗
Reference period: 2010. 2010 Census geography; rounded to whole square miles. Water includes perennial water only; intermittent water, glacier, marsh and swamp are included in land. Do not interpret as a current boundary survey.
Retrieved: 2026-10-31T17:09:33.8431839Z.
Original source value: 1,976 square miles.
- Land area
U.S. Census Bureau, State Area Measurements (2010) ↗
Reference period: 2010. 2010 Census geography; rounded to whole square miles. Water includes perennial water only; intermittent water, glacier, marsh and swamp are included in land. Do not interpret as a current boundary survey.
Retrieved: 2026-10-31T17:09:33.8431839Z.
Original source value: 182 square miles.
- Water area
U.S. Census Bureau, State Area Measurements (2010) ↗
Reference period: 2010. 2010 Census geography; rounded to whole square miles. Water includes perennial water only; intermittent water, glacier, marsh and swamp are included in land. Do not interpret as a current boundary survey.
Retrieved: 2026-10-31T17:09:33.8431839Z.
Original source value: 1,793 square miles.
- Island chain
U.S. District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands, About Us ↗
Reference period: Not supplied by source.
Retrieved: 2026-10-31.
- Census population
U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Island Areas Censuses ↗
Reference period: 2020-04-01. April 1, 2020 enumerated population, 2020 Island Areas Censuses. Not an annual estimate; ACS is not conducted in these four territories.
Retrieved: 2026-10-31T17:16:16.9406882Z.
Original source value: 47,329 people.
- Capital
U.S. District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands, About Us ↗
Reference period: Not supplied by source.
Retrieved: 2026-10-31.
- Political status
U.S. District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands, About Us ↗
Reference period: Not supplied by source.
Retrieved: 2026-10-31.