Ngerulmud

Ngerulmud
Ngerulmud
Capital
	Capitol of Palau
	Location within Melekeok State
	Ngerulmud Location in Palau
	Coordinates: 7°30′2″N 134°37′27″E / 7.50056°N 134.62417°E
Country	Palau
State	Melekeok
Population
• Total	Ngerulmud: not recorded separately but no people are known to be living in the area.; Melekeok State: 318 (2020 census);
Time zone	UTC+9 (Palau Standard Time)
ZIP code	96939
Area code	(+680) 654

Ngerulmud (Palauan pronunciation: [ŋəˈɾulmuð]) is the seat of government of the Republic of Palau, an island nation in the Pacific Ocean. It replaced Koror City as a capital in 2006. The settlement is located in the state of Melekeok on Babeldaob, the country's largest island, located 20 kilometers (12 miles) northeast of Koror City and 2 km (1 mile) northwest of Melekeok City.^[2] It is the least-populous capital city of a sovereign nation in the world (although Plymouth, the destroyed—but still official—capital of Montserrat, a British overseas territory, is wholly uninhabited).

^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference 2020census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ According to Google Earth and topographic maps.