[United States Senate Manual, 112th Congress]
[S. Doc. 112-1]
[Statistical Data]
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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
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COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, THE INSULAR POSSESSIONS, AND TRUST
TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
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Area in
Insular possession Date of establishment of Population, square Acquisition
insular government 2000 census miles
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Commonwealth of Puerto Rico............ July 25, 1952.................. 3,808,610 3,421 Ceded to United States by Spain by the Treaty of
Paris, Dec. 10, 1898. The constitution of the
Commonwealth was approved July 3, 1952.
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Guam................................... Aug. 1, 1950................... 154,805 209 Ceded to the United States by Spain by the Treaty
of Paris, Dec. 10, 1898.
American Samoa......................... (\1\) 57,291 77 Acquired by the United States Feb. 16, 1900, under
terms of Tripartite Treaty Dec. 2, 1899. Full
sovereignty accepted from native chiefs by United
States Feb. 20, 1929.
Virgin Islands......................... June 22, 1936.................. 108,612 132 By purchase from Denmark, Mar. 3, 1917, for
$25,000,000. The Revised Organic Act of 1954 is
the basis for the present territorial government.
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Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. (\1\) (\2\) .............. .......... Occupied during World War II. Placed under the
United Nations Trusteeship system in 1947 by
agreement with the Security Council of the United
Nations.
Northern Mariana Islands............... Jan. 9, 1978................... 69,221 184 Concluded future political status negotiations in
1975 which will establish a commonwealth
relationship with the U.S. at termination of the
trusteeship. Covenant providing this relationship
passed by Congress in March 1976 (Pub.L. 94-241).
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\1\ Administered under jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, with a locally drafted constitution and elected governor and legislature.
\2\ As of November 3, 1986 the Marshall Islands and the Federal States of Micronesia became freely associated states. The 1990 population of the
remaining territory, the Republic of Palau, was 15,122.
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