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- What is the region of Solomon Islands?
- What is the geographical location of Solomon Islands?
- What language do they speak in Solomon Islands?
- Are Solomon Islanders Melanesian?
- Where is Oceania?
- What are the Solomon Islands known for?
- Who colonized the Solomon Islands?
- What is the climate of Solomon Islands?
- Is Solomon Islands part of Micronesia?
- What is the religion of Solomon Island?
- Is Solomon Island a rich country?
- Is Fiji part of the Solomon Islands?
What is the region of Solomon Islands?
Solomon Islands, country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of a double chain of volcanic islands and coral atolls in Melanesia.
What is the geographical location of Solomon Islands?
Solomon Islands is an archipelagic state situated in the south-west Pacific Ocean, approximately 2,000 kms to the northeast of Australia. Its land mass of 28,400 km² extends over nearly 1000 islands comprising nine main island groups. The capital, Honiara, is located on Guadalcanal, the largest island.
What language do they speak in Solomon Islands?
English is the official language, but Solomon Islands pijin is the lingua franca. There are over 80 different local languages plus dialects.
Are Solomon Islanders Melanesian?
The predominantly Melanesian areas of Oceania include parts of the Maluku Islands (Moluccas) of Eastern Indonesia, East Nusa Tenggara, New Guinea and surrounding islands, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Fiji.
Where is Oceania?
IUCN's Oceania region covers Australia, New Zealand and the 24 countries and territories of the Pacific Islands making up Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. The region stretches almost 12,000km from East to West and 6,000km from North to South, with a combined Exclusive Economic Zone of close to 40 million square km.
What are the Solomon Islands known for?
The islands and waters are still a little known pristine paradise. They are particularly special for their remarkable biodiversity, containing thousands of different plant and animal species, especially the marine life. Many species are known only to the Solomons.
Who colonized the Solomon Islands?
Spanish explorer Alvaro de Mendana de Neira sighted the islands in 1568 and named them The Islands of Solomon, in the mistaken hope of mineral riches matching those of the biblical King. In 1767 English explorer Philip Carteret 'rediscovered' the Solomon Islands.
What is the climate of Solomon Islands?
The climate in the Solomon Islands is tropical with two seasons: the wet season from November to April and the dry season from May to October. The local names for these seasons, Komburu and Ara, are based on the prevailing direction of the trade winds.
Is Solomon Islands part of Micronesia?
The Fiji Multi-Country Office covers the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
What is the religion of Solomon Island?
The religion of Solomon Islands is mainly Christian (comprising about 92% of the population).
Is Solomon Island a rich country?
Although the islands are rich in timber and such undeveloped mineral resources as lead, zinc, nickel, and gold, much of the population continues to work in subsistence farming, fishing, and artisanal forestry. The Solomon Islands remains one of Asia's poorest nations.
Is Fiji part of the Solomon Islands?
There is a Fiji community in Solomon Islands, notably in Honiara, the capital city. It includes both Solomon Islands citizens of Fiji descent and Fiji citizen workers and businessmen currently residing in the Solomons.
