Palau
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| Offeecial leid | Inglis, Palauan | ||||
| Caipital | Melekeok | ||||
| Lairgest Ceety | Koror | ||||
| Guvrenment - Palau - Vice Preses |
Democratic presidentian republic Johnson Toribiong Keral Mariur |
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| Aurie - Tot - % watter |
459 km² negligible |
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| Population - 2009 - census - Density |
20,000 43.6/km² |
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| Foondin | 1 October 1994 | ||||
| Siller | U.S. dollar (USD) | ||||
| Time zone | UTC +9 | ||||
| Naitional anthem | Belau loba klisiich er a kelulul' | ||||
| Internet TLD | .pw | ||||
| Cawin code | +680 | ||||
Palau /pəˈlaʊ/ (
listen), offeecially the Republic o Palau (Template:Lang-pau), is an island naition in the Paceefic Ocean, some 500 miles (800 km) east o the Philippines an 2,000 miles (3,200 km) sooth o Tokyo. Haein emerged frae Unitit Naitions trusteeship (administered bi the Unitit States) in 1994, it is ane o the warld's youngest an smawest sovereign states. In Inglis, the name is sometimes spelled Belau in accordance wi the native pronunciation. It wis umwhile an aa spelled Pelew.[1]
References [edit]
- ↑ Nelson's World Gazetteer and Geographical Dictionary, ed. J. Gunn, Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, London, 1935
Categories:
- Palau
- Oceanian kintras
- Archipelagoes o the Paceefic Ocean
- Kintras borderin the Philippine Sea
- Freely associatit states
- Micronesie
- Island kintras
- Umwhile Spainyie colonies
- Umwhile Japanese colonies
- Umwhile German colonies
- Spainyie East Indies
- Inglis-speakin kintras an territories
- Republics
- Leeberal democracies
- States an territories established in 1994
