Peleliu

Peleliu (ou Beliliou) é uma ilha que pertence à República de Palau. Peleliu junto com duas pequenas ilhas a seu nordeste forma um dos dezesseis estados da República de Palau. Está localizado a nordeste de Angaur e a sudoeste de Koror. Geograficamente, a ilha possui uma forma comprida com formações rochosas de corais. A ilha se tornou notável por ter sido o local da Batalha de Peleliu durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Peleliu possui uma área total de 13 km², com uma população de 700, fazendo com que seja o terceiro maior estado de Palau.^[1] A maior parte da população de Palau vive na vila de Kloulklubed, a capital do estado, localizado no norte da região costeira. Incluindo a capital, existem 4 vilas na ilha:

Kloulklubed (noroeste);
Imelechol (nordeste);
Lademisang (no sul, no centro da ilha);
Ongeuidel (norte);

↑ Patterson, Carolyn Bennett, et al. "At the Birth of Nations: In the Far Pacific." National Geographic Magazine, October 1986 page 493. National Geographic Virtual Library, Accessed 17 May 2018. "An example is Peleliu, the tragic island where more than 13,000 Americans and Japanese died during less than three months of fighting, often hand to hand, in the autumn of 1944. Pat and I went to Peleliu from Koror, the republic's capital, by speedboat, a wave-tossing, rear-slapping 45 minutes, and arrived to discover it was election day, with five candidates running for governor. Although Peleliu claims a population of 2,000 people, only 400 actually live there. More registered voters live in Koror than on their home island, and 800 send votes from Guam. The situation is similar in Palau's other states."

[1] Patterson, Carolyn Bennett, et al. "At the Birth of Nations: In the Far Pacific." National Geographic Magazine, October 1986 page 493. National Geographic Virtual Library, Accessed 17 May 2018. "An example is Peleliu, the tragic island where more than 13,000 Americans and Japanese died during less than three months of fighting, often hand to hand, in the autumn of 1944. Pat and I went to Peleliu from Koror, the republic's capital, by speedboat, a wave-tossing, rear-slapping 45 minutes, and arrived to discover it was election day, with five candidates running for governor. Although Peleliu claims a population of 2,000 people, only 400 actually live there. More registered voters live in Koror than on their home island, and 800 send votes from Guam. The situation is similar in Palau's other states."

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