Northern Mariana Islands Introduction 2020, CIA World Factbook

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Northern Mariana Islands Introduction 2020

SOURCE: 2020 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES

Page last updated on January 27, 2020

Background:
Under US administration as part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific, the people of the Northern Mariana Islands decided in the 1970s not to seek independence but instead to forge closer links with the US. Negotiations for territorial status began in 1972. A covenant to establish a commonwealth in political union with the US was approved in 1975, and came into force on 24 March 1976. A new government and constitution went into effect in 1978.

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Northern Mariana Islands Introduction 2020 SOURCE: 2020 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES