Rota (island)

Rota (island)

Rota (Chamoru: "Luta") also known as the "peaceful island", is the southernmost island of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and the second southernmost of the Marianas Archipelago. It lies slightly northeast of the United States territory of Guam. Songsong village is the largest and most populated followed by Sinapalo village (Sinapalu). Rota was discovered by Spanish navigator Juan Sebastian Elcano in 1524, who claimed it together with the Mariana Archipelago for the Crown of Spain. Rota has diverse flora and fauna. The current mayor is Joseph S. Inos, a former senator of the CNMI.

tatistics

* Area: 85.38 square kilometers (32.967 square miles)
* Dimensions (approximately):
** 16.9-kilometers (10.5-miles) long
** 4.8-kilometers (3-miles) wide
* Coastline: 61.6 kilometers (38.3 miles)
* Highest point: Mt. Manira - 495 meters (1,625 ft)
* Population: 3,283 (2000 - U.S. Census Bureau) [ [http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01cn173.html 2000 Population: Counts for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands] - Census Bureau Releases - July 3, 2001]
* Distances:
** Guam - 76 kilometers (47 miles; south)
** Tinian - 101 kilometers (63 miles; north)
** Saipan - 117 kilometers (73 miles; north)

Transportation

Rota International Airport

Education

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Public School System operates public schools.

Rota has three (3) school locations based on grade level:
*Rota High School (only high school on Rota) is located at the Liyo Area in Songsong village.
*Rota Junior High School is located in Songsong village.
*Rota Sinapalo Elementary School is located in Sinapalo village.

Rota's elementary school and junior high school (middle school) were formally located in the same area and shared class buildings at Songsong village. After the new elementary school was built in Sinapalo, the Songsong village school ground was reopened as Rota Junior High.

Miscellaneous

ee also

* List of Registered Historic Places in the Northern Mariana Islands

References

External references

* [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-show_geoid=Y&-tree_id=405&-_caller=geoselect&-context=dt&-errMsg=&-all_geo_types=N&-mt_name=DEC_2000_IAMP_P001&-redoLog=false&-transpose=N&-search_map_config=|b=50|l=en|t=4001|zf=0.0|ms=sel_00dec|dw=0.9528487917191559|dh=0.6838460131961157|dt=gov.census.aff.domain.map.EnglishMapExtent|if=gif|cx=-67.48042614595042|cy=18.385966173167105|zl=6|pz=6|bo=318:317:316:314:313:323:319|bl=362:393:358:357:356:355:354|ft=350:349:335:389:388:332:331|fl=381:403:204:380:369:379:368|g=04000US72&-PANEL_ID=p_dt_geo_map&-_lang=en&-geo_id=05000US69100&-CONTEXT=dt&-format=&-search_results=ALL&-ds_name=DEC_2000_IAMP Rota Municipality, United States Census Bureau]
* [http://www.oceandots.com/pacific/mariana/l/1125360.jpgRota]
* [http://gaebler.info/sonstiges/marianen.htm Pascal Horst Lehne and Christoph Gäbler: "Über die Marianen." Lehne-Verlag, Wohldorf in Germany 1972.] and [http://gaebler.info/sonstiges/marianen.htm#rota Rota]


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