Northern Mariana Islands (United States)    [1]
(Commonwealth of the United States)
ISO COUNTRY CODE: MP
LAND AREA: 471 sq. km     SEA AREA: 1823000 sq. km
NUMBER OF ISLANDS BY SIZE (sq. km):

>17,000	>10,000	>1,000	>100	>10	>1	<1	Unknown	TOTAL
0	0	0	2	5	6	1	0	14

DEMOGRAPHY
  POPULATION: 49000 (1996)
  DENSITY: 104 persons/sq. km    GROWTH RATE: 4%/year

ECONOMY
  Income/Capita: $0

ENVIRONMENT (see also individual islands)
NATURE CONSERVATION INTEREST:

Plants: 64 native ferns, 3 endemic; 1 native cycad   478 dicotyledon    
taxa, 221 native, 78 endemic Insects: 2 butterflies Other invertebrates:
4 Partulidae (land snails)                                              
Rept/Amph: 10 species, 1 endemic                                        
Birds: 111 species, 28 resident, 5 introduced                           
Mammals: endemic Marianas fruit batMarine life: 1 endemic soft coral; 3 
endemic gastropods;                                                     
2 endemic fish (Mariana Islands including Guam)                         

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

INSTITUTIONS
GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY:

Coastal Resources Management Office, Office of the                      
Governor; Department of Natural Resources, Division of Fish and         
Wildlife