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ISLAND DIRECTORY
Northern Mariana Islands (United States) [1]
(Commonwealth of the United States)
LAND AREA: 471 sq. km SEA AREA: 1823000 sq. km
NUMBER OF ISLANDS BY SIZE (sq. km):
| >17,000 |
>10,000 |
>1,000 |
>100 |
>10 |
>1 |
<1 |
Unknown |
TOTAL |
| 0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
14 |
DEMOGRAPHY
POPULATION: 49000 (1996)
DENSITY: 104 persons/sq. km GROWTH RATE: 4%/year
ECONOMY
Income/Capita: $0
ENVIRONMENT (see also individual islands)
SPECIES OF CONSERVATION INTEREST:
Plants: 64 native ferns, 3 endemic; 1 native cycad 478 dicotyledon
taxa, 221 native, 78 endemic Insects: 2 butterflies Other invertebrates:
4 Partulidae (land snails)
Rept/Amph: 10 species, 1 endemic
Birds: 111 species, 28 resident, 5 introduced
Mammals: endemic Marianas fruit batMarine life: 1 endemic soft coral; 3
endemic gastropods;
2 endemic fish (Mariana Islands including Guam)
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
INSTITUTIONS
GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY:
Coastal Resources Management Office, Office of the
Governor; Department of Natural Resources, Division of Fish and
Wildlife
ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION:
ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS:
REFERENCES:
Last updated 01/02/98
Islands of Northern Mariana Islands (United States)
Agrihan (United States - Northern Mariana Islands)
Aguijan (United States - Northern Mariana Islands)
Alamagan (United States - Northern Mariana Islands)
Anatahan (United States - Northern Mariana Islands)
Ascuncion (United States - Northern Mariana Islands)
Farallon de Medinilla (United States - Northern Mariana Islands)
Farallon de Pajaros (United States - Northern Mariana Islands)
Guguan (United States - Northern Mariana Islands)
Maug Islands (United States - Northern Mariana Islands)
Pagan (United States - Northern Mariana Islands)
Palmyra (United States - Palmyra)
Rota (United States - Northern Mariana Islands)
Saipan (United States - Northern Mariana Islands)
Sarigan (United States - Northern Mariana Islands)
Tinian (United States - Northern Mariana Islands)
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