{{Coord|7|30|N|134|30|E|display=title}}
<br>{{small|''Oor Palau''}}</small>
|official_languages = {{unbulleted list |[[Inglis leid|Inglis]] |[[Palauan leid|Palauan]]}}
|regional_languages = {{unbulleted list |[[Japanese leid|Japanese]] {{small|(in Angaur)}} |{{nowrap|[[Sonsorolese leid|Sonsorolese]] {{small|(in Sonsoral)}}}} |[[Tobian leid|Tobian]] {{small|(in Hatohobei)}}}}
|demonym = Palauan
|capital = [[Ngerulmud]], [[Melekeok|Melekeok State]]<sup>a</sup><ref>''"Government offices moved to a new National Capitol Building complex located at Ngerulmud, Melekeok State"'' [http://www.state.gov/outofdate/bgn/palau/119480.htm US Department of State. Palau (02/09)]. Retrieved 24 February 2013.</ref>
|coordinates = {{Coord|7|21|N|134|28|E|type:city}}
|largest_city = [[Koror]]
|ethnic_groups =
 {{unbulleted list
  | 69.9% Palauan
  | 15.3% [[Filipino fowk|Filipino]]
  |  4.9% [[Cheenese fowk|Chinese]]
  |  2.4% [[Ethnic groups in Asie|ither Asian]]
  |  1.9% [[White fowk|White]]
  |  1.4% [[Carolinian fowk|Carolinian]]
  | {{nowrap|1.1% [[Micronesian fowk|ither Micronesian]]}}
  | {{nowrap|3.2% ither{{\}}unspecified}}
 }}
|ethnic_groups_year = 2000
|government_type = [[Unitary state|Unitary]] [[Presidential seestem|presidential]] [[Representative democracy|democratic]] [[republic]]
|leader_title1 = [[Preses o Palau|Preses]]
|leader_name1 = [[Tommy Remengesau]]
|leader_title2 = [[Vice Preses o Palau|Vice Preses]]
|leader_name2 = [[Antonio Bells]]
|legislature = [[Palau Naitional Congress|Naitional Congress]]
|area_rank = 196t
|area_magnitude = 1 E8
|area_km2 = 459
|area_sq_mi = 177 <!--Do not remove per [[WP:MOSNUM]]-->
|percent_water = negligible
|population_estimate = 20,956
|population_estimate_rank = 218t
|population_estimate_year = 2011
|population_census = |population_census_year =
|population_density_km2 = 28.4
|population_density_sq_mi = 45.5
|population_density_rank =
|GDP_PPP = {{nowrap|$164 million<ref name="cia">2008 estimate. {{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ps.html |title=Palau |work=CIA World Factbook |publisher=CIA |accessdate=9 August 2009 |archive-date=2019-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106222014/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ps.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
|GDP_PPP_rank = {{small|not&nbsp;ranked}}
|GDP_PPP_year = 2008
|GDP_PPP_per_capita = $8,100<ref name="cia" />
|GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = 119t
|sovereignty_type = Unthirldom
|established_event1 = [[Compact o Free Association]] wi the [[Unitit States]]
|established_date1 = 1 October 1994
|Gini_year = |Gini_change =  <!--increase/decrease/steady--> |Gini =  <!--number only--> |Gini_ref = |Gini_rank =
|HDI_year = 2011
|HDI_change =  <!--increase/decrease/steady-->
|HDI = 0.782 <!--number only-->
|HDI_ref = <ref>[http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2011_EN_Table1.pdf Human Development Index and its components]. undp.org (2011).</ref>
|HDI_rank = 49t
|currency = [[Unitit States dollar]]
|currency_code = USD
|country_code = PW
|time_zone =
|utc_offset = +9
|time_zone_DST = |utc_offset_DST =
|drives_on = richt
|calling_code = [[+680]]
|cctld = [[.pw]]
|footnote_a = On 7 October 2006, govrenment officials moved thair offices in the umwhile caipital o [[Koror]] tae [[Ngerulmud]] in [[Melekeok|Melekeok State]], locatit {{convert|20|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} northeast o Koror on Babelthaup Island an {{convert|2|km|0|abbr=on}} northwest o Melekeok veelage.
}}
'''Palau''' {{IPA-en|pəˈlaʊ||en-us-Palau.ogg}}, offeecially the '''Republic o Palau''' ({{lang-pau|Beluu er a Belau}}), is an [[island kintra|island naition]] in the [[Paceefic Ocean]], some 500 mile (800&nbsp;km) east o the [[Philippines]] an 2,000 mile (3,200&nbsp;km) sooth o [[Tokyo]]. Haein emerged frae [[Unitit Naitions]] [[Unitit Naitions Trusteeship Cooncil|trusteeship]] (administered bi the [[Unitit States]]) in 1994, it is ane o the [[Leet o kintras bi date o unthirldom|warld's youngest]] an smawest [[sovereign states]]. In Inglis, the name is sometimes spelled '''Belau''' in accordance wi the native pronunciation. It wis umwhile an aa spelled '''Pelew'''.<ref>Nelson's World Gazetteer and Geographical Dictionary, ed. J. Gunn, Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, London, 1935</ref>