States of Palau
| State | |
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| Category | Unitary State |
| Location | Palau |
| Number | 16 |
| Populations | 25 (Hatohobei) – 11,444 (Koror) |
| Areas | .9 km2 (0.35 sq mi) (Hatohobei) – 65 km2 (25 sq mi) (Ngeremlengui) |
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Palau is divided into sixteen administrative regions, called states. Palau has a high ratio of government offices to citizens, with 16 states and both a tribal chiefdom and elected legislature in each state, for 20,000 people.
The majority of the country's population lives in Koror State. Airai is the only other state with a population exceeding 1,000, and three states have populations of fewer than 100.