The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, is an unincorporated territory and commonwealth of the United States consisting of 14 islands in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The CNMI includes the 14 northernmost islands in the Mariana Archipelago; the southernmost island, Guam, i…
The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, is an unincorporated territory and commonwealth of the United States consisting of 14 islands in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The CNMI includes the 14 northernmost islands in the Mariana Archipelago; the southernmost island, Guam, is a separate U.S. territory. The Northern Mariana Islands were listed by the United Nations as a non-self-governing territory until 1990.
Sovereign state: United States
Commonwealth status: January 9, 1978
End of U.N. Trusteeship: November 4, 1986
Capital and largest city: Saipan
Official languages: English · Chamorro · Carolinian
Ethnic groups (2023): 35.3% Filipino · 23.9% Chamorro · 6.8% Chinese · 4.6% Refaluwasch · 4.2% Korean · 6.4% other Pacific Islander · 3.78% other Asian · 15.1% other
Religion (2010): 81.3% Christianity · 10.6% Buddhism · 5.3% folk religions · 1.0% no religion · 0.7% Islam · 1.1% other
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