Palau

Republic o Palau
Republic o Palau; Beluu er a Belau
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	Anthem: [Belau rekid] error: {{lang}}: text has italic markup (help); Oor Palau
Caipital	Ngerulmud, Melekeok Statea; 7°21′N 134°28′E / 7.350°N 134.467°E
Lairgest ceety	Koror
Offeecial leids	Inglis; Palauan;
Recognised regional leids	Japanese (in Angaur); Sonsorolese (in Sonsoral); Tobian (in Hatohobei);
Ethnic groups (2000)	69.9% Palauan; 15.3% Filipino; 4.9% Chinese; 2.4% ither Asian; 1.9% White; 1.4% Carolinian; 1.1% ither Micronesian; 3.2% ither / unspecified;
Demonym(s)	Palauan
Govrenment	Unitary presidential democratic republic
• Preses	Tommy Remengesau
• Vice Preses	Antonio Bells
Legislatur	Naitional Congress
Unthirldom
• Compact o Free Association wi the Unitit States	1 October 1994
Aurie
• Total	459 km2 (177 sq mi) (196t)
• Water (%)	negligible
Population
• 2011 estimate	20,956 (218t)
• Density	28.4/km2 (73.6/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	2008 estimate
• Total	$164 million (not ranked)
• Per capita	$8,100 (119t)
HDI (2011)	0.782; heich · 49t
Currency	Unitit States dollar (USD)
Time zone	UTC+9
Drivin side	richt
Cawin code	+680
ISO 3166 code	PW
Internet TLD	.pw
	On 7 October 2006, govrenment officials moved thair offices in the umwhile caipital o Koror tae Ngerulmud in Melekeok State, locatit 20 km (12 mi) northeast o Koror on Babelthaup Island an 2 km (1 mi) northwest o Melekeok veelage.;

Palau /pəˈlaʊ/ ( listen), offeecially the Republic o Palau (Palauan: Beluu er a Belau), is an island naition in the Paceefic Ocean, some 500 mile (800 km) east o the Philippines an 2,000 mile (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.^[4]

References

↑ "Government offices moved to a new National Capitol Building complex located at Ngerulmud, Melekeok State" US Department of State. Palau (02/09). Retrieved 24 February 2013.
↑ ^a ^b 2008 estimate. "Palau". CIA World Factbook. CIA. Archived frae the original on 6 Januar 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
↑ Human Development Index and its components. undp.org (2011).
↑ Nelson's World Gazetteer and Geographical Dictionary, ed. J. Gunn, Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, London, 1935