Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
סאיפאן (איי מריאנה הצפוניים)
Name (Latin)
Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands)
Other forms of name
Saypan (Northern Mariana Islands)
Saipan
Coordinates
145.75 145.75 15.18333333 15.18333333 (gooearth )
Associated country
Northern Mariana Islands
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 153685073
Wikidata: Q51679
Library of congress: n 85830728
OCoLC: oca01458014
Sources of Information
  • CIA The world factbook website, August 13, 2015(under Northern Mariana Islands: capital: Saipan; geographic coordinates: 15 12 N, 145 45 E)
  • Columbia gaz. of the world, 1998(Saipan; capital of Northern Mariana Islands; sometimes spelled Saypan)
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(island; 15°11ʹ33ʺN 145°44ʹ53ʺE)
  • Geographic Names Information System, 1 July 2015(Municipality of Saipan; class: civil; Northern Mariana Islands; ID: 1805247; 151157N, 1454639E)
  • 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.)
  • nuc85-64023: Rechucher Charlie Gibbons, ... 1980(usage on OClMA rept.: Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands)
  • LC data base, 12/26/85(hdg.: Saipan. Economic Development Division)