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In reply to the discussion: state by state speak your mind about...hawaii [View all]Douglas Carpenter
(20,226 posts)28. and/or take a trip farther east to The U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Where America's day begins
I've been here for seven months now. It is like nowhere else on earth. It is like simultaneously being in Asia and America, the first world and the third world all at the same time.
It has the clearest and bluest blue sea on earth. The most spectacular diving anywhere.
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Rota
I've been here for seven months now. It is like nowhere else on earth. It is like simultaneously being in Asia and America, the first world and the third world all at the same time.
It has the clearest and bluest blue sea on earth. The most spectacular diving anywhere.
The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), is a commonwealth in political union with the United States, occupying a strategic region of the western Pacific Ocean. It consists of 15 islands about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines. The United States Census Bureau reports the total land area of all islands as 179.01 square miles (463.63 km2).
The Northern Mariana Islands has a population of 53,883 (2010 census).[2] More than 90% of the population lives on the island of Saipan. Of the fourteen other islands, only two Tinian and Rota have a significant population. The islands of Agrihan and Alamagan have fewer than ten residents each, and the remaining islands are unpopulated.
The Commonwealth's center of government is in the village of Capital Hill on Saipan. As the island is governed as a single municipality, most publications name Saipan as the Commonwealth's capital.
The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), is a commonwealth in political union with the United States, occupying a strategic region of the western Pacific Ocean. It consists of 15 islands about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines. The United States Census Bureau reports the total land area of all islands as 179.01 square miles (463.63 km2).
The Northern Mariana Islands has a population of 53,883 (2010 census).[2] More than 90% of the population lives on the island of Saipan. Of the fourteen other islands, only two Tinian and Rota have a significant population. The islands of Agrihan and Alamagan have fewer than ten residents each, and the remaining islands are unpopulated.
The Commonwealth's center of government is in the village of Capital Hill on Saipan. As the island is governed as a single municipality, most publications name Saipan as the Commonwealth's capital.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Mariana_Islands
Some Photos of Saipan
Rota
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There are not enough adjectives to describe the stunning beauty that is Hawaii…
Little Star
Feb 2012
#17
and/or take a trip farther east to The U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Douglas Carpenter
Feb 2012
#28