Guam And The Northern Mariana Islands
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Two of the United States's most distant territories are located in the Western Pacific Ocean: Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Despite being separate political entities today, the two groups of islands have a shared geography, history, and culture.
Today, they find themselves on the doorstep of Asia and straddling the world world of the west and the east.
Learn more about Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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