Capitol Hill
Nakayama | |
|---|---|
Settlement | |
 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Legislature Building at Capitol Hill | |
  Capitol Hill | |
| Coordinates: 15°12′00″N 145°45′07″E / 15.2°N 145.751944°E | |
| Territory | Northern Mariana Islands |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.48 sq mi (3.8 km2) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 1,028[1] |
| Website | www.gov.mp |
Capitol Hill (Former Japanese name: 中山, Nakayama; sometimes spelled Capital Hill,[2] formerly Army Hill under the United States Navy[3]) is a settlement (sometimes termed a village or district) on the island of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands.[4][5][6] It has a population of just over 1,000.[1] Capitol Hill has been the territory's seat of government since 1962. It lies on the cross-island road between Tanapag and San Vicente.
Capitol Hill was built in 1948 by the Central Intelligence Agency as a base for covert training of Nationalist Chinese guerrillas.[7]
The area is home to various government departments and agencies:
- Governor's Office
- Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Legislature Building
- US Post Office
- Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Department of Commerce
- Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Workforce Investment Agency
- Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Council for Arts and Culture
- ^ a b Haidee V. Eugenio. "Census: Garapan is most populous". Archived January 12, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Saipan Tribune. 6 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Capitol Hill, Saipan
- ^ Lal, Brij V.; Fortune, Kate (2000). The Pacific Islands: an encyclopedia. University of Hawaii Press. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-8248-2265-1.
- ^ 1999 USGS map of Saipan
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Capitol Hill, Saipan
- ^ USPS Post Office locations in Zip Code 96950
- ^ Bendure, G. & Friary, N. (1988). Micronesia:A travel survival kit. South Yarra, VIC: Lonely Planet. p. 194.
