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is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Palau: Palau – island country and a United States Associated State located in the western Pacific Ocean. It is geographically part of the larger island group of Micronesia. The country's population of around 21,000 is spread across 250 islands forming the western chain of the Caroline Islands. The most populous island is Koror. The capital Ngerulmud is located in Melekeok State on the nearby island of Babeldaob. The islands share maritime boundaries with Indonesia, the Philippines, and the Federated States of Micronesia.

General reference

* Pronunciation: * Common English country name: Palau * Official English country name: The Republic of Palau * Common

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(s): Belau * Official endonym(s): * Adjectival(s): Palauan *

Demonym A demonym (; ) or gentilic () is a word that identifies a group of people (inhabitants, residents, natives) in relation to a particular place. Demonyms are usually derived from the name of the place (hamlet, village, town, city, region, province, ...

(s): * Etymology: Name of Palau * ISO country codes: PW, PLW, 585 * ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:PW * Internet country code top-level domain:

.pw .pw is the country code top-level domain for the Republic of Palau Palau,, officially the Republic of Palau and historically ''Belau'', ''Palaos'' or ''Pelew'', is an island country and microstate in the western Pacific. The nation ...

Geography of Palau

Geography of Palau The Republic of Palau consists of eight principal islands and more than 250 smaller ones lying roughly 500 miles southeast of the Philippines, in Oceania. The islands of Palau constitute the westernmost part of the Caroline Islands chain. The co ...

* Palau is: an island country * Location: **

Northern Hemisphere The Northern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is north of the Equator. For other planets in the Solar System, north is defined as being in the same celestial hemisphere relative to the invariable plane of the solar system as Earth's Nort ...

and

Eastern Hemisphere The Eastern Hemisphere is the half of the planet Earth which is east of the prime meridian (which crosses Greenwich, London, United Kingdom) and west of the antimeridian (which crosses the Pacific Ocean and relatively little land from pole to pol ...

** Pacific Ocean *** North Pacific Ocean **** Oceania ***** Micronesia ** Time zone:

UTC+09 UTC+09:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +09:00. During the Japanese occupations of British Borneo, Burma, Hong Kong, Dutch East Indies, Malaya, Philippines, Singapore, and French Indochina, it was used as a common time with ...

** Extreme points of Palau *** High:

Mount Ngerchelchuus Mount Ngerchelchuus is the Republic of Palau's highest point, located at the border of the states of Ngardmau and Ngaremlengui, on the island of Babeldaob Babeldaob (also Babelthuap) is the largest island in the island nation of the Republ ...

on Babeldaob *** Low: North Pacific Ocean 0 m ** Land boundaries: ''none'' ** Coastline: North Pacific Ocean 1,519 km * Population of Palau: 20,000 - 211th most populous country * * Area of Palau: 459 km² * Atlas of Palau

Environment of Palau

Environment of Palau * Climate of Palau * Renewable energy in Palau * Geology of Palau *

Protected areas of Palau Protection is any measure taken to guard a thing against damage caused by outside forces. Protection can be provided to physical objects, including organisms, to systems, and to intangible things like civil and political rights. Although t ...

** Biosphere reserves in Palau ** National parks of Palau * Wildlife of Palau ** Fauna of Palau *** Birds of Palau *** Mammals of Palau

Natural geographic features of Palau

* Islands of Palau *

Lakes of Palau A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger ...

Mountains of Palau A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited Summit (topography), summit area, and ...

** Volcanoes in Palau *

Rivers of Palau A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

** Waterfalls of Palau * World Heritage Sites in Palau: None

Regions of Palau

Ecoregions of Palau

List of ecoregions in Palau * Ecoregions in Palau

Administrative divisions of Palau

Administrative divisions of Palau * States of Palau ** Municipalities of Palau

= States of Palau

= Municipalities of Palau

= Municipalities of Palau *

Capital Capital may refer to: Common uses * Capital city, a municipality of primary status ** List of national capital cities * Capital letter, an upper-case letter Economics and social sciences * Capital (economics), the durable produced goods used f ...

of Palau: Ngerulmud * Cities of Palau

Demography of Palau

Demographics of Palau This article is about the demographic features of the population of Palau, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. About 70% of ...

Government and politics of Palau

Politics of Palau The politics of Palau take place in a presidential system, presidential representative democracy, representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Palau is both head of state and head of government. Palau currently has no political par ...

Form of government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...

: *

of Palau: Ngerulmud * Elections in Palau *

Political parties in Palau Palau currently has no political parties. It is a de facto non-partisan democracy since no law prevents the formation of political parties. The Palau Nationalist Party, which functioned mainly as an electoral vehicle as opposed to an ideolog ...

