States of Palau

State
Category Unitary State
Location Palau
Number 16
Populations 44 (Hatohobei) – 12,676 (Koror)
Areas .9 km2 (0.35 sq mi) (Hatohobei) – 65 km2 (25 sq mi) (Ngeremlengui)
Government State Government, Government of Palau
Palau
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Palau is divided into sixteen administrative regions, called states. Palau is the most over-governed place on earth, with 16 states and both a tribal chiefdom and elected legislature in each municipality, for 20,000 people.[1]

StateCapitalArea
(km²)		Population
(Census 2005)
North of Babeldaob
KayangelKayangel3188
Babeldaob
AimeliikMongami52270
AiraiNgetkib442,723
MelekeokMelekeok28391
NgaraardUlimang36581
NgarchelongMengellang10488
NgardmauUrdmang47166
NgeremlenguiImeong65317
NgatpangNgereklmadel47464
NgchesarNgersuul41254
NgiwalNgerkeai26223
Southwest of Babeldaob
AngaurNgaramasch8320
KororKoror City6512,676
PeleliuKloulklubed13702
Southwest Islands
HatohobeiHatohobei344
SonsorolDongosaru3100

Notes

  1. ↑ 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. The 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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