Melekeok Palau on CountryXP. Palau Melekeok informations..
Informations : Melekeok Palau. Map Melekeok, Photos Melekeok.. Oceania, group of islands in the North Pacific Ocean, southeast of the Philippines
After three decades as part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific under US administration, this westernmost cluster of the Caroline Islands opted for independence in 1978 rather than join the Federated States of Micronesia. A Compact of Free Association with the US was approved in 1986, but not ratified until 1993. It entered into force the following year, when the islands gained independence..
Capital Melekeok :
Koror; note - a new capital is being built about 20 km northeast of Koror .
Climate Melekeok :
Tropical; hot and humid; wet season May to November .
Life expectancy Melekeok :
69.82 years .
Fertility rate Melekeok :
2.46 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
Government Melekeok :
constitutional government in free association with the US; the Compact of Free Association entered into force 1 October 1994 .
Population Palau :
20,016 (July 2004 est.) .
Area Total Palau :
458 sq km .
Telephones Main Lines In Use Palau :
6,700 (2002) .
Telephones Mobile Cellular Palau :
1,000 (2002) .
International Country Code Melekeok :
680.
Melekeok Palau on CountryXP. Palau Melekeok informations.
Melekeok Palau on CountryXP. Palau Melekeok informations.
