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Descriptor English: Palau
Descriptor Spanish: Palau
Descriptor Palau
Scope note: República que consta de un grupo de aproximadamente 100 islas e islotes en la parte occidental del Océano Pacífico. La capital es Koror. Bajo España fue administrada como parte de las islas Carolinas pero fue vendida a Alemania en 1899. Fue tomada por Japón en 1914 y por los aliados en la Segunda Guerra Mundial en 1944. En 1947 se convirtió en parte del Trust Territory de las Islas del Pacífico de los Estados Unidos y llegó a autogobernarse internamente en 1980. Obtuvo el control independiente sobre la política exterior (excepto la defensa) en 1986 y consiguió la total independencia el 1 de octubre de 1994. (Traducción libre del original: Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p915; telephone communication with Randy Flynn, Board on Geographic Names, 17 January 1995)
Descriptor Portuguese: Palau
Descriptor French: Palau
Tree number(s): Z01.639.760.680.717
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019029
Scope note: A republic consisting of a group of about 100 islands and islets in the western Pacific Ocean. Its capital is Koror. Under Spain it was administered as a part of the Caroline Islands but was sold to Germany in 1899. Seized by Japan in 1914, it was taken by the Allies in World War II in 1944. In 1947 it became part of the U.S. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, became internally self-governing in 1980, obtained independent control over its foreign policy (except defense) in 1986, and achieved total independence October 1, 1994. (Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p915; telephone communication with Randy Flynn, Board on Geographic Names, 17 January 1995)
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
EP epidemiology
Previous Indexing: Micronesia (1970-1995)
Online Note: use MICRONESIA to search PALAU 1995 & PAULAU 1994
History Note: 96; was see MICRONESIA 1995; was PAULAU see MICRONESIA 1994
DeCS ID: 32657
Unique ID: D019029
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Date Established: 1996/01/01
Date of Entry: 1995/05/26
Revision Date: 2012/07/03
Palau - Preferred
Concept UI M0028406
Scope note A republic consisting of a group of about 100 islands and islets in the western Pacific Ocean. Its capital is Koror. Under Spain it was administered as a part of the Caroline Islands but was sold to Germany in 1899. Seized by Japan in 1914, it was taken by the Allies in World War II in 1944. In 1947 it became part of the U.S. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, became internally self-governing in 1980, obtained independent control over its foreign policy (except defense) in 1986, and achieved total independence October 1, 1994. (Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p915; telephone communication with Randy Flynn, Board on Geographic Names, 17 January 1995)
Preferred term Palau



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