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• Koror (Palau)

Official name
Republic of Palau

Geographic Location
Oceania, group of islands in the North Pacific Ocean, southeast of the Philippines

Capital and largest city
Melekeok

Area
458 sq km

Population
22 000

Time Zone
UTC+9

Currency
U.S. Dollar

Official language
English and Palauan

Highest point
Mount Ngerchelchuus 242 m

Lowest point
Pacific Ocean 0 m

Ethnic groups
Palauan (Micronesian with Malayan and Melanesian admixtures) 69.9%, Filipino 15.3%, Chinese 4.9%, other Asian 2.4%, white 1.9%, Carolinian 1.4%, other Micronesian 1.1%, other or unspecified 3.2%

Religion
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 3.1%, unspecified or none 16.4%