Palau
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Codes and identifiers
- ISO alpha-2
- PW
- ISO alpha-3
- PLW
- ISO numeric
- 585
- FIPS 10-4
- PS
- GeoNames ID
- 1559582
Key facts
- Capital
- Melekeok
- Area
- 458 km²
- Population
- 17,907
- Currency
- Dollar (USD)
- Calling code
- +680
- Top-level domain
- .pw
- Official languages
- pau,sov,en-PW,tox,ja,fil,zh
Continent
- Name
- Oceania
- Code
- OC
- In this dataset
- 28 countries
Location
- Min latitude
- 2.949042059000078
- Min longitude
- 131.13111412900003
- Max latitude
- 8.09661782863137
- Max longitude
- 134.7273429907992
Boundary
The API call behind this page
Request
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
"https://geosearch.dev/v1/countries/PW?fields=iso_code,iso3_code,name,capital,population,area_sq_km,currency_code,continent_code"Response
{
"data": {
"area_sq_km": 458,
"capital": "Melekeok",
"continent_code": "OC",
"currency_code": "USD",
"iso3_code": "PLW",
"iso_code": "PW",
"name": "Palau",
"population": 17907
}
}Formatted for reading. The API returns the same JSON on one line.
Other endpoints for this country
/v1/countries/PW/regions/v1/cities?country=PW/v1/postal-codes?country=PW/v1/timezones?country=PW
Name in other languages
- Arabic
- بالاو
- Chinese
- 帕劳
- English
- Palau
- French
- Palaos
- German
- Palau
- Hindi
- पलाऊ
- Italian
- Palau
- Japanese
- パラオ
- Korean
- 팔라우
- Portuguese
- Palau
- Russian
- Палау
- Spanish
- Palaos
- Total language variants
- 137
The API returns any of them with ?lang=.
Time zones
| IANA ID | UTC offset | DST offset |
|---|---|---|
| Pacific/Palau | UTC+09:00 | UTC+09:00 |
Postal code format
- Format
- 96940
- Pattern
^(96940)$
First-level administrative regions
- State of Koror
- State of Airai
- State of Peleliu
- State of Ngaraard
- State of Ngarchelong
- State of Ngatpang
- State of Melekeok
- State of Angaur
- State of Ngeremlengui
- State of Ngchesar
- State of Aimeliik
- State of Ngiwal
- State of Kayangel
- State of Ngardmau
- State of Sonsorol
- State of Hatohobei
16 of 16 shown, largest first
Largest cities
| City | Population |
|---|---|
| Koror | 14,000 |
| Koror Town | 12,676 |
| Medalaii Hamlet | 2,284 |
| Ngerbeched Hamlet | 1,404 |
| Ngerchemai Hamlet | 1,376 |
| Ngermid Hamlet | 1,045 |
| Meyungs Hamlet | 938 |
| Kloulklubed | 702 |
| Ngerekebesang Hamlet | 693 |
| Iyebukel Hamlet | 640 |
Coverage in this dataset
- Cities
- 86
- First-level regions
- 16
- Postal codes
- 1
- Name languages
- 137
- Boundary polygon
- Yes
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