Sonsorol
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Sonsorol is one of the sixteen states of Palau. The inhabitants speak Sonsorolese, a local Chuukic language, and Palauan.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Sonsorol
- Settlement.settlement_type
- State
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Merir AKK West Coast Beach.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Merir Island, Sonsorol State
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Sonsorol.svg
- Settlement.flag_alt
- Flag of Sonsorol
- Settlement.image_map
- Sonsorol in Palau.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Sonsorol in Palau
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.seat_type
- Capital
- Settlement.seat
- Dongosaru
- Settlement.governing_body
- Sonsorol State Legislature
- Settlement.leader_title
- Governor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Lucy Pedro
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 3.12
- Settlement.area_land_km2
- 3.12
- Settlement.area_water_km2
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- state of Palau
- Country
- Palau
- Located in
- Palau
- Capital
- Dongosaru
- Area
- 3.12
- Elevation
- 1
- Time zone
- UTC+09:00
- Body of water
- Pacific Ocean
- Image
- Merir AKK West Coast Beach.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Sonsorol
- language used
- Sonsorolese
- Commons category
- Sonsorol
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Islands
- Fanna
- Sonsorol
- Pulo Anna
- Merir
- Demography
- Political system
- Education
- References
- External links
Sonsorol is one of the sixteen states of Palau. The inhabitants speak Sonsorolese, a local Chuukic language, and Palauan.
The islands of the state of Sonsorol, together with the islands of Hatohobei, form the Southwest Islands of Palau. By area and population it is the country's third smallest state (after Hatohobei and Kayangel.)
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sonsorol” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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