Northern Mariana Islands
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The Northern Mariana Islands are an unincorporated U.S. territory located in the Pacific Ocean. As a U.S. territory, the islands are under American sovereignty and their residents are U.S. citizens, making them part of the broader U.S. political system despite being geographically distant from the mainland.
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The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), is an unincorporated territory and commonwealth of the United States consisting of the 14 northern islands of the Mariana Archipelago in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The southernmost, 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.
During the colonial period, the Northern Marianas were variously under the control of the Spanish, German, and Japanese empires. After World War II, the islands were part of the United Nations trust territories under American administration before formally joining the United States as a territory in 1986, with their population gaining United States citizenship.
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1898 establishments in Oceania1898 establishments in the German colonial empireArchipelagoes of OceaniaArchipelagoes of the Pacific OceanCountries and territories where English is an official languageDependent territories in MicronesiaDependent territories in OceaniaFormer colonies in OceaniaFormer German coloniesFormer Japanese coloniesFormer Spanish colonies