Elevation extremes: lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: Mount Lamlam 406 m
Natural resources: fishing (largely undeveloped), tourism (especially from Japan)
Land use: arable land: 11% permanent crops: 11% permanent pastures: 15% forests and woodland: 18% other: 45% (1993 est.)
Irrigated land: NA sq km
Natural hazards: frequent squalls during rainy season; relatively rare, but potentially very destructive typhoons (especially in August)
Environment-current issues: NA
Environment-international agreements: party to: NA signed, but not ratified: NA
Geography-note: largest and southernmost island in the Mariana Islands archipelago; strategic location in western North Pacific Ocean
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Population: 148,060 (July 1998 est.)