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Republic of Palau
President: Kuniwo Nakamura (1993)
Total area: 177 sq. mi. (458 sq. km)
Population (1999 est.): 18,467 (average rate of natural increase: 1.38%); birth rate: 21.6/1000; infant mortality rate: 18.5/1000; density per sq. mi.: 104
Capital and largest city (1995): Koror, 12,299
Monetary unit: U.S. dollar used
Languages: Palauan is the official language, though English is commonplace
Ethnicity/race: Palauans are a composite of Polynesian, Malayan, and Melanesian races
Religions: Christian. About one-third of the islanders observe Modekngei religion, indigenous to Palau
Literacy rate: 86%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP: (1997 est.): $160 million (note: GDP numbers reflect U.S. spending), $8,800 per capita. Real growth rate: 10%. Inflation rate: n.a. Unemployment: 7%. Agriculture: coconuts, copra, cassava (tapioca), sweet potatoes. Labor force: n.a. Industry: tourism, craft items (from shell, wood, pearls), some commercial fishing and agriculture. Natural resources: forests, minerals (especially gold), marine products, deep-seabed minerals. Exports: $14.3 million (f.o.b., 1996); trochus (type of shellfish), tuna, copra, handicrafts. Imports: $72.4 million (f.o.b., 1996). Major trading partners: U.S., Japan.
