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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 / 15.2; 145.751944
Territory	Northern Mariana Islands
Area
• Total	1.48 sq mi (3.8 km)
Population
• Total	1,028
Website	www.gov.mp

Capitol Hill (Former Japanese name: 中山, Nakayama; sometimes spelled Capital Hill, formerly Army Hill under the United States Navy) is a settlement (sometimes termed a village or district) on the island of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands. It has a population of just over 1,000. 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 was built in 1948 by the Central Intelligence Agency as a base for covert training of Nationalist Chinese guerrillas.

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

References

1. ^ 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.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Capitol Hill, Saipan
3. Lal, Brij V.; Fortune, Kate (2000). The Pacific Islands: an encyclopedia. University of Hawaii Press. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-8248-2265-1.
4. 1999 USGS map of Saipan
5. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Capitol Hill, Saipan
6. USPS Post Office locations in Zip Code 96950
7. Bendure, G. & Friary, N. (1988). Micronesia:A travel survival kit. South Yarra, VIC: Lonely Planet. p. 194.
8. "NOWData - NOAA Online Weather Data". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
9. "Monthly Normals 1991-2020". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved January 14, 2023.

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