Capitol Hill (Former
Japanese name
in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name. Japanese names are usually written in kanji, where the pronunciation follows a special set of rules. Because parents when naming children, and foreigners when adoptin ...
: , '; sometimes spelled Capital Hill, formerly Army Hill under the
United States Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare, maritime military branch, service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest Displacement (ship), displacement, at 4.5 millio ...
) is a settlement (sometimes termed a village or district) on the island of
Saipan
Saipan () is the largest island and capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, an unincorporated Territories of the United States, territory of the United States in the western Pacific Ocean. According to 2020 estimates by the United States Cens ...
in the
Northern Mariana Islands
The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), is an Territories of the United States, unincorporated territory and Commonwealth (U.S. insular area), commonwealth of the United States consistin ...
. It has a population of around 1,000.
[ Capitol Hill has been the territory's ]seat of government
The seat of government is (as defined by ''Brewer's Politics'') "the building, complex of buildings or the city from which a government exercises its authority".
In most countries, the nation's Capital city, capital is also seat of its governmen ...
since 1962. It lies on the cross-island road between Tanapag
Tanapag is a settlement on the island of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands. It is located close to Tanapag Beach on the northwest coast, just to the north of Capital Hill, the island group's center of government. It lies on the Marpi Road ( ...
and San Vicente.
Capitol Hill was built in 1948 by the Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA; ) is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with advancing national security through collecting and analyzing intelligence from around the world and ...
as a base for covert training of Nationalist Chinese guerrillas.[Bendure, G. & Friary, N. (1988). ]
Micronesia:A travel survival kit
'' South Yarra, VIC: Lonely Planet. p
194
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
Transportation
Route 31 (Cross Island Road) or Isa Drive is the main road in the area.
Climate
See also
* List of capitals in the United States
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Washington, D.C. has been the federal capital ...
References
Towns and villages in the Northern Mariana Islands
Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
Populated places established in 1948
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