Sonsoral Palau on CountryXP. Palau Sonsoral informations..
Informations : Sonsoral Palau. Map Sonsoral, Photos Sonsoral.. 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 Sonsoral :
Koror; note - a new capital is being built about 20 km northeast of Koror .
Climate Sonsoral :
Tropical; hot and humid; wet season May to November .
Life expectancy Sonsoral :
69.82 years .
Fertility rate Sonsoral :
2.46 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
Government Sonsoral :
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 Sonsoral :
680.
Sonsoral Palau on CountryXP. Palau Sonsoral informations.
Sonsoral Palau on CountryXP. Palau Sonsoral informations.
