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The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Department of Public Safety ( DPS; Chamorro: Dipåttamentun Sinåfu' Pupbliku; Carolinian: Bwulasiyol Alillisil Toulap) is a law enforcement agency and firefighting agency of the Northern Mariana Islands. It is one of the CNMI executive agencies, and as of 2015 its commissioner is Robert A. Guerrero.
Nationality is the legal means in which inhabitants acquire formal membership in a nation without regard to its governance type. [10] In addition to being United States nationals, people born in the Northern Mariana Islands are both citizens of the United States and citizens of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. [11]
Saipan is the largest island in the Northern Mariana Islands. It is about 120 mi (190 km) north of Guam and 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) northeast of Tinian, from which it is separated by the Saipan Channel. Saipan is about 12 mi (19 km) long and 5.6 mi (9.0 km) wide, with a land area of 115.38 km 2 (44.55 sq mi).
The Northern Mariana Islands's at-large congressional district encompasses the entire U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The territory does not have a voting member of Congress, but does elect a delegate who can participate in debates with the United States House of Representatives. On November 4, 2008, the first delegate ...
The economy of the Northern Mariana Islands benefits substantially from financial assistance from the United States and tourism. The rate of funding has declined as locally generated government revenues have grown. An agreement for the years 1986 to 1992 entitled the islands to $228 million for capital development, government operations, and ...
The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands[ b] ( CNMI; Chamorro: Sankattan Siha Na Islas Mariånas; Carolinian: Commonwealth Téél Falúw kka Efáng llól Marianas ), is an unincorporated territory and commonwealth of the United States consisting of 14 islands in the northwestern Pacific Ocean ...
The Northern Mariana Islands is an unincorporated territory of the United States, and in a political union with it in the form of a commonwealth. Executive power is exercised by the governor. Legislative power is vested in the two chambers of the legislature. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature.
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Public School System. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Public School System ( CNMI PSS) is a school district serving the Northern Mariana Islands, a United States territory . Its headquarters are in Susupe, Saipan. [1]