Capital City | Saipan |
Capital location | 15 12 N, 145 45 E |
Capital - history | the entire island of Saipan is organized as a single municipality and serves as the capital; according to legend, when the first native voyagers arrived in their outrigger canoes they found an uninhabited island; to them it was like an empty voyage, so they named the island saay meaning "a voyage," and peel meaning "empty"; over time Saaypeel - "island of the empty voyage" - became Saipan |
Capital - time difference | UTC+10 (15 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) |
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