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What is the capital of Palau?Country forums / Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea / Palau | ||
Is it Ngemulrud or Melekeok or Koror? | ||
The capital is Negerulmud on the island of Babeldaob. (Don't ask me how they're pronounced!) | 1 | |
And apparently don't ask me to spell it correctly either! (Ngerulmud) Pronounce it correctly the | 2 | |
Lol, thanks for the help. I'm still so confused, lol. | 3 | |
The capital is Negerulmud on the island of Babeldaob. (Don't ask me how they're pronounced!) That's what the [Wikipedia page of Ngerulmud|en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngerulmud] says. However, other sources quoted Melekeok as the Capital. The [UN profile of Palau|data.un.org/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Palau] quotes Melekeok as the Capital. There was a [talk in Wikipedia|en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3AMelekeok] discussing if the new Capital is Ngerulmud or Melekeok. The web of the Embassy of Palau in the USA talks about a shift of the Capital to Melekeok state... BTW, the change of Capitals was stipulated in Section 11 of the Constitution of Palau. | 4 | |
That clarifies it all for us. Thank You. | 5 | |
The national capitol of Palau is Melekeok (mel-ek-ee-awk). | 6 | |
This should be a question on Double Jeopardy! | 7 | |
I believe that Ngerulmud is a village in the state of Melekeok. (And I could pronounce it but couldn't spell the pronounciation.) However everyone refers to the capital as being Melekeok. And there is a big White House there built to resemble the one in Washington, DC. Very odd to see it. Last I was there however nothing much happened up there- the President's office was still on the hill next to the hospital in Koror. | 8 | |
Interesting... apparently the CAPITOL Building- a knock-off of the US Capitol Building in Washington DC- | 9 | |
The politics there aren't so simple either. | 10 | |