Songsong is the second largest village on the island of
Rota
Rota or ROTA may refer to:
Places
* Rota (island), in the Marianas archipelago
* Rota (volcano), in Nicaragua
* Rota, Andalusia, a town in Andalusia, Spain
* Naval Station Rota, Spain
People
* Rota (surname), a surname (including a list of peop ...
,
Northern Mariana Islands,
United States. As of 2000, its population is 593. Songsong is located along the southern coast, in a narrow peninsula. The village's most recognizable landmark is Mt. Taipingot, more commonly known as Wedding Cake Mountain because of its resemblance to a layered wedding cake. The word songsong is a Chamorro word meaning "village, people."
The village itself is subdivided into several districts:
* District 1
* District 2
* District 3
* District 4
* Annex F
* Liyo'
* Teneto Village
Education
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Public School System
* Sinapalo Elementary School in
Sinapalo
Sinapalo or Sinapalu is a village on the island of Rota in the Northern Mariana Islands. The village is the largest settlement on the island (followed by Songsong, in the southwest), it is located south of the island's airport, Rota International ...
serves Songsong
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Dr. Rita Hocog Inos Jr./Sr. High School is in Songsong
Previously Rota Elementary/Junior & High School and Rota Elementary & Junior High School (after Rota High School separated) were in Songsong. In February 2002 the elementary school separated and took a campus in Sinapalo.
Antonio C. Atalig Memorial Rota Public Library of the
is in Songsong.
[ANTONIO C. ATALIG MEMORIAL LIBRARY]
" . Retrieved on January 15, 2017. The current library was built circa 2002 but it did not open until its "soft" opening on February 26, 2012. It was named after Mayor of Rota Antonio C. Atalig.
[ It adopted its current name in 1981.]
See also
List of reduplicated place names
This is a list of places with reduplication in their names, often as a result of the grammatical rules of the languages from which the names are derived.
Duplicated names from the indigenous languages of Australia, Chile and New Zealand are l ...
References
Towns and villages in the Northern Mariana Islands
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