Melekeok is a town in the
State of Melekeok (one of
Palau's sixteen
states). It is located on the east coast of Palau's largest island,
Babeldaob. On October 2006, the settlement of
Ngerulmud, located from the village of Melekeok, became the seat of Palau's government, replacing
Koror as Palau's capital city.