The Northern Mariana
Islands are also called Marianas, or formerly the Ladrone Islands, and
consists of a group of 15 islands in Micronesia, located in the Pacific
Ocean 2,400 km (1,500 miles) east of the Philippines. It was made a
Japanese mandate in 1919 and occupied by the U.S. in 1944. It was placed
under U.S. trusteeship in 1947 but became a commonwealth known as Northern
Marianas. Tourism, garment manufacturing, and fisheries all play a key
role.
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