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light blue with a large yellow disk shifted slightly to the hoist side; the blue color represents the ocean, the disk represents the moon; Palauans consider the full moon to be the optimum time for human activity; it is also considered a symbol of peace, love, and tranquility

Background:After three decades as part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific under US administration, this westernmost cluster of the Caroline Islands opted for independence in 1978 rather than join the Federated States of Micronesia. A Compact of Free Association with the US was approved in 1986 but not ratified until 1993. It entered into force the following year when the islands gained independence.

Total Area: 459 sq km

Land Area:459 sq km

Water Area:0 sq km

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Border Countries:

Coastline:1,519 km

Lowest Point:Pacific Ocean 0 m

Highest Point:Mount Ngerchelchuus 242 m

Population:21,186 (July 2014 est.)

Population Growth Rate:0.37% (2014 est.)

Religion:Roman Catholic 49.4%, Protestant 30.9% (includes Protestant (general) 23.1%, Seventh Day Adventist 5.3%, and other Protestant 2.5%), Modekngei 8.7% (indigenous to Palau), Jehovah's Witnesses 1.1%, other 8.8%, none or unspecified 1.1% (2005 est.)

Literacy(%):0.92

Literacy(%) Male:0.93

Literacy(%) Female:90% (1980 est.)

Independence Day:1 October 1994 (from the US-administered UN trusteeship)

National Holiday:Constitution Day, 9 July (1979)

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