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Area > Comparative slightly more than 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Area > Land	458 sq km		[191st of 238]
Area > Total	458 sq km		[201st of 250]
Capital city with population	Koror - 12,299
Climate tropical; hot and humid; wet season May to November
Coastline	1,519 km		[75th of 271]
Elevation extremes > Highest point	Mount Ngerchelchuus 242 m
Forested Land	76.1%		[8th of 193]
Geographic coordinates	7 30 N, 134 30 E
Land use > Arable land	8.7%		[119th of 258]
Largest city population	12,000		[169th of 174]
Largest city with population	Koror - 12,299
Location Oceania, group of islands in the North Pacific Ocean, southeast of the Philippines
Map references Oceania
Natural hazards typhoons (June to December)
Natural resources forests, minerals (especially gold), marine products, deep-seabed minerals
Population density	40.32 people per sqkm		[152nd of 256]
Population density > people per sq. km	43.7 people/m²		[135th of 204]
Surface area > sq. km	460 km²		[188th of 206]
tallest mountains > Mountain	Mount Ngerchelechuus

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