15°08′32″N145°42′03″E / 15.1422°N 145.7008°E /15.1422; 145.7008
Chalan Piao | |
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Village | |
  Chalan Piao | |
| Coordinates:15°8′31.92″N145°42′2.88″E / 15.1422000°N 145.7008000°E /15.1422000; 145.7008000 | |
| Country | Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands |
| Island | Saipan |
Chalan Piao is a large village on the southwestern area ofSaipan,Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. It is bordered on the north byChalan Kanoa, on the east byAs Perdido village and on the south bySan Antonio village. To the west is thePacific Ocean.
"Chalan Piao" translated from theChamorro language meansbamboo road.Chalan means road andpiao means bamboo. The Chamorro language is spoken by the indigenous inhabitants of Saipan and the rest of the Mariana Islands, mainly Rota/Luta, Tinian and Guahan/Guam.
Chalan Piao likely started as a marine embayment and then became a sandy beach with abrackish marsh. It is one of the earliest human settlements in the Marianas, being occupied c. 1731–1226 BC.[1] Archaeological evidence from this period include redware pottery with lime-filled decorations.[2]
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Public School System operates local public schools.Hopwood Junior High School is located in Chalan Piao.[3]
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