Northern Mariana Islands
Continent – North America
Region – Northwestern Pacific Ocean
Size – 464 km2
Geography – Southern islands has level terraces while the northern islands are volcanic
Language – English, Chamorro, Carolinian
Religion – A large majority practices Roman Catholicism with a moderately large Buddhist community
Monetary Unit – United States dollar (USD)
Natural Resources – Arable land, fish
Agriculture – Coconuts, fruits, vegetables, cattle, melons, nuts, ornamental plants, livestock, poultry, eggs, fish, aquaculture products
Industry – Tourism, garments, construction, handicrafts
Neighboring Countries – None (island)
Population – 52,344 (2015 estimate)
Population Growth Rate – 1%
Average Life Expectancy – 77.82 years
Capital City – Saipan (population 48,220)
Highest Mountain – Agrihan (979m)
Yearly Rainfall – 83.8 in (mean), varies from year to year
Plant Life – Coconut palm tree, torchwood, mastwood, cycad, dyer’s fig, lantern tree, beach hibiscus, Indian mulberry, lipstick tree, wild pepper, pacific almond
Animal Life – 7 mammal species including bats, more than 260 species of carnivorans
Bird Life – 104 species including rufous fantail, golden honeyeater, the fairy tern, Vanikoro swiftlet, mariana fruit dove, nightingale reed warbler, yellow bittern
Aquatic Life – Hard and soft corals, anemones, sponges, many varieties of shellfish, whales, dolphins, porpoises, manatees, dugongs
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