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Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Status: Commonwealth Governor: Benigno R. Fitial (2006) Capital: Chalan Kanoa (on Saipan) Total area: 184 sq mi (477 sq km) Population (2007 est.): 84,546 (growth rate:
2.5%); birth rate: 19.3/1000; infant mortality: 6.9/1000; life
expectancy: 76.3; density per sq mi: 459 Languages: English (official), Chamorro,
Carolinian Ethnicity/race: Chamorro,
Carolinian, other Micronesian, Caucasian, Japanese, Chinese,
Korean Religion: Primarily Roman
Catholic Literacy rate: 97% (1980
est.) Monetary unit: U.S. dollar Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2000 est.):
$900 million; note: GDP numbers reflect U.S. spending; per capita
$12,500. Real growth rate: n.a. Inflation: 1.2% (1997
est.). Unemployment: n.a. Arable land: 13%.
Agriculture: coconuts, fruits, vegetables; cattle. Labor
force: 6,006 total indigenous labor force; 2,699 unemployed;
28,717 foreign workers (June 1995). Industries: tourism,
construction, garments, handicrafts. Natural resources: arable
land, fish. Exports: $ n.a.: garments. Imports: $ n.a.:
food, construction equipment and materials, petroleum products.
Major trading partners: U.S., Japan (2004). Communications: Telephones: main lines in
use: 21,000 (1996); mobile cellular: 1,200 (1995). Radio broadcast
stations: AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 1 (1998). Radios: n.a..
Television broadcast stations: 1 (on Saipan and one station
planned for Rota; in addition, two cable services on Saipan provide
varied programming from satellite networks) (1997). Televisions:
n.a.. Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1 (2001).
Internet users: n.a. Transportation:
Railways: 0 km. Highways: total: 362 km (1991); paved: n.a.
km; unpaved: n.a. km. Waterways: none. Ports and harbors:
Saipan, Tinian. Airports: 6 (2002). International disputes: none.
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