Capital Hill, Saipan
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Capital Hill (formerly Army Hill under the United States Navy)[1] is a settlement on the island of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands. It has been the island group's center of government since 1962. It lies on the cross-island road between Tanapag and San Vicente.
Capital Hill was originally built in 1948 by the Central Intelligence Agency as a base involved in covert training of Nationalist Chinese guerillas.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Lal, Brij V.; Fortune, Kate (2000). The Pacific Islands: an encyclopedia. University of Hawaii Press. p. 104. ISBN 978-0824822651.
- ^ Bendure, G. & Friary, N. (1988). Micronesia:A travel survival kit. South Yarra, VIC: Lonely Planet. p. 194.
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Coordinates: 15°12′00″N 145°45′07″E / 15.2°N 145.7519444°E
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