Seek to abridge the history of Saipan.

Saipan began to be inhabited by humans around 2000 BC. 152 1 After the famous navigator Magellan, the original beauty of Mariana Islands was recognized by the whole world. 1565, the Spanish landed on the island and declared permanent ownership of the island. 1668, they renamed Mariana Island after the Queen of Spain.

1898 After the Spanish-American War, Spain ceded Guam in the southern Mariana Islands to the United States and sold the Northern Mariana Islands to Germany. Twenty years later, Germany was defeated in World War I and was forced to cede the Northern Mariana Islands to Japan. During the Japanese occupation, immigrants were introduced from Japan, Okinawa, North Korea and other places, and sugarcane was planted in large quantities.

According to the population statistics of February 1939, there are 129 104 people on the island, of which nearly 60% are Japanese, China Taiwan Province Province and Koreans. During World War II, Japanese and American armies fought fiercely for the island. 1944, 15 In June, the US military began to attack Ban Ki-moon, which was called the Battle of Saipan in history.

The battle ended on July 9, and the Japanese commander committed suicide by caesarean section, leaving only 1000 Japanese troops on the island. Today, there are many battlefield sites in Saipan. The two atomic bombs dropped by the United States in Japan, a little boy and a fat man, took off after being loaded on Tianning Island near Saipan.

After Japan's defeat, the United Nations entrusted the Northern Mariana Islands, Micronesia Islands, Palau Island and Marshall Islands to the United States Government for 40 years. The United States is responsible for national defense and foreign affairs in the Trust Zone.

1In July, 947, Marshall Islands was entrusted by the United Nations to the United States for trusteeship, and then together with Palau, the Federated States of the Northern Mariana Islands and Micronesia, it formed four major political entities for trusteeship of Pacific island countries.

After the end of the trusteeship period, Micronesia, Palau and Marshall Islands established their own republics. Because of its important strategic position, the Northern Mariana Islands decided not to seek independence in the 1970s, but to seek to become American territory. 1975 reached an alliance agreement with the United States and became a political alliance of the United States.

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Another economic pillar of Saipan is tourism. Saipan, like Guam, began to develop tourism from 1970. Because Saipan is close to Japan and has a historical origin, Japan is the main tourist source, reaching hundreds of thousands every year at its peak.

However, with the economic recession in Japan, Saipan tourism has also been hit, especially after the withdrawal of Japan Airlines in 2005. The industry began to develop Korean, Chinese mainland and even Russian tourists, but it still failed to make up for the loss of Japanese tourists.

In 2009, among the tourists visiting Saipan, 6 1% came from Japan, 28% from South Korea, 9% from China and 2% from Russian and other countries.

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