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	Palau (06/07)
		Six-inch sea jellies (Mastigias) inhabit the sheltered lagoons of the Palau Islands.
		Terrain: Varies from mountainous main island to smaller, reef-rimmed coral islands.
		The capital, however, relocated in 2006 from Koror to a newly constructed complex in Melekeok State on the larger but less developed island of Babeldaob--the second largest island in all of Micronesia after Guam.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/1840.htm (1900 words)

	Koror - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Koror is the state comprising the main commercial center of the country of Palau.
		Koror Island is also connected by a bridge to the state of Airai in the island of Babeldaob, where Palau's international airport is located.
		Koror is the current capital of Palau, but relocation to a new capital in Melekeok is planned for on October 1, 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Koror (229 words)

	Information on Koror
		Koror, capital of the republic of Palau, lies on Koror Island in western Pacific, 1.303 km southwest of Guam and 853 km southeast of Manila.
		Japan occupied the island in 1914 and held it until the defeat against America in WW II.
		Koror city serves as Palau’s provisional capital, while a new capital is being constructed at Melekeok in eastern Babelthuap.
	www.paesionline.com /oceania/palau/koror/introduction.asp (182 words)

	Palau, Micronesia
		Only eight islands are inhibited, for the entire population is 15,000 with the majority of them living in the provisional capital of Koror.
		Koror, the capital, has breathtaking views of the islands, Japanese stone lanterns and the only Shinto Shrine outside Japan, a reminder of Japanese occupation during the war.
		Babeldaob is a high, volcanic island of gently rolling hills, with beautiful stretches of sandy beach on the east coast and mangrove forests on the west.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /micronesia/about_destin/palau.html (2739 words)

	NOVEMBER, 1944
		The airfield at Yap Island was bombed and strafed by Corsairs of the Second Marine Aircraft Wing on October 30.
		Koror Island in the Northern Palaus was heavily attacked by Seventh Air Force Liberators on November 2.
		Several small islands in the Northern Palaus were hit by Catalinas of Fleet Air Wing One and Corsairs and Avengers of the Second Marine Aircraft Wing in night operations, and two fuel dumps were set afire.
	www.ibiblio.org /pha/comms/1944-11.html (9456 words)

	Palau in 2002 ( )
		The smaller island of Koror, directly to the south, is more readily accessible.
		Palau airport is on the main island Babeldoab, a dozen km north of the capital, Koror, on Koror island.
		Koror grew to almost 30 000 when it was the administrative capital of all the Japanese possessions in the Pacific in the 1920's.
	berclo.net /page02/02en-palau.html (753 words)

	Lonely Planet World Guide \| Destination Palau
		On Koror Island, the Belau National Museum is a good place to firm up your understanding of the nation's culture and history.
		Koror was developed into a bustling modern city, with paved roads, electricity and piped-in water; thousands of Japanese, Korean and Okinawan laborers were imported; and the traditional inheritance patterns were shattered as Palauans lost their land, either through sale or confiscation.
		Koror was named the provisional capital, though the constitution requires that it eventually be moved to Melekeok State in Babeldaob.
	www.statraveluk.lonelyplanet.com /pacific/palau (3742 words)

	Palau Island Travel in Pacific
		Island History and World War II Palau played a significant role in World War II, and many relics of famous battles on Peleliu and Anguar may be found, which are of great interest to visitors doing WWII History Tours.
		At the top of the island is a century-old coral lighthouse constructed during the German occupation that allows for a birds-eye view of most of the archipelago.
		Offshore from the islands, sportfishing charters afford visitors the opportunity to catch yellowfin tuna and wahoo year around or try for blue marlin from March through December or dolphin or "mahi-mahi" as they are called in the Pacific during the months of December through April.
	www.larsenoutdoors.com /html/palau_island_travel_in_pacific.html (2151 words)

	ipedia.com: Koror Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Koror is only larger in terms of population.
		Koror, is home to the Ibedul (hi-ranking chief of Palau) and it was here that the British first arrived in 1783, since the most accessible port of the main island is in the state of Koror.
		The sacred animal of Koror is the Shark.
	www.ipedia.com /koror.html (310 words)

	Excite - Travel Guide - Attractions
		Ngarchelong State, at the northernmost end of the island, has an open field with rows of large basalt monoliths known as Badrulchau, placed there according to legend by the gods to support an enormous bai.Airai, at the southern end of the island, has Palau's international airport.
		The economic center and capital of Palau, Koror is home to two-thirds of the republic's population.
		Beyond that, use Koror as a jumping-off point for trips to the Rock Islands, Peleliu, Angaur and the other islands.On Koror Island, the Belau National Museum is a good place to firm up your understanding of the nation's culture and history.
	www1.excite.com /travel/travelguide/attractions/0,20310,Oceania-493,00.html (792 words)

