Dongosaro (place)

Map of Sonsorol.

Dongosaro (also Sonsorol ) is the capital of the state (i.e. an administrative area) Sonsorol in the island republic of Palau . The place is in the west of the island of the same name Dongosaro .

geography

The place is the only village in the administrative area and is located in the west of the island on the beach. In 2014 there were 42 inhabitants.

administration

According to Article XI, Section 1 of the Sonsorol Constitution , the island of Dongosaro is a municipality and forms the capital of the State of Sonsorol, which also includes other uninhabited islands. In 1935, 153 locals and 7 Japanese lived on the island.

education

The Dongosaro School was founded in 1972 and has 13 students of different ages in one class.

economy

The livelihood of the inhabitants is covered by agriculture ( coconut palms ) and fishing.

traffic

Most traffic is by boat, with an airfield in the southwest of the state.

literature

• Dongosaro itouchmap October 6, 2016.
• Dongosaro at geographic.org.
• Constitution de l'État de Sonsorol.
• Mike Hollywood: Papa Mike's Palau Islands Handbook. iUniverse 2006. ISBN 9780595376070
• LJ Gorenflo: Demographic Change in the Republic of Palau. Argonne National Laboratory, Washington. In: Pacific Studies. vol. 9, September 3, 1996.
• Sonsorol Elementary School at the Department of Education, Palau.
• Tobi Island and World War II. Friends of Tobi, September 20, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Article XI, section 1, Sonsorol Constitution
2. ↑ Article XI, section 1: pacificdigitallibrary.org .
3. ↑ http://www.friendsoftobi.org/tobithenandnow/ifirisapan/nidwesternpacific081945.pdf
4. ↑ Hollywood 2006: 113.
5. ↑ Hollywood 2006: 112.

Coordinates: 5 ° 19 '34.5 "  N , 132 ° 13' 14.3"  E