Palau
Position: Pacific Ocean
Position: Pacific Ocean
| International name: | Palau |
| Local name: | Belau |
| AREA ................................................ | 458 kmq |
| POPULATION .................................. | 20.016 in. |
| DENSITY ......................................... | 43,7 in/kmq |
| CAPITAL .......................................... | Koror |
| LANGUAGES .................................... | Palauan 64.7% official in all islands except Sonsoral (Sonsoralese and English are official), Tobi (Tobi and English are official), and Angaur (Angaur, Japanese, and English are official), Filipino 13.5%, English 9.4%, Chinese 5.7%, Carolinian 1.5%, Japan |
| RELIGIONS ...................................... | Roman Catholic 41.6%, Protestant 23.3%, Modekngei 8.8% (indigenous to Palau), Seventh-Day Adventist 5.3%, Jehovah's Witness 0.9%, Latter-Day Saints 0.6%, other religion 3.1%, unspecified or none 16.4% (2000 census) |
| CURRENCY ...................................... | US dollar (USD) |
| GDP per CAPITA ............................. | - |
| HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX .. | -- |
| LOWEST POINT ............................... | Pacific Ocean 0 m |
| HIGHEST POINT .............................. | Mount Ngerchelchuus 242 m |
| INDEPENDENCE ............................... | 1 October 1994 (from the US-administered UN Trusteeship) |
| INSTITUTIONAL FORM ................... | Republic |
| WEB DOMAIN .................................. | .pw |
| COUNTRY CODE .............................. | +680 |
Pacific Ocean country
| Koror | 30/11/2024 | 10:41 | ( GMT+9 ) |
Courtesy from CIA World Factbook