.9 km2 (0.35 sq mi) (Hatohobei) – 65 km2 (25 sq mi) (Ngeremlengui)
Government
State Government, Government of Palau
Subdivisions
Municipalities
Palau is divided into sixteen administrative regions, called states. Palau has a high ratio of government offices to citizens, with 16 states and both a tribal chiefdom and elected legislature in each state, for 20,000 people.[1]
Politics of Palau
Constitution
Human rights
LGBT rights
Executive
President
Surangel Whipps Jr.
Vice President
Uduch Sengebau Senior
Legislative
National Congress
Senate
President: Hokkons Baules
House of Delegates
Speaker: Sabino Anastacio
Judiciary
Supreme Court
Chief Justice: Oldiais Ngiraikelau
Elections
Recent elections
General: 2012
2016
2020
Political parties
Administrative divisions
States
Governor of Koror
Governor of Peleliu
Foreign relations
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister: Gustav Aitaro
Diplomatic missions of / in Palau
Passport
Visa requirements
Visa policy
Compact of Free Association
Other countries
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State
Capital
Area (km2)
Population (Census 2015)
North of Babeldaob
Kayangel
Orukei
3
54
Babeldaob
Aimeliik
Mongami
52
334
Airai
Ngetkib
44
2,455
Melekeok
Melekeok
28
277
Ngaraard
Ulimang
36
413
Ngarchelong
Mengellang
10
316
Ngardmau
Urdmang
47
185
Ngeremlengui
Imeong
65
350
Ngatpang
Ngereklmadel
47
282
Ngchesar
Ngersuul
41
291
Ngiwal
Ngerkeai
26
282
Southwest of Babeldaob
Angaur
Ngaramasch
8
119
Koror
Ngerbeched
65
11,444
Peleliu
Kloulklubed
13
484
Southwest Islands
Hatohobei
Hatohobei
3
25
Sonsorol
Dongosaru
3
40
^Patterson, Carolyn Bennett, et al. "At the Birth of Nations: In the Far Pacific." National Geographic Magazine, October 1986 page 493. National Geographic Virtual Library, Accessed 17 May 2018. "The westernmost among the emerging nations of the Pacific, the Republic of Palau (or Belau), population more than 15,000, is divided into 16 separate states, each with its own governor, lieutenant governor, and legislature. Most state populations are very small, and one wonders if anyone has time for anything but government, American style and democratic though it may be.
An example is Peleliu, the tragic island where more than 13,000 Americans and Japanese died during less than three months of fighting, often hand to hand, in the autumn of 1944. Pat and I went to Peleliu from Koror, the republic's capital, by speedboat, a wave-tossing, rear-slapping 45 minutes, and arrived to discover it was election day, with five candidates running for governor. Although Peleliu claims a population of 2,000 people, only 400 actually live there. More registered voters live in Koror than on their home island, and 800 send votes from Guam. The situation is similar in Palau's other states.
A current joke puts a laugh in the truth. A man walks into a bar in Koror and calls out, "Hey, Governor!" And half the men in the place stand up.
But that's only the state story. The national government is headed by President Lazarus Salii, followed by a vice president, a cabinet responsible for five ministries, a judiciary, and a legislature with a 16-member house and a 14-member senate.
Then there's the hereditary leadership. Each village has ten chiefs, ranked in importance. And, dividing the island group, there are two paramount chiefs. Never, I thought, have so few been governed by so many."
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