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Palau - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (7708 words) |
 | Palau, officially the Republic of Palau, is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean, some 500 miles (800 km) east of the Philippines. |
| Politics of Palau takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Palau is both head of state and head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. |
| While much of Palau's fragile natural environment remains free of environmental degradation, there are several areas of concern, including illegal fishing with the use of dynamite, inadequate facilities for disposal of solid waste in Koror, and extensive sand and coral dredging in the Palau lagoon. |
| Palau - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (1562 words) |
| The President of Palau is both head of state and head of government and is directly elected for a term of four years. |
| Palau enjoys a tropical climate all year round with an annual mean temperature of 82 °F (27 °C). |
| The population of Palau is approximately 19,000 of whom 70% are native Palauans, who are of Melanesian, Micronesian, and Polynesian descent. |
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