Capitol Hill (Former Japanese name: 中山, Nakayama; sometimes spelled Capital Hill,[2] formerly Army Hill under the United States Navy[3]) is a settlement (sometimes termed a village or district) on the island of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands.[4][5][6] It has a population of just over 1,000.[1] Capitol Hill has been the territory's seat of government since 1962. It lies on the cross-island road between Tanapag and San Vicente.
Capitol Hill
Nakayama | |
|---|---|
Settlement | |
 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Legislature Building at Capitol Hill | |
  Capitol Hill | |
| Coordinates: 15°12′00″N 145°45′07″E / 15.2°N 145.751944°E | |
| Territory | Northern Mariana Islands |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.48 sq mi (3.8 km2) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,028[1] |
| Website | www.gov.mp |
Capitol Hill was built in 1948 by the Central Intelligence Agency as a base for covert training of Nationalist Chinese guerrillas.[7]
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
editRoute 31 (Cross Island Road) or Isa Drive is the main road in the area.
Climate
edit| Climate data for Capitol Hill 1, Northern Mariana Islands (1991-2020 normals, extremes 1995-present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 88 (31) |
89 (32) |
89 (32) |
91 (33) |
92 (33) |
89 (32) |
91 (33) |
89 (32) |
90 (32) |
89 (32) |
90 (32) |
88 (31) |
92 (33) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 80.9 (27.2) |
80.6 (27.0) |
81.7 (27.6) |
83.3 (28.5) |
84.6 (29.2) |
85.1 (29.5) |
84.6 (29.2) |
84.0 (28.9) |
84.0 (28.9) |
83.9 (28.8) |
83.7 (28.7) |
82.1 (27.8) |
83.2 (28.4) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 77.0 (25.0) |
76.6 (24.8) |
77.3 (25.2) |
78.6 (25.9) |
80.0 (26.7) |
80.3 (26.8) |
79.8 (26.6) |
79.5 (26.4) |
79.3 (26.3) |
79.3 (26.3) |
79.3 (26.3) |
78.1 (25.6) |
78.8 (26.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 73.1 (22.8) |
72.7 (22.6) |
72.9 (22.7) |
73.8 (23.2) |
75.3 (24.1) |
75.5 (24.2) |
75.0 (23.9) |
74.9 (23.8) |
74.6 (23.7) |
74.7 (23.7) |
74.8 (23.8) |
74.1 (23.4) |
74.3 (23.5) |
| Record low °F (°C) | 68 (20) |
67 (19) |
62 (17) |
63 (17) |
66 (19) |
70 (21) |
62 (17) |
67 (19) |
64 (18) |
67 (19) |
68 (20) |
68 (20) |
62 (17) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 4.57 (116) |
4.16 (106) |
3.12 (79) |
4.20 (107) |
4.04 (103) |
5.35 (136) |
9.62 (244) |
14.06 (357) |
11.90 (302) |
12.25 (311) |
8.27 (210) |
6.02 (153) |
87.56 (2,224) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 19.3 | 18.0 | 15.8 | 17.9 | 19.2 | 22.3 | 25.4 | 26.5 | 24.2 | 24.7 | 22.4 | 22.1 | 257.8 |
| Source: NOAA[8][9] | |||||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Haidee V. Eugenio. "Census: Garapan is most populous". Archived January 12, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Saipan Tribune. 6 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Capitol Hill, Saipan
- ^ Lal, Brij V.; Fortune, Kate (2000). The Pacific Islands: an encyclopedia. University of Hawaii Press. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-8248-2265-1.
- ^ 1999 USGS map of Saipan
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Capitol Hill, Saipan
- ^ USPS Post Office locations in Zip Code 96950
- ^ Bendure, G. & Friary, N. (1988). Micronesia:A travel survival kit. South Yarra, VIC: Lonely Planet. p. 194.
- ^ "NOWData - NOAA Online Weather Data". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
- ^ "Monthly Normals 1991-2020". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
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