Ngiwal

Ngiwal
Location of Ngiwal in Palau
Location of Ngiwal in Palau
Country Palau
CapitalNgerkeai
Government
 • BodyNgiwal State Legislature (Kelulul a Kiuluul)
 • GovernorCisco Melaitau[1]
Area
 • Total26 km2 (10 sq mi)
Population
 (2015 Census)
 • Total282
 • Density11/km2 (28/sq mi)
 • Official languages
Palauan
English
ISO 3166 codePW-228

Ngiwal[2][3] is one of the sixteen states of Palau. It has a population of 282 (census 2015) and an area of 26 km2

On June 21, 2018, Japanese ambassador Toshiyuki Yamada gave Japan's multipurpose center to Ngiwal.[4]

  1. ^ Reklai, Leilani (17 July 2020). "Melaitau leads Ngiwal race for governor". Island Times.
  2. ^ Titchenal, Paul; Drolet, Robert; Pantaleo, Jeffrey (1998). Ngiwal: Archaeological Data Recovery and Monitoring in a Rural Village on Babeldaob in the Republic of Palau. Garcia and Associates.
  3. ^ Federal Information Processing Standards Publication. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1994.
  4. ^ "Japan Hands Over Multipurpose Center to Ngiwal State". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. Retrieved 2020-04-23.