Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands)
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found: nuc85-64023: Rechucher Charlie Gibbons, ... 1980(usage on OClMA rept.: Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands)
found: LC data base, 12/26/85(hdg.: Saipan. Economic Development Division)
found: GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(island; 15°11ʹ33ʺN 145°44ʹ53ʺE)
found: Geographic Names Information System, 1 July 2015(Municipality of Saipan; class: civil; Northern Mariana Islands; ID: 1805247; 151157N, 1454639E)
found: Columbia gaz. of the world, 1998(Saipan; capital of Northern Mariana Islands; sometimes spelled Saypan)
found: Wikipedia, 1 July 2015(Saipan; after World War II, became part of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, adminstered by U.S.; since 1978 island has been a municipality of the Northern Mariana Islands) August 13, 2015 (Saipan is the largest island of the Northern Mariana Islands, a commonwealth of the United States in the western Pacific Ocean. The Commonwealth's center of government is located in the village of Capitol Hill on the island. As the entire island is organized as a single municipality, most publications term Saipan as the Commonwealth's capital.)
found: CIA The world factbook website, August 13, 2015(under Northern Mariana Islands: capital: Saipan; geographic coordinates: 15 12 N, 145 45 E)
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1985-12-26: new
2015-08-14: revised
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