Place details
Place namePalau
Other namesRepublic of Belau, Belau, Republic of Palau, PLW, PW, ISO585, PS00, Pelew, Pelauan
Latitude6
Longitude134
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Early inhabitants were Micronesians (Malay, Melanesian & Polynesian); Spanish visited islands in 1543, retained control until they were sold to Germany 1899; after WW II, became part of US Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; languages are English, Palaun (related to Indonesian) & Sonsorolese-Tobian.