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Capitol Hill (Former
Japanese name in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name, in that order. Nevertheless, when a Japanese name is written in the Roman alphabet, ever since the Meiji era, the official policy has been to cater to Western expec ...
: 中山, ''Nakayama''; sometimes spelled Capital Hill, formerly Army Hill under the
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) is a settlement (sometimes termed a village or district) on the island of
Saipan Saipan ( ch, Sa’ipan, cal, Seipél, formerly in es, Saipán, and in ja, 彩帆島, Saipan-tō) is the largest island of the Northern Mariana Islands, a Commonwealth (U.S. insular area), commonwealth of the United States in the western Pa ...
in the
Northern Mariana Islands The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI; ch, Sankattan Siha Na Islas Mariånas; cal, Commonwealth Téél Falúw kka Efáng llól Marianas), is an unincorporated territory and commonw ...
. It has a population of just over 1,000. Capitol Hill has been the territory's
seat of government The seat of government is (as defined by ''Brewer's Politics'') "the building, complex of buildings or the city from which a government exercises its authority". In most countries, the nation’s capital is also seat of its government, thus that ...
since 1962. It lies on the cross-island road between Tanapag and San Vicente. Capitol Hill was built in 1948 by the
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as a base for covert training of Nationalist Chinese guerrillas.Bendure, G. & Friary, N. (1988).
Micronesia:A travel survival kit
'' South Yarra, VIC: Lonely Planet. p
194
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 state and territorial capitols in the United States


References

Towns and villages in the Northern Mariana Islands Saipan Populated places established in 1948 {{NorthernMarianas-geo-stub