Melekeok
Melekeok is a state of the Republic of Palau located on the central east coast of Babeldaob Island. The seat of government of the country, Ngerulmud, is located in the state.- Type: state of Palau with 391 residents
- Description: state of Palau
- Also known as: “Artingal”, “Athernal”, “Karukiyoku”, “Melekeok Municipality”, “Melekeok State”, “Melekeok, Palau”, “Melekiok Municipality”, “Meligeok”, “Ngatelingal”, “Ngatelngal”, “Ngetelngal”, and “State of Melekeok”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Capitol of Palau and Meteu ’L Klechem.
Capitol of Palau
Government office
The Capitol of Palau is the palace of the Palau National Congress. It is located in Ngerulmud, the administrative capital of the country. Its design is based on the United States Capitol.
Meteu ’L Klechem
Protected area
Meteu 'L Klechem is a historic stone monolith in Melekeok, a community on the island of Babeldaob, the largest island in the nation of Palau. It is a roughly octagonal stone, 7 feet long and 2 feet thick, and weighing about 3,000 pounds.
Lake Ngardok
Lake
Lake Ngardok is a lake on the Palauan island of Babeldaob, in the State of Melekeok. It is the second largest natural freshwater lake in all of the islands of Micronesia, after Lake Susupe on the isle of Saipan in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Lake Ngardok is situated 4 km northwest of Melekeok.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ngerulmud and Melekeok.
Ngerulmud
Village
Ngerulmud 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 October 2006.
Melekeok
Town
Photo: Binter, Public domain.
Melekeok is a town in the State of Melekeok. It is located on the east coast of Palau's largest island, Babeldaob.
Ngerkeai
Village
Ngerkeai is a village in Babeldaob island, the largest island in the island nation of the Republic of Palau. The village is the administrative center of Ngiwal state of Palau. Ngerkeai is situated 7 km north of Melekeok.
Melekeok
- Location: Palau, Micronesia, Oceania
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Melekeok” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ولاية ميلكيوك”
- Asturian: “Melekeok”
- Bengali: “মেলেকেওক”
- Cebuano: “State of Melekeok”
- Chinese: “Melekeok Chiu”
- Chinese: “梅莱凯奥克州”
- Czech: “Melekeok”
- Danish: “Melekeok”
- Dutch: “Melekeok”
- Estonian: “Melekeoki osariik”
- Finnish: “Melekeok”
- French: “Melekeok”
- Georgian: “მელეკეოკი”
- German: “Melekeok”
- Greek: “Μελεκεόκ”
- Gujarati: “મેલેકેઓક”
- Hindi: “मेलेकोक”
- Hungarian: “Melekeok”
- Icelandic: “Melekeok”
- Indonesian: “Melekeok”
- Italian: “Melekeok”
- Japanese: “マルキョク州”
- Kannada: “ಮೆಲೆಕೊಕ್”
- Kazakh: “Мелекеок”
- Korean: “멜레케오크주”
- Latin: “Melekeok”
- Latvian: “Melegeoka”
- Lithuanian: “Melekokas”
- Lombard: “Melekeok”
- Luxembourgish: “Melekeok State”
- Malay: “Melekeok”
- Marathi: “मेलेकेक”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Melekeok Chiu”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Melekeok”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Melequeòc”
- Persian: “ملکیک”
- Polish: “Melekeok”
- Portuguese: “Melekeok”
- Russian: “Мелекеок”
- Serbian: “Мелекеок”
- Sinhala: “මෙලෙකෙයෝක්, පලාවු”
- Sinhala: “මෙලෙකෙයෝක්”
- Spanish: “Estado de Melekeok”
- Spanish: “Estado de Meleleok”
- Spanish: “Melekeok”
- Swedish: “Melekeok”
- Tamil: “மெலேக்கியக்”
- Telugu: “మెలికియోక్”
- Thai: “เมเลเกอ็อก”
- Turkish: “Melekeok”
- Ukrainian: “Мелекеок”
- Urdu: “میلیکئوک”
- Vietnamese: “Melekeok”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Babeldaob East - Melekeok State and Ngeremecheluch Hamlet.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tochobei and Melekeok Reef Flat Conservation Area.
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