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Capital Palau : |
Koror; note - a new capital is being built about 20 km northeast of Koror .
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| Land Boudaries Border Country Palau :
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| Climate Palau :
| Tropical; hot and humid; wet season May to November .
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| Life expectancy Palau :
| 69.82 years .
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| Fertility rate Palau :
| 2.46 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| Government type Palau :
| constitutional government in free association with the US; the Compact of Free Association entered into force 1 October 1994 .
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| Population Palau :
| 20,016 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Area Total Palau :
| 458 sq km .
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| Telephones Main Lines In Use Palau :
| 6,700 (2002) .
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| Telephones Mobile Cellular Palau :
| 1,000 (2002) .
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| International Country Code Palau :
| 680.
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| Sex ratio total Palau :
| 1.14 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Sex Palau ratio under 15 :
| 1.07 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Palau ratio 15 64 :
| 1.18 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Palau ratio 65 :
| 0.91 male(s)/female .
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| Current account balance Palau :
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| HIV Palau :
| NA |
| Population below poverty line Palau :
| NA |
| Literacy Palau :
| 92% |
| House hold income lowest than 10% Palau :
| NA |
| House hold income highest than 10% Palau :
| NA |
| Inflation Palau :
| 3.4% (2000 est.) |
| Unemployment Rate Palau :
| 2.3% (2000 est.) |
| Internet Users Palau :
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| Location Palau :
| Oceania, group of islands in the North Pacific Ocean, southeast of the Philippines |
| Geographic Coordinates Palau :
| 7 30 N, 134 30 E |
| Religion Palau :
| Christian (Roman Catholics 49%, Seventh-Day Adventists, Jehovah's Witnesses, the Assembly of God, the Liebenzell Mission, and Latter-Day Saints), Modekngei religion (one-third of the population observes this religion, which is indigenous to Palau) |
| Administrative region Palau :
| 16 states; Aimeliik, Airai, Angaur, Hatobohei, Kayangel, Koror, Melekeok, Ngaraard, Ngarchelong, Ngardmau, Ngatpang, Ngchesar, Ngeremlengui, Ngiwal, Peleliu, Sonsoral |
| Terrain Palau :
| varying geologically from the high, mountainous main island of Babelthuap to low, coral islands usually fringed by large barrier reefs |
| Elevation extremes lowest Palau :
| Pacific Ocean 0 m |
| Elevation extremes highest Palau :
| Mount Ngerchelchuus 242 m |
| Natural resources Palau :
| forests, minerals (especially gold), marine products, deep-seabed minerals |
| Land use arable land Palau :
| 8,70% |
| Land use permanentcrops Palau :
| 4,35% |
| Irrigated land Palau :
| NA sq km |
| Natural hazards Palau :
| typhoons (June to December) |
| Environment current issues Palau :
| inadequate facilities for disposal of solid waste; threats to the marine ecosystem from sand and coral dredging, illegal fishing practices, and overfishing |
| Geography note Palau :
| westernmost archipelago in the Caroline chain, consists of six island groups totaling more than 300 islands; includes World War II battleground of Beliliou (Peleliu) and world-famous rock islands |
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