Northern Islands Municipality
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Northern Islands Municipality is one of the four main political divisions of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. It consists of a long string of the northernmost islands of the Northern Marianas, including (from north to south) Farallon de Pajaros, the Maug Islands, Asuncion, Agrihan, Pagan, Alamagan, Guguan, Zealandia Bank, Sarigan, Anatahan, and Farallon de Medinilla.
The total land area of the islands, including offshore islets and rocks, is 154.755 km² (59.75 sq mi). The 2000 census reported a population of only 6 persons living in the entire municipality (all on the island of Alamagan). Most of the previous inhabitants had been evacuated to other parts of the Marianas because of the danger of imminent volcanic eruptions, most recently that of a volcano on the island of Anatahan. The Mayor's office and municipality administration, traditionally in the village of Shomushon on Pagan, was evacuated to Saipan.
