Garapan (Northern Mariana Islands)
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Name (Latin)
Garapan (Northern Mariana Islands)
Other forms of name
Garapan (Saipan)
Garapan Village (Saipan)
Garapan Town (Saipan)
Coordinates
145.7180556 145.7180556 15.20611111 15.20611111 (gooearth )
E1454254 E1454254 N0151225 N0151225 (geonames )
Associated country
Northern Mariana Islands
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Russell, S. From Arabwal to ashes, 1984:t.p. (in subtitle: Garapan Village) p. iii, etc. (Garapan; town on mid western coast of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands; estab. ca. 1818 as town of Arabwal [no publs. in LC data base]; name changed to Garapan in 1860s; completely destroyedduring WW II; redeveloped in 1960s; Garapan Town)
- Col.-Lip. gaz., 1966(Garapan, Marianas Isls.; capital, Saipan dist. of U.S. trust territory)
- Western's new geog. dict., 1972(Garapan; town on W coast of Saipan, Mariana Is., W Pacific Ocean)
Wikipedia description:
Garapan (Old Japanese name: 柄帆町, Garapan-chō) is the largest village and the center of the tourism industry on the island of Saipan, which is a part of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). Garapan, as a census-designated place, has an area of 1.2 km2 (0.46 sq mi) and a population of 3,588 (census of population, 2000).
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