llite) (2005)

Televisions:

1,200 (1996)

Internet country code:

.nf

Internet hosts:

51 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

2 (2000)

Internet users:

700 (2002 est.)

Transportation
Norfolk Island

Airports:

1 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2007)

Roadways:

total: 80 km
paved: 53 km
unpaved: 27 km (2008)

Ports and terminals:

none; loading jetties at Kingston and Cascade

Military
Norfolk Island

Military - note:

defense is the responsibility of Australia

Transnational Issues
Norfolk Island

Disputes - international:

none

This page was last updated on 18 December, 2008

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@Northern Mariana Islands

Introduction
Northern Mariana Islands

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.

Geography
Northern Mariana Islands

Location:

Oceania, islands in the North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of
the way from Hawaii to the Philippines

Geographic coordinates:

15 12 N, 145 45 E

Map references:

Oceania

Area:

total: 477 sq km
land: 477 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes 14 islands including Saipan, Rota, and Tinian

Area - comparative:

2.5 times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries:

0 km

Coastline:

1,482 km

Maritime claims:

territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

Climate:

tropical marine; moderated by northeast trade winds, little seasonal
temperature variation; dry season December to June, rainy season
July to October

Terrain:

southern islands are limestone with level terraces and fringing
coral reefs; northern islands are volcanic

Elevation extremes:

lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Agrihan 965 m

Natural resources:

arable land, fish

Land use:

arable land: 13.04%
permanent crops: 4.35%
other: 82.61% (2005)

Irrigated l