{"id":68353,"date":"2026-08-09T13:54:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T08:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=68353"},"modified":"2026-08-09T16:35:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T11:05:11","slug":"palau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/palau\/","title":{"rendered":"Palau"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Palau Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seabirds have returned to Palau\u2019s Ulong Island, helping nearby coral reefs recover just one year after invasive rats were removed. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Palau<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <strong>island nation<\/strong> located in the <\/span><b>western Pacific Ocean.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It consists of a tightly <\/span><b>clustered archipelago<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of approximately 300 islands with a total land area of 458 sq.km.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is geographically positioned in both the<\/span><b> Northern and Eastern hemispheres<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the Earth.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palau shares <\/span><b>maritime borders <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with the <strong>F<\/strong><\/span><b>ederated States of Micronesia <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to the east, with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/indonesia\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Indonesia <\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to the south, with the <\/span><b>Philippines <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to the west, and with the international waters to the north.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><b>huge barrier reef system, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">continuous on the west and broken on the east, <\/span><b>encircles <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">most of the archipelago.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its major populated islands are Babeldaob, Koror, Malakal, Arakabesan, and Peleliu.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Located on Babeldaob <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(the<\/span><b> largest island of Palau<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) is <\/span><b>Ngerulmud, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><b>capital of Palau. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the<\/span><b> world\u2019s least populous capital city.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Koror <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the<\/span><b> largest and the most populous city <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of Palau. It acts as the main commercial center of Palau.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Languages<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><b>Palauan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, English, plus Japanese, Sonsorolese, and Tobian.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palau became<\/span><b> independent in 1994<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, after being part of a United Nations trust territory administered by the US.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>relies on financial aid from the US,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> provided under a <\/span><b>Compact of Free Association, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which gives the <\/span><b>US responsibility for Palau\u2019s defence<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><b>right to maintain military bases there.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/rest-of-world\/in-2024-palau-removed-invasive-rats-from-ulong-island-one-year-later-fish-biomass-rose-183-and-leaf-nitrogen-increased-about-80-at-one-reef-site\/articleshow\/133025730.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>TOI<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Palau is a western Pacific island nation comprising about 300 islands, located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres. 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