Saipan

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capital city island

Saipan is the largest and most populous island of the Northern Mariana Islands, known for its World War II history and Pacific island tourism.

Aliases (2)

Saipan Refaluwasch ×1
Saipan, Mariana Islands ×1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	capital city → island →
administeredBy	United States →
battleDate	June 15 – July 9, 1944 →
capitalOf	Northern Mariana Islands →
country	United States →
elevationOfHighestPoint	approximately 474 meters →
governmentType	commonwealth within the United States →
hasAirport	Saipan International Airport →
hasAttraction	American Memorial Park → Banzai Cliff → Managaha Island → Suicide Cliff →
hasClimate	tropical rainforest climate →
hasEthnicGroup	Carolinian → Chamorro → Chinese community → Filipino community → Japanese community → Korean community →
hasHighestPoint	Mount Tapochau →
hasPort	Port of Saipan →
knownFor	Pacific island tourism → World War II battlefields → World War II history → beaches → diving sites →
largestIslandOf	Northern Mariana Islands →
locatedIn	Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands → western Pacific Ocean →
majorEconomicSector	government → services → tourism →
mostPopulousIslandOf	Northern Mariana Islands →
officialLanguage	Carolinian → Chamorro → English →
partOf	Micronesia → Northern Mariana Islands → Pacific Ocean →
previouslyAdministeredBy	Empire of Japan → League of Nations South Seas Mandate → Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands →
religion	Christianity →
siteOf	Battle of Saipan →
sovereignState	United States →
strategicImportanceIn	World War II →
timeZone	Chamorro Standard Time →
usedBy	Imperial Japanese military → United States military →
usesCurrency	United States dollar →
utcOffset	+10 →

Referenced by (30)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Government of the Northern Mariana Islands → Northern Mariana Islands → Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands →	capital
District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands → Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature →	locatedIn
Battle of Saipan → Operation Forager →	location
Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature → Northern Mariana Islands Senate →	meetsIn
Government of the Northern Mariana Islands → Northern Mariana Islands →	seatOfGovernment
Carolinian → Saipan Carolinian →	spokenIn
Regal Entertainment Group →	areaServed
Twentieth Air Force →	baseOfOperations
United Nations Trust Territory →	capitalAtVariousTimes
Mariana Island Arc →	contains
Chuichi Nagumo ("Saipan, Mariana Islands") →	deathPlace
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands →	formerCapital
Saipan Carolinian ("Saipan Refaluwasch") →	hasAlternativeName
District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands →	hasSeat
Northern Mariana Islands →	largestCity
Esmeralda Bank →	locatedNear
Agrihan →	locatedNorthOf
Northern Mariana Islands →	majorIsland
Tinian →	nearbyIsland
Regal Entertainment Group →	operatesIn
Yoshitsugu Saito →	placeOfDeath
Rota →	regionalCapital
Viña del Mar →	twinCity