Branches of the government of Palau

Government of Palau The politics of Palau take place in a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Palau is both head of state and head of government. Palau currently has no political parties and is a ''de facto'' non-partisan demo ...

Executive Branch The Executive, also referred as the Executive branch or Executive power, is the term commonly used to describe that part of government which enforces the law, and has overall responsibility for the governance of a State (polity), state. In poli ...

, consisting of one Head of Government * Legislative Branch **Upper House:

Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

**Lower House: House of Delegates *

Judiciary Branch The judiciary (also known as the judicial system, judicature, judicial branch, judiciative branch, and court or judiciary system) is the system of courts that adjudicates legal disputes/disagreements and interprets, defends, and applies the law ...

Executive branch of the government of Palau

* Head of state: President of Palau

Legislative branch of the government of Palau

* Parliament of Palau - Olbiil Era Kelulau (

bicameral Bicameralism is a type of legislature, one divided into two separate assemblies, chambers, or houses, known as a bicameral legislature. Bicameralism is distinguished from unicameralism, in which all members deliberate and vote as a single grou ...

) ** Upper house: Senate of Palau **

Lower house A lower house is one of two Debate chamber, chambers of a Bicameralism, bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house. Despite its official position "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide, the lower house has co ...

: House of Delegates

Judicial branch of the government of Palau

Court system of Palau *

Supreme Court of Palau The Supreme Court of Palau is the highest court of Palau. Article X of the Constitution vests the Supreme Court with judicial power and provides for its operation and jurisdiction. The Supreme Court is divided into a Trial Division and an Appel ...

*National Court * Court of Common Pleas *

Land Court Land court or land claims court is a type of court which is charged with dealings over cases involving land titles and for disputes between landlords and tenants relating to agricultural tenancies. The exact field of jurisdiction varies by country ...

Foreign relations of Palau

Foreign relations of Palau Palau gained its independence October 1, 1994, with the entry into force of the Compact of Free Association with the United States. Palau was the last Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands territories to gain its independence. Under the Compact, t ...

Diplomatic missions in Palau Diplomatics (in American English, and in most anglophone countries), or diplomatic (in British English), is a scholarly discipline centred on the critical analysis of documents: especially, historical documents. It focuses on the conventions, p ...

Diplomatic missions of Palau This is a list of diplomatic missions of Palau, and it also includes a list of the Palauan Consulates. The Republic of Palau, a small Pacific island state in a Compact of Free Association with the United States, only has a small number of diplomat ...

* United States-Palau relations

International organization membership

The Republic of Palau is a member of: * African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States (ACP) * Asian Development Bank (ADB) * Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) *

International Atomic Energy Agency The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an intergovernmental organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons. It was established in 1957 ...

(IAEA) *

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) is an international financial institution, established in 1944 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, that is the lending arm of World Bank Group. The IBRD offers l ...

(IBRD) * International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) *

International Development Association The International Development Association (IDA) (french: link=no, Association internationale de développement) is an international financial institution which offers concessional loans and grants to the world's poorest developing countries. Th ...

(IDA) *

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is a worldwide humanitarian aid organization that reaches 160 million people each year through its 192-member National Societies. It acts before, during and after disas ...

(IFRCS) * International Finance Corporation (IFC) * International Monetary Fund (IMF) * International Olympic Committee (IOC) *

International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million volunteers, members and staff worldwide. It was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, an ...

(ICRM) *

Inter-Parliamentary Union The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU; french: Union Interparlementaire, UIP) is an inter-parliamentary institution, international organization of national parliaments. Its primary purpose is to promote democratic governance, accountability, and coop ...

(IPU) * Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) * Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) *

Pacific Islands Forum The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) is an inter-governmental organization that aims to enhance cooperation between countries and territories of Oceania, including formation of a trade bloc and regional peacekeeping operations. It was founded in 197 ...

(PIF) * Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) *

South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement The South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Co-operation Agreement (SPARTECA) is a nonreciprocal trade agreement in which Australia and New Zealand offer duty-free and unrestricted access for specified products originating from the developing i ...

(Sparteca) * United Nations (UN) * United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) *

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It ...

(UNESCO) * World Health Organization (WHO)

Law and order in Palau

Law of Palau Law is a set of rules that are created and are law enforcement, enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. ...

* Cannabis in Palau * Constitution of Palau * Crime in Palau *

Human rights in Palau The Republic of Palau has had a turbulent history over the last 450 years, with many states claiming ownership over them. Since World War II, the Islands came under United Nations' trusteeship and were administered by the United States. After beco ...

LGBT rights in Palau Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Palau may face legal and social challenges not faced by non-LGBT people. Same-sex sexual activity has been legal in Palau since 23 July 2014, when the current Penal Code took effect, but h ...

