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Solomon Islands, [7] also known simply as the Solomons, [8] is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Melanesia, ...
The Honiara Central Market (locally referred to as "Central Market") is a fish, [1] flower, [2] clothing, [3] fruit and vegetable market (including fresh coconut water [4]), which also sells shell money, [5] and other local crafts [6] such as palm-frond broomsticks, [7] jewellery, coconut oil and hair tonics [4] in Honiara, the capital of ...
Tavanipupu is an island in the Solomon Islands. It is located in Marau Sound, at the eastern end of Guadalcanal, between Towara'o Island and Marapa Island, and is part of Guadalcanal Province. [1] In 1896, a large and profitable trading station was established on Tavanipupu, then called Crawford Island.
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Exploitation of Solomon Islands' rich fisheries offers the best prospect for further export and domestic economic expansion. A Japanese joint venture, Solomon Taiyo Ltd., which operated the only fish cannery in the country, closed in mid-2000 as a result of the ethnic disturbances. Though the plant has reopened under local management, the ...
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Solomon Islands faces a nervous wait to establish a government as opposition parties vie with incumbent Prime Minister Manesseh Sogavare's OUR party to form a coalition with ...
Islands and provinces of Solomon Islands in 1989 (click to enlarge). This is a list of islands of Solomon Islands, by province and archipelago. Islands.
In Kirakira, a can of soft drink costs $8–10 SBD and a 1.5-litre bottle of water costs $12 SBD. Petrol is very expensive in the Solomon Islands at around $90 SBD ($11 USD) per US gallon. The average person in the Solomon Islands will not have many possessions - car ownership is an impossible aspiration.