	Dive Palau - Information about Palau
		In the capital city of Koror you will also find a bank and a post office, a number of good restaurants, and have ample opportunity to stock up on imported and locally made souvenirs and produce.
		With three exceptions, all of the islands are located within a single barrier reef and represent two geological formations.
		Koror is small and friendly, with services available in English, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese.
	www.palaudive.com /Palau.htm (462 words)

	Island and Cruise Adventure, Expedition Fleet U.S. Representative
		Palau is part of the Micronesia Island chain and is beautifully located just seven degrees north of the equator in the western Pacific Ocean.
		The Rock Islands are of limestone formation, while Kayangel, at the northenmost tip, is a classical coral atoll.
		It is located just a short distance from Koror and is in an area that is normally protected from winds and rough seas.
	www.islandcruiseadventure.com /palau/index.html (1106 words)

	SMALL ISLANDS VOICE
		KOROR, Palau (March 25, 2002 - Pacific Daily News)---Uro Ikesakes started fishing in Airai Bay when he was a teen-ager, swimming side by side with his family and friends, spearing fish after fish from a bustling coral reef.
		His is an unusual story for Palau, a small Pacific island nation with a population of under 20,000, known the world over for its awing natural beauty and its abundance of fish.
		Babeldaob is the second largest island in Micronesia after Guam and comprises 70 percent of the nation's land.
	www.unesco.org /csi/smis/siv/Pacific/pacarticle2.htm (1705 words)

	Palau
		The Battle of Angaur was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought on the island of Angaur in the Palau Islands from 17 September 1944 to 30 September 1944.
		Like the bloody World War II island campaigns before it, the battle of Peleliu was a fight to capture an airstrip on a speck of coral in the western Pacific.
		It is one of the rock islands, a series of small, rocky, uninhabited archipelagos off the coast of Koror, the nation's capital.
	www.shortopedia.com /P/A/Palau (1034 words)

	Koror - Críticas e información sobre viajes - TripAdvisor
		Just returned from Carp island, excellent diving, saw a whole bunch of sharks in every dive, lots of turtles rays and fish, fantastic wall and drift dives.
		We arrived around 8pm in Koror and were meant to stay at the North Beach Cottages our first night, but we were advised to stay...
		Though only 300 miles apart, these two islands of Micronesia are moving in very different directions.
	www.tripadvisor.es /AllReviews-g294136-Koror.html (1019 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Palau tropical moist forests (OC0110)
		Geologically, the main islands of Palau can be divided into two distinct domains: (1) the deeply weathered and leached volcanic areas of Babeldaob, parts of the island of Koror, and a few small nearby islands; and (2) the more recent, often karst-weathered, limestone of the southern islands.
		The species composition varies from island to island, and various endemic species are present.
		The Rock Island forest is a subtype of limestone forest that is extremely diverse in species composition.
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/oc/oc0110_full.html (1650 words)

	Hotels Hostels Accommodation Reviews Koror Palau Lonely Planet
		The economic centre and capital of Palau, Koror is home to two-thirds of the republic's population.
		This one's in the heart of a leafy village, on a windy road down a hill from Koror's main drag.
		The Waterfront Villa has a deserved reputation as one of Koror's best mid-range hotels, even if it is slightly out of the way (relatively speaking; Koror is still a small town, don't forget).
	www.lonelyplanet.com /accommodation/destination/koror?poiPrice=&name= (460 words)

	OIA: Chapter 6
		The population in 1995 was estimated at 17,285 persons, concentrated in Koror (the nation's capital), Babeldaob and seven other inhabited islands.
		The Koror-Airai water system serving Koror State, Palau's governmental, civic and commercial center of the country and the neighboring state of Airai, derives its water sources from Ngerimel Dam, with a storage capacity of 20 million gallons, the Ngerikiil River diversion dam and a few deep water wells located in Airai, Koror and Arakebesang.
		The primary public dump site for solid waste for Koror and Airai states is on the access to M-Dock on the island of Koror.
	www.doi.gov /oia/StateIsland/chapter6.html (4096 words)

	Law Clerk on Gilligan's Island: Chapter 3-- In Country
		Koror, on the other hand, looks like the buildings were put up in places hacked out of the jungle, but the jungle still dominates.
		The overall impression I got of Koror was that of a small, rural town deep in the woods or mountains in the U.S. Or perhaps the traditional Hollywood representation of the small Meixcan border town.
		We got to the party after a 10 minute drive or so (the island speed limit is 25 mph, but between traffic and strategically placed speed bumps make it difficult to exceed that anyway), and turned off onto a dirt side road.
	stuffedwombat.com /chapter3.html (2238 words)

	5th AAF, August 1944
		B-24s bomb Yap Island and islands in the Woleai Atoll group; an ammunition dump and oil derrick at Boela, Ceram Island, Moluccas Islands, are also destroyed.
		The Yap Island supply area is bombed by B-24s; heavy frontal weather activities over the Vogelkop Peninsula and the Moluccas Islands cancels strikes in that area.
		B-24s bomb Yap Island and Gagil-Tomil Island, Caroline Islands, concentrating on airstrips, and airfields at Galela and Lolobata on Halmahera Island.
	www.kensmen.com /aug44.html (1422 words)

