States of Palau

State
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 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]

State	Capital	Area (km²)	Population (Census 2005)
North of Babeldaob
Kayangel	Kayangel	3	188
Babeldaob
Aimeliik	Mongami	52	270
Airai	Ngetkib	44	2,723
Melekeok	Melekeok	28	391
Ngaraard	Ulimang	36	581
Ngarchelong	Mengellang	10	488
Ngardmau	Urdmang	47	166
Ngeremlengui	Imeong	65	317
Ngatpang	Ngereklmadel	47	464
Ngchesar	Ngersuul	41	254
Ngiwal	Ngerkeai	26	223
Southwest of Babeldaob
Angaur	Ngaramasch	8	320
Koror	Koror City	65	12,676
Peleliu	Kloulklubed	13	702
Southwest Islands
Hatohobei	Hatohobei	3	44
Sonsorol	Dongosaru	3	100

Notes

^ 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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[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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