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Palau, [a] officially the Republic of Palau, [b] [8] is an island country in the Micronesia subregion of Oceania in the western Pacific Ocean. The republic consists of approximately 340 islands and is the western part of the Caroline Islands , while the eastern and central parts make up the Federated States of Micronesia .
Print/export Download as PDF ... Koror. Palau's towns and villages include: 1. Kloulklubed; 2. ... States of Palau; List of cities by country; References
Koror Island is also connected by the Koror–Babeldaob Bridge to the state of Airai in the island of Babeldaob, where Palau International Airport is located. A main road extends through Koror along the central ridge, from the Koror-Babeldaob Bridge on the east to its western end in Medalaii.
Palau is divided into sixteen administrative regions, called states. Palau has a high ratio of government offices to citizens, with 16 states and both a tribal chiefdom and elected legislature in each state, for 20,000 people. [1]
An enlargeable map of the Republic of Palau An enlargeable basic map of Palau. ... 20,000 - 211th most populous country; Area of Palau: 459 ... 8: 188 Koror: Koror ...
Koror City (English: / ˈ k ɔː ˌ r ɔː r /, KAW-rawr; [1]) is the largest city and the commercial centre in Palau, home to about half of the country's population, located on Koror Island (also Oreor Island).
A partial list of the some 340 [1] islands of the Republic of Palau, located in the western Caroline Islands Archipelago. [citation needed] The islands are within the Micronesia region of Oceania, in the western Pacific Ocean.
Ngeruktabel is the second largest island of Palau and the largest one of the Rock Islands. [3] Like other Rock Islands, Ngeruktabel is uninhabited today. However, the local oral history identifies at least five ancient villages existing in the late prehistoric times. The local population migrated northward to Koror and Babeldaob. Depopulation ...