Kepulauan Mariana Utara

Kepulauan Mariana Utara, secara rasmi Komanwel Kepulauan Mariana Utara (CNMI), ialah komanwel dalam penyatuan politik dengan Amerika Syarikat di Lautan Pasifik barat. Terdiri daripada 15 buah pulau, ia terletak di lokasi yang strategik, hampir tiga suku jaraknya antara Hawaii dan Filipina di 15°1′2″U, 145°4′5″T. Biro Bancian Amerika Syarikat melaporkan luas dataran sebanyak 463.63 km² (179.01 batu persegi) untuk semua pulaunya. Kiraan banci tahun 2000 ialah 69,221 orang, dengan anggaran jumlah penduduk sebanyak 80,362 orang pada tahun 2005. Kepulauan Mariana Utara mempunyai nisbah jantina perempuan dengan lelaki yang tertinggi di dunia, dengan 77 orang lelaki bagi setiap 100 orang perempuan pada puratanya. Lihat juga Rujukan Pautan luar Hubungan Amerika Syarikat dan Kepulauan Mariana Utara Full Committee Hearing: Conditions in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Thursday, February 8, 2007, United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources View complete webcast of above hearings Diarkibkan 2007-06-21 di Wayback Machine (streaming Real video). Aprox 2.5 hours long. "Cohen Warns of Imminent CNMI 'Federalization'" Pacific Daily News, Jan. 7, 2007. Kerajaan Northern Mariana Islands Diarkibkan 2009-04-28 di Wayback Machine official government site The CNMI Covenant The CNMI Constitution Diarkibkan 2008-10-05 di Wayback Machine CNMI Office of Resident Representative Pedro A. Tenorio H.R. 873 - the Northern Mariana Islands Delegate Act Diarkibkan 2008-12-24 di Wayback Machine H.R. 5550 - The United States-Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Human Dignity Act Diarkibkan 2008-12-23 di Wayback Machine Berita Saipan Tribune Marianas Variety Bruce Lloyd Media Services CNMI News Diarkibkan 2007-08-02 di Wayback Machine The Pacific Times Food for Thought - Weekly commentary on CNMI society by KZMI and KCNM manager Harry Blalock Diarkibkan 2008-09-05 di Wayback Machine Gambaran keseluruhan Open Directory Project - Northern Mariana Islands Diarkibkan 2007-08-08 di Wayback Machine directory category Moon Handbooks Micronesia myMicronesia/Northern Marianas section Diarkibkan 2007-06-12 di Wayback Machine Digital Micronesia Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands Archives Lain-lain www.lonelyplanet.com Micronesian Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences Northern Mariana Islands Online Encyclopedia Diarkibkan 2007-07-16 di Wayback Machine Micronesian Seminar "Paradise Lost: Greed, Sex Slavery, Forced Abortions and Right-Wing Moralists" by Rebecca Clarren Diarkibkan 2006-07-02 di Wayback Machine Fresh Air (NPR): "Sweatshops in U.S. Territory" "Neo-Colonialism & Contract Labor Under The U.S. Flag" by Phil Kaplan "Solving Worker Abuse Problems in the Northern Mariana Islands" by Karen M. Smith Diarkibkan 2008-10-29 di Wayback Machine "About Saipan" Diarkibkan 2007-01-02 di Wayback Machine - A strongly critical take on the CNMI, Saipan Sucks Satellite Image of Anatahan Ash Plume Diarkibkan 2004-12-08 di Wayback Machine Ocean Dots pictures Thinkprogress' information on sex and labor slavery Saipan and Tinian locator map Pascal Horst Lehne and Christoph Gäbler: Über die Marianen. Lehne-Verlag, Wohldorf in Germany 1972. Ms. magazine Spring 2006 article "Paradise Lost: Greed, Sex Slavery, Forced Abortions and Right-Wing Moralists" Diarkibkan 2006-07-02 di Wayback Machine Article about the plight of garment workers, the Abramoff scandal, and other abuses