Ngerulmud

Ngerulmud adolah ibu kota nagara Palau nan talatak di Babeldaob, pulau tagadang di nagara tu. Jo panduduak hanyo sakitar 318 jiwa pado tahun 2024, kota ko manjadi ibu kota nagara paliang saketek panduduaknyo di dunia.^[1]

Kota ko didirian pado tahun 1986 badasarkan arahan Kongres Nasional Palau untuak manggantian ibu kota samantaro Koror.^[2] Karano Palau kakurangan insinyur jo arsitek, sarato bahan bangunan nan harus diimpor, pambangunan kota ko lambek.^[3] Pambangunan baru mulai bakambang pado tahun 2000-an sasudah Taiwan maagiah pinjaman $20 juta sabagai bagian maamanan pangakuan diplomatik Palau ateh Taiwan.^[4] Kota ko salasai pado tahun 2006 jo manalan biaya labiah dari US$45 juta.^[5]

1. ↑ "2020 Census of Population and Housing of the Republic of Palau" (PDF). hlm. 10. 
2. ↑ Constitution of the Republic of Palau Archived 7 November 2012 di Wayback Machine. – Embassy of the Republic of Palau, Washington, DC. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
3. ↑ Lucy Jokiel (1 December 1995). "Trading places: while Hawaii's economy bottoms out, Guam's and Palau's are ready to take off" – Hawaii Investor. Retrieved from Factiva, 25 August 2014.
4. ↑ Ralph Jennings (5 September 2006). "Taiwan hands economic aid to firm ties with Palau" – Reuters. Retrieved from Factiva, 25 August 2014.
5. ↑ "Pride in Palau for new Capitol" – The Honolulu Advertiser. Published 12 November 2006. Retrieved 25 February 2013.