	Koror
		Provisional capital of the republic of Palau, on Koror Island, in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific, 1,303 km/810 mi southwest of Guam, and 853 km/530 mi southeast of Manila; population (1995 est) 11,500.
		It is a commercial and tourist centre, with a copra-processing plant.
		A new capital is being built on the island of Babelthuap.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0082272.html (256 words)

	Islands.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Note to practical adult self: The incessant gnawing of countless chitons, a rock-clinging marine mollusk, is responsible for the signature mushroom shape of Palau's famed Rock Islands.
		Jellyfish Lake, on Eil Malk Island, 30 minutes by boat south of Koror, is inhabited by millions of stingless jellyfish, tentacles rendered benign by years of isolation: no predators, no need for defenses.
		Koror itself is small enough to walk around, but many of the hotels and guesthouses are outside town, including the Palau Pacific Resort, where I was staying.
	www.islands.com /articles/f08032006.asp?island=palau (2355 words)

	Koror travel guide
		Koror is the most important island of Palau and the place where most travelers stay.
		The island is a good starting point for visiting Babeldoab.
		Koror is the only place for local people all over the island to shop and doing business.It's said that its the heart of the island with different kinds of good and business are held that place.
	www.world66.com /australiaandpacific/palau/koror (139 words)

	Palau
		When most people say they went to Palau, they actually mean they stayed in the state of Koror, and maybe on the island of Koror, as we did.
		My first impression was that the island of Koror was bigger than I had expected, but this was because we made so many stops to explore.
		I was later told that the Nikko was about the first hotel on Koror, and used to be called the "Continental." The view of the Rock Islands from the Nikko is so gorgeous that we were ready to pull up stakes and move in.
	www.glennevanish.com /Palau1.php3 (1405 words)

	5th AAF, September 1944
		Fighter-bombers hit Boela and Amahai Airfield on Ceram Island, Moluccas Islands.In New Guinea, A-20s, P-40s and B-25s bomb runways at Babo and Urarom; and HQ 374th Troop Carrier Group moves from Townsville, Australia to Nadzab.
		In New Guinea, HQ 8th Fighter Group and the 36th Fighter Squadron move from Owi, Schouten Islands to Morotai Island with P-38s; and HQ 347th Fighter Group and the 339th Fighter Squadron move from Sansapor to Middleburg Island with P-38s.
		B-25s and B-24s bomb Liang Airfield on Ambon Island and Kendari Airfield on Celebes Island.
	www.kensmen.com /sep44.html (1861 words)

	Papers 16
		His is an unusual story for Palau, a small Pacific island nation with a population of under 20,000, known the world over for its natural beauty and its abundance of fish.
		In the Cook Islands in 1996, the economic downturn was due in the main to New Zealand deciding it had to reduce the amount of aid it gave to the Cook Islands.
		With so many small islands increasingly depending on tourism for their growth, economic uncertainty is likely to continue in the future.
	www.unesco.org /csi/pub/papers3/world8.htm (3316 words)

	OIA: Palau
		With U.S. CIP grant funds, a two-lane concrete box girder type bridge spanning the Koror-Airai channel was constructed in 1976 connecting Babeldaob island with Koror island.
		At present, all but one of the 10 states in Babeldaob are accessible by land from Koror, although during the rainy season, accessibility could only be possible by 4-wheel drive type vehicles.
		As of April 1996, a contractor is working to repair the many potholes in the existing primary roads in Koror and Airai.
	www.doi.gov /oia/StateIsland/ch6a.html (1310 words)

	Koror Island Hotels, Koror Island Discount Hotels, Koror Island Budget & Luxury Hotel Reservations, Hotel in Koror ...
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		Koror Island Hotels directory offering free online bookings in Koror Island - PALAU, you can start to search available-online hotels in Koror Island from luxurious 5 stars to 4 stars, 3 stars, 2 stars.
		koror island.all-hotels-world.com is a directory of selected properties in all over Koror Island and PALAU.
	koror-island.all-hotels-world.com (112 words)

	Survivor Fever - Survivor Palau (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Before she leaves her island, Stephenie will gather all the items Ulong has, her flag, leftover clothing and fabric, the tool box, fishing gear, mask, snorkel and fins and pack them into her boat.
		Setting off for either challenge beach or Koror island itself, Stephenie will find out that merge has finally come, and go to meet the new members of her tribe.
		He was important to Koror's success in team challenges, due to his strength, swimming and puzzle solving abilities.
	www.survivorfever.net /s10_prediction_ep9_garbotalk.html (1773 words)

	S E A W A Y -Agencies
		The state of Koror contains most of the population of the country.
		- Ngerekebesang Island, the site of Palau's second-largest town, Meyungs, with a population of 1,200.
		Location: Oceania, group of islands in the North Pacific Ocean, southeast of the Philippines.
	www.seaway.com.au /ka-koror.html (248 words)

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