Three hundred and forty Islands of volcanic and coral origin, one of the youngest countries in the world – Palau.
Have you ever heard about a country like Palau? And it is. And very picturesque. This island Republic, which is located in the Pacific ocean 800 km East of Philippines and North of Indonesia.
Consists of 328 Islands of Paradise.
In Palau, home to about 21 thousand people.
The archipelago of Palau — Western Caroline Islands. It consists of many small atolls formed on the tops of underwater volcanoes. The climate is tropical, rainy season from may to November.
The average temperature is 24-28 degrees Celsius.
The coastal waters are home to 1,500 species of tropical fish, many rare mammals. Also, according to environmentalists, off the coast of Palau is home to 130 species of sharks from those threatened with extinction.
In 1995, the international Committee of marine biologists and experts on nature protection declared Palau’s underwater wonder of the world. Tropical gardens and forests of Palau are growing orchids and many exotic flowers and also home to about 50 species of birds.
On the island there is a lake of Jellyfish (Ongeim’l Tketau), which is inhabited by millions of jellyfish that can’t sting.
Contacts between islanders and Europeans were established only in 1783, when on the reefs near the island of ulong crashed the ship “Antelope” of the English captain Henry Wilson. High chieftain of the island of Koror Ibedul ordered to help in the repair of the vessel and sent his son, Lebow to study in England.
Ethnic groups: Palauan 69.9% of Filipinos of 15.3 %, Chinese 4.9 per cent, other Asian 2.4 per cent.
The average life expectancy is 68 years for men, 75 years for women.
The basis of the economy of Palau are tourism, fishing, crafts. In agriculture cultivated coconut and tapioca.
During the Second world war the Islands were occupied by American troops during the Marianas operation. October 1, 1994, proclaimed the independence of Palau.
