 Palau
is basically an island nation that lies in the Pacific
Ocean and it is about two thousand miles from Tokyo and
five hundred miles from the Philippines. Palau is the
smallest as well as the youngest sovereign state in the
world.
The islands in Palau with most of the population
are Peleliu, Koror, Babeldaob and Angaur. Palau
experiences a tropical weather all through the year and
it has an annual average temperature of 28 °C. The
country may get rainfall all through the year, even
though it is more frequent during the months of July,
August, September and October. Palau generally does not
experience typhoons because it is located outside the
central typhoon zone.
The country does not experience any environmental
degradation but one of the many concerns of the Palau
Government is illegal fishing by making use of dynamite.
The economy of Palau depends generally on tourism,
fishing and subsistence agriculture. There are about
twenty-one thousand people living in Palau and out of
this number, about 70% of the population are native Palauans.
The Palauans are mixed of Malayan, Micronesian
and Melanesian people.
English and Palauan are the
official languages of the country. Some of the older Palauans can also speak Japanese. |
