The Capitol of Palau is the palace of the

Palau National Congress Palau has a bicameral legislature, the Palau National Congress (''Olbiil era Kelulau''), consisting of the House of Delegates and the Senate of Palau, which both sit at the capitol complex in Ngerulmud, Melekeok State. The House of Delegates has ...

. and is located in

Ngerulmud Ngerulmud () is the seat of government of the Republic of Palau, an island nation in the Pacific Ocean. It replaced Koror City, Palau's largest city, as the capital in 2006. The settlement is located in the state of Melekeok on Babeldaob, the ...

, the administrative capital of the country. Its design is based on the

United States Capitol The United States Capitol, often called The Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the seat of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, which is formally known as the United States Congress. It is located on Capitol Hill ...

History

The building's architect is Joseph Farrell of Hawaii. Planning began in 1986 with construction from 1999 to 2006.

Details

The complex has three wings: * Legislative Building (Central Wing) housing the

* Executive Building (West Wing) housing the Government of Palau (President and cabinet) * Judicial building (East Wing) housing the Supreme Court of Palau's Appellate Division.

References

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