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What every visitor should know about Palau:
- Money
- The currency is the US dollar
(USD). 1 dollar is worth about €0.70.
- Crime
- CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 5 out of 5 (Very safe)
- Capital
- Melekeok
- Tap water
- Not recommended. Water is usually drinkable in large cities, but quality is uneven.
Palau facts and figures:
People
- Population
- 20,796
- Language
- Palauan 64.7% official in all islands except Sonsoral (Sonsoralese and English are official), Tobi (Tobi and English are official), and Angaur (Angaur, Japanese, and English are official), Filipino 13.5%, English 9.4%, Chinese 5.7%, Carolinian 1.5%, Japanese 1.5%, other Asian 2.3%, other languages 1.5%
- Ethnicity
- Palauan (Micronesian with Malayan and Melanesian admixtures) 69.9%, Filipino 15.3%, Chinese 4.9%, other Asian 2.4%, white 1.9%, Carolinian 1.4%, other Micronesian 1.1%, other or unspecified 3.2%
Economy
- GDP
- US$8,100 (per capita)
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