page_title: Sonsorol
hierarchical_section_title: Sonsorol
caption_attribution_description: English: Satellite view of the Sonsorol Islands (Dongosaro and Fanna).
context_page_description: Sonsorol is one of the sixteen states of Palau. The administrative center, and only village, is Dongosaru on Sonsorol island. The inhabitants speak Sonsorolese, a local Trukic language, and Palauan.
  The islands of the state of Sonsorol, together with the islands of Hatohobei, form the Southwest Islands of Palau.
  The state is subdivided into four municipalities, which correspond to the four individual islands, that were previously inhabited. The islands are, from north to south:
context_section_description: Sonsorol (Japanese: ソンソロール州) is one of the sixteen states of Palau. The administrative center, and only village, is Dongosaru on Sonsorol island. The inhabitants speak Sonsorolese, a local Trukic language, and Palauan.
  The islands of the state of Sonsorol, together with the islands of Hatohobei, form the Southwest Islands of Palau.
  The state is subdivided into four municipalities, which correspond to the four individual islands, that were previously inhabited. The islands are, from north to south (Fanna Island and Sonsorol Island are together called Sonsorol Islands):
caption: NASA Satellite Imagery Sonsorol Islands
  (Fanna and Sonsorol)
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