Koror (city)
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Koror is the largest city and the commercial centre of Palau, located on Koror Island. With a population of 12,676 as of 2024, it is home to about half of the country's population.
Location within Koror state
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Koror State Government Building
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South Seas Mandate
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The South Seas Mandate was a League of Nations mandate given to the Empire of Japan by the League of Nations following World War I. The mandate consisted of islands in the north Pacific Ocean that had
Koror (city)
…Oreor Island). With a population of 12,676 as of 2024, it is home to about half of the country's population. Koror was the administrative centre of the South Seas Mandate of the Japanese Empire. Koror expanded during Japanese rule from a village of a few hundred people in 1920 to a centre of governance and trade with…
Tezuka Toshirō, the first governor of the South Seas Mandate
Headquarters of the government of the South Seas Mandate in Saipan
Korean Cafe in Saipan, 1939. The banner spells Arirang in katakana.
Japanese battleships Yamato and Musashi in anchorage off Truk Islands in 1943