Saipan [island] - Saipan

Japanese: サイパン[島] - サイパン

A volcanic island in the Mariana Islands in the western Pacific Ocean. It is the administrative center of the Northern Mariana Islands, a commonwealth of the United States. The inhabitants are mainly Chamorros, who practice fishing and produce copra. Discovered by the Spanish in 1521, it was a German territory, a Japanese mandate, and a US trust territory before becoming a US commonwealth in 1986. It is now a tourist island on a par with Guam. On June 15, 1944, during the Pacific War, the US military launched a landing attack on the island, and after fierce fighting in which most of the Japanese troops were killed, the US military occupied the island on July 9. The US military gained a base for air raids on the Japanese mainland. Approximately 120 ^km2 . Population: 48,220 (2010).
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Japanese:

西太平洋，マリアナ諸島の火山島。アメリカの自治領（コモンウェルス），北マリアナ諸島の行政の中心をなす。住民はチャモロ人が主で，漁業が行われ，コプラも産する。1521年スペイン人が発見，ドイツ領，日本委任統治領，米国信託統治領を経て1986年米国の自治領となった。現在はグアムと並ぶ観光の島。太平洋戦争中の1944年６月15日，米軍が上陸攻撃を開始，日本軍のほとんどが戦死する激戦の末，７月９日米軍が同島を占領。米軍は日本本土空襲の基地を得た。約120km²。４万8220人（2010）。
→関連項目太平洋戦争（日本）｜タポチョ［山］

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