Susupe ( Old Japanese name: 鈴部町, ''Suzubu-chō'') is a

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Saipan Saipan ( ch, Sa’ipan, cal, Seipél, formerly in es, Saipán, and in ja, 彩帆島, Saipan-tō) is the largest island of the Northern Mariana Islands, a Commonwealth (U.S. insular area), commonwealth of the United States in the western Pa ...

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. Susupe is also known as Susupi. As of 2000, its population is 2,083.

Judicial capital

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is the seat of government for the Commonwealth but the judicial branch is headquartered at the House of Justice in Susupe. Thus, the CNMI is one of three U.S. jurisdictions whose supreme courts are not located in the state/commonwealth capital proper. The other two jurisdictions are

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, whose seat of government is

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but the judicial capital is

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; and

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, whose supreme court remained in

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when the state capital was moved to

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Education

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Public School System Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Public School System (CNMI PSS) is a school district serving the Northern Mariana Islands, a United States territory. Its headquarters are in Susupe, Saipan. Schools 7–12 schools Rota * Dr. R ...

, which is headquartered in Susupe, serves the town.

Marianas High School Marianas High School (MHS) is a public high school located in Susupe on Saipan in the Commonwealth (U.S. insular area), United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). It is one of six high schools operated by the CNMI Public Sc ...

is located in Susupe, across the street from the House of Justice. Joeten-Kiyu Public Library (JKPL) of the State Library of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands is in Susupe.

Tourism

Three major hotels serve the Susupe area and its surrounding neighborhoods. (Several little hotels also provide the area with more affordable options.) * Kanoa Resort Saipan (formerly Grand Hotel) * Aquarius Beach Tower * Saipan World Resort (formerly Diamond Hotel)

Lake Susupe

Lake Susupe is the only lake in Saipan and is located in the village of Susupe. It is home to a few species of birds found only in the Marianas. One of the endangered birds, the

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, has a Saipan population of 30–40. It is unknown what natural trees grew here because they were cleared in the 1930s to make room for sugar cane fields and the native fish died when the

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was introduced in the 1960s. Today, large

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trees grow and, in some places, very thick reeds. There are also 17 little ponds around the lake. The ponds and even the lake are home to very large fancy-tail guppies. The lake is often visited by birds from Asia which migrate to Lake Susupe during the winter.

References

Towns and villages in the Northern Mariana Islands Saipan {{NorthernMarianas-geo-stub