page_title: Hatohobei
section_title: Tobi Island
hierarchical_section_title: Hatohobei / Tobi Island
caption_attribution_description: English: Tobi Island Bai in 1971日本語: 1971年のトビ島のバイ
context_page_description: Tobi, or Hatohobei, also ハトホベイ州, is the southernmost of Palau's sixteen states, consisting of Tobi Island and Helen Reef. The total land area is about 0.88 km². The population was 80 in 1962, 51 in 1995, 23 in 2000, and 25 in 2015. Tobian, English and Sonsorolese are the official languages of Hatohobei State.
  It is the least populous first-level administrative subdivision in the world.
  The individual islands of Hatohobei, together with the islands of the state of Sonsorol, form the Southwest Islands of Palau.
context_section_description: Tobi (Hatohobei or Kodgubi) Island was the main island of the state (together with the permanently manned Marine Ranger Station on the second island, Helen Island). The land area is 0.85 km². Its highest point is 6 m, while most of the island is less than 3 m high. Most of the houses were situated in the village of Tobi (Hatohobei) on the southwestern side of the island, the former state capital. The island is covered with coconut palms. A cultivated area is situated near the center of the island. The island is fringed by a reef that extends up to 800 m from the shore in the north.
caption: A bai on Tobi Island, 1971
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