Palau
Republic of Palau · Belau
Palau (PW, PLW) is a country in Micronesia, with Ngerulmud as its capital. The currency is the US Dollar (USD, $). The international dialling code is +680; mobile numbers are written like 620 1234. The time zone is Pacific/Palau. Official languages: Palauan and English.
CurrencyUSD$
Dial code+680e.g. 620 1234
Time zonePalauUTC+09:00
LanguagePalauan+1 more
CapitalNgerulmud
Population21.9K459 km²
Overview
- Official name
- Republic of Palau
- Native name
- Palau · Belau
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- PW
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- PLW
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 585
- IOC code
- PLW
- Demonym
- Palauan
- Capital
- Ngerulmud
- Region
- Oceania › Micronesia
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- Micronesian Region
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .pw
- Coordinates
- 7.5, 134.5
- Area
- 459 km²
- Population
- 21,864
- GDP
- $284.7M ($13K per person)
- Literacy
- 92%
- Landlocked
- No
- Land borders
- None
Currency
US Dollar USD
- Symbol
- $
- Minor units
- 2 decimals
- Example
- US$1,234.50
Languages
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific/Palau | UTC+09:00 | none | Palau Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +680
- Dial-out prefix
- 01[12]
- Trunk prefix
- none
- National number length
- 7 digits
- Emergency number
- 911 pattern 911
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 277 1234 | +680 277 1234 | XXX XXXX | 7 |
| Mobile | 620 1234 | +680 620 1234 | XXX XXXX | 7 |
Show the 1 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d{3})(\d{4}) | [2-9] | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
Address and postal code
Address layout
{Name}
{Organization}
{Street address}
{City} {State/province} {Postal code}
- Required fields
- Street address, City, State/province, Postal code
- Uppercase fields
- Street address, City, Name, Organization, State/province
- Region label
- state
- Predefined regions
- 16
Postal code
- Pattern
(969(?:39|40))(?:[ \-](\d{4}))?- Examples
- 96940
- Label
- zip
- Post office lookup
- http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp
Calendar, units and conventions
- First day of the week
- Monday
- Weekend
- Saturday to Sunday
- First week of the year
- Contains at least 1 day of the new year
- Hour cycle
- 12-hour (1–12), also H
- Calendars
- gregorian
- Measurement system
- Metric
- Temperature
- Fahrenheit
- Paper size
- A4
- Locales
Number and date formats
As written by the English (Palau) locale (en-PW), amounts in USD.
- Number
- 1,234,567.891
- Percent
- 45.7%
- Currency (USD)
- US$1,234,567.89
- Accounting
- (US$1,234,567.89)
- Currency, name
- 1,234,567.89 US dollars
- Compact short
- 1.2M
- Compact long
- 1.2 million
- Scientific
- 1.235E6
- Speed
- 88 kilometres per hour
- Temperature
- 21.5°C
- Date, full
- Friday, 27 March 2026
- Date, long
- 27 March 2026
- Date, medium
- 27 Mar 2026
- Date, short
- 27/03/2026
- Time, medium
- 3:04:05 pm
- Time, short
- 3:04 pm
- Date and time
- 27 Mar 2026, 3:04 pm
- Month and year
- March 2026
- Weekday
- Friday
- Relative time
- yesterday · in 3 days · 2 hours ago
- List: and
- A, B and C
- List: or
- A, B or C