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Palau: Key Facts and Information

L ocation and Geographic Description - 7° 30’ North Latitude,        much sunshine.
     133° 30’ East Longitude
                                                                     L anguages - The two official languages of Palau are Palauan
C limate - Palau enjoys a pleasantly warm climate all year                and English, which is spoken by almost everyone on the
       round. Average temperature of 82° degrees F. (27° C.). Rain-  island. Japanese is also widely spoken. Languages spoken by our
fall can occur throughout the year, and the annual average is        multi-lingual staff include Palauan, English, German, Japanese,
150 inches. The average relative humidity is 82%, and although       Spanish, Mandarin, Tagalog, Italian, Dutch, Hebrew, and Irish.
rain falls more frequently between July and October, there is still
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