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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]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Area > Total	458 sq km		[201st of 250]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Capital city with population	Koror - 12,299
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Climate tropical; hot and humid; wet season May to November
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Coastline	1,519 km		[75th of 271]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Elevation extremes > Highest point	Mount Ngerchelchuus 242 m
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Forested Land	76.1%		[8th of 193]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Geographic coordinates	7 30 N, 134 30 E
Source: FAO
Land use > Arable land	8.7%		[119th of 258]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Largest city population	12,000		[169th of 174]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Largest city with population	Koror - 12,299
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Location Oceania, group of islands in the North Pacific Ocean, southeast of the Philippines
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Map references Oceania
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Natural hazards typhoons (June to December)
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Natural resources forests, minerals (especially gold), marine products, deep-seabed minerals
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Population density	40.32 people per sqkm		[152nd of 256]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Population density > people per sq. km	43.7 people/m²		[135th of 204]
Source: Heal The World Foundation.
Surface area > sq. km	460 km²		[188th of 206]
Source: World Development Indicators database
tallest mountains > Mountain	Mount Ngerchelechuus
Source: World Development Indicators database

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