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Largest of the Mariana Islands in the W
Pacific, an unincorporated territory of the
USA. area 540 sq km/208 sq mi capital Agana
towns Apra (port) features major US air and
naval base, much used in the Vietnam War;
tropical, with much rain products sweet
potatoes, fish; tourism is important currency
US dollar population (1984) 116,000 language
English, Chamorro (basically
Malay-Polynesian) religion 96% Roman Catholic
government popularly elected governor
(Ricardo Bordallo from 1985) and
single-chamber legislature recent history
ceded by Spain to the USA 1898; occupied by
Japan 1941-44. It was granted full US
citizenship and self-government from 1950. A
referendum 1982 favoured commonwealth status.