** Freedom of religion in Palau *

Law enforcement in Palau The defense of Palau is the responsibility of the United States, but local police matters are handled by the Palau Police, the national police force. Some of the sixteen states also had separate police departments during the 1980s and 1990s. The ...

Military of Palau

Military of Palau * Command ** Commander-in-chief: *** Ministry of Defence of Palau * Forces ** Army of Palau ** Navy of Palau ** Air Force of Palau ** Special forces of Palau * Military history of Palau * Military ranks of Palau

Local government in Palau

History of Palau

History of Palau * Timeline of the history of Palau * Current events of Palau * Military history of Palau

Culture of Palau

Culture of Palau Palau,, officially the Republic of Palau and historically ''Belau'', ''Palaos'' or ''Pelew'', is an island country and microstate in the western Pacific. The nation has approximately 340 islands and connects the western chain of the Caro ...

* Architecture of Palau * Cuisine of Palau * Festivals in Palau *

Languages of Palau Palau,, officially the Republic of Palau and historically ''Belau'', ''Palaos'' or ''Pelew'', is an island country and microstate in the western Pacific. The nation has approximately 340 islands and connects the western chain of the Car ...

* Media in Palau * National symbols of Palau ** Coat of arms of Palau ** Flag of Palau ** National anthem of Palau * People of Palau *

Public holidays in Palau This is a list of holidays in Palau. List References Holidays Palau Palau,, officially the Republic of Palau and historically ''Belau'', ''Palaos'' or ''Pelew'', is an island country and microstate in the western Pacific. ...

* Records of Palau *

Religion in Palau Christianity is the dominant religion in Palau, although there is no state religion. Freedom of religion is enshrined in Palau's constitution, and both the government and general society respect this right in practice. Demographics In the 201 ...

** Christianity in Palau ** Hinduism in Palau ** Islam in Palau ** Judaism in Palau ** Sikhism in Palau * World Heritage Sites in Palau: None

Art in Palau

* Art in Palau * Cinema of Palau * Literature of Palau *

Music of Palau The music of Palau finds its heritage in Micronesia, but it has been supplemented with influences from the United States and Western Europe, as well as Japan. The government department of the Republic of Palau and Director of the Bureau of Arts a ...

* Television in Palau * Theatre in Palau

Sports in Palau

Sports in Palau Sport pertains to any form of competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. Sports can, ...

Football in Palau The sport of association football in the country of Palau is run by the Palau Soccer Association. The association administers the national football team, as well as the Palau Soccer League. International Football Palau is one of the few sov ...

Palau at the Olympics Palau had its debut at the Summer Olympic Games in 2000 in Sydney. Palau has not yet participated in any Winter Olympic Games The Winter Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international multi-sport event ...

Economy and infrastructure of Palau

Economy of Palau The economy of Palau consists primarily of subsistence agriculture and fishing. The government is the major employer of the work force, relying heavily on financial assistance from the United States. The population enjoys a per capita income of ...

* Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 186th (one hundred and eighty sixth) * Agriculture in Palau * Banking in Palau ** National Bank of Palau *

Communications in Palau Telephones Telephones - main lines in use: 7,300 (2012) Telephones - mobile cellular: 17,150 (2012) Telephone system: ''domestic:'' Palau National Communications Company ''international:'' satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean ...

Internet in Palau Telephones Telephones - main lines in use: 7,300 (2012) Telephones - mobile cellular: 17,150 (2012) Telephone system: ''domestic:'' Palau National Communications Company ''international:'' satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean ...

Companies of Palau A company, abbreviated as co., is a legal entity representing an association of people, whether natural, legal or a mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members share a common purpose and unite to achieve specific, declared ...

* Currency of Palau: Dollar **

ISO 4217 ISO 4217 is a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that defines alpha codes and numeric codes for the representation of currencies and provides information about the relationships between individual cu ...

: USD * Energy in Palau ** Energy policy of Palau ** Oil industry in Palau * Mining in Palau * Tourism in Palau ** Visa policy of Palau *

Transport in Palau Palau,, officially the Republic of Palau and historically ''Belau'', ''Palaos'' or ''Pelew'', is an island country and microstate in the western Pacific. The nation has approximately 340 islands and connects the western chain of the C ...

* Palau Stock Exchange

Education in Palau

Infrastructure of Palau

* Health care in Palau * Transportation in Palau **

Airports in Palau This is a list of airports in Palau, sorted by location. The Republic of Palau ( pau, Beluu er a Belau), is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean. It emerged from United Nations trusteeship (administered by the United States) in 1994. It is o ...

** Rail transport in Palau ** Roads in Palau * Water supply and sanitation in Palau

References

External links

Official Site of the Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Palau to the United Kingdom of Great Britain & NI

Official Site of the Republic of Palau

Palau National Congress - Olbiil Era Kelulau, Senate
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