CNMI

Geography & Places abbreviation · US Territory and Military Mail

CNMI
Stands forCommonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
CategoriesGeography & Places

CNMI stands for Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, a US territory and military mail abbreviation.

Official initialism of the Northern Mariana Islands, used by the territory's government, courts and federal agencies. The CNMI has about 47,000 residents, mostly on Saipan, and since 2009 has elected a nonvoting delegate to the US House of Representatives.

Example: The CNMI governor declared a state of emergency ahead of the typhoon.

Usage notes

Postal addresses use MP. Federal immigration law took over from local control in 2009, reshaping its foreign guest-worker system. The Chamorro and Carolinian peoples are the indigenous groups, and both languages are official alongside English.

More US territory and military mail abbreviations

  • AA – Armed Forces Americas
  • AE – Armed Forces Europe
  • AP – Armed Forces Pacific
  • APO – Army Post Office
  • AS – American Samoa
  • CMR – Community Mail Room
  • CZ – Canal Zone
  • DPO – Diplomatic Post Office
  • FPO – Fleet Post Office
  • GU – Guam
  • MP – Northern Mariana Islands
  • MPSA – Military Postal Service Agency

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