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Mariana Islands
Political Status

The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) emerged from the Trust Territory of the Pacific
Islands (TTPI) which the United States administered on behalf of the United Nations from 1947 until Palau,
the last member of the TTPI to choose its own political future, became an independent country 1994. The
Federal law (the Covenant) making the CNMI a U.S. territory passed in 1975. The CNMI adopted its
constitution in 1977, and its first constitutional government took office in 1978. The CNMI came under
Federal minimum wage regulations in 2007 and immigration law in 2008. In June 2009, the U.S. Department
of Homeland Security takes over the CNMI's immigration and border controls.

Elected Leaders
Governor: Ralph Deleon Guerrero Torres
Delegate to the House of Representatives: Gregorio "Kilili" Camacho Sablan 1, 2017
Current Speaker of the House: Rafael S. Demapan
Current President of the Senate: Francisco M. Borja 12
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Total labor force: 38,935 (2005)
Total employment: 35,400 (2005)
Private sector employment: 32,214
Government employment: 3,186
Private sector employment as a % of total: 91
Government employment as a % of total: 9
Unemployment rate: 8%
USCIS Form I-9 Guidance for Employers Hiring Individuals in the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands

Distances from places
Washington DC: 8,950 miles
Los Angeles: 6,300 mils
Honolulu: 3,800
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Tokyo: 1,500 miles

Economy & Income Sources
GDP: $716 million (BEA 2009)
Per capita GDP: $13,288 (BEA 2009)
U.S. per capita GDP: $48,133
Total population: 53,883 (2010 census)
Tourism
340,957 tourists in 2011
506,846 tourists in 2005
528,608 tourists in 2000
Japanese tourists: 41.9 percent of total (2011)
Korean tourists: 31.5 percent of total (2011)
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Gross business receipts in 2009: $1.6 billion
Gross business receipts in 2010: $1.3 billion
Gross business receipts in 2005: $2.0 billion
Gross business receipts in 2000: $2.3 billion
Government Finances
Total revenues: $230.2 million (FY 09)
Total spending: $277.6 million (FY 09)
Total Federal grants: $64.4 million (FY 09)

Government Finances
Total gov't. revenues: $244.3 million (FY 07)
Total gov't. spending: $289.1 million (FY 07)
Total Federal grants: $61.3 million (FY 07)

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Geography
Located just north of Guam, the CNMI is a three-hundred mile archipelago consisting of 14 islands, with a
total land area of 183.5 square miles. The principal inhabited islands are Saipan, Rota and Tinian. The
northern, largely uninhabited islands are Farallon de Medinilla, Anatahan, Sariguan, Gudgeon, Alamagan,
Pagan, Agrihan, Asuncion, Maug Islands, and Farallon de Pajaro. Saipan is 3,300 miles from Honolulu;
5,625 from San Francisco; 1,272 miles from Tokyo; and 3,090 miles from Sydney.
The Mariana Islands are on the edge of the Philippine Plate. They were formed by underwater volcanoes
along the Marianas Trench. The northern islands are high volcanic islands and the southern islands are
raised limestone.
Anatahan is currently an active volcano with the first recorded volcanic eruption on May 10, 2003.
Click here to visit the Anatahan Volcano home page.

Culture
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influenced the Chamorro culture for nearly four centuries, is still present today. Japanese is also spoken in
many of the hotels and shops, reflecting the heavy tourism industry. The non-citizen population is made up
primarily of Filipino and Chinese, with some representation from several other Asian countries.

OIA Contacts
Francisco Taitano
Desk Officer for the Northern Mariana Islands
Office of Insular Affairs
Washington, DC 20240
[phone]

CNMI Leadership

Office of the Governor
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T.H. Iloy Enos

Caller Box 10007

Mariana Islands

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Capital Hill

Governor of the Northern

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Saipan, MP 96950

U.S. House of

Telephone [phone]

T.H. Gregorio Camacho

Representatives 423 Cannon

Fax [phone]

Sablan - U.S. Representative

House Building

Website:

Washington, D.C. 20515

http://www.sablan.house.gov/

Former Resident Representatives
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