Palau
The national flag - Palau Geographical knowledge has always held great appeal for me. I absorb it easily and willingly but of course you can't know everything. There are entire countries that I know almost nothing about. Until earlier this evening, one of these countries was Palau. You have probably heard the name The uninhabited Rock Islands This island nation is located in the western Pacific Ocean, east of The Philippines and north west of the island of New Guinea. Palau consists of some 340 islands spread out over three hundred miles of ocean.. The majority of these are unpopulated. Most Palauans live on the two main islands of Koror and Babeldaob. However, the population of Palau is under eighteen thousand. Palau - the main islands. The country has a human history that goes back to around 2500 BC and there is archaeology on the main islands that evidences ancient inhabitants. Europeans first spotted some of the islands in the early sixteenth century but it wasn...