Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
In 1979 Honiara was still a small town in terms of population, especially for a capital city, with 18,346 people, of which 10,870 were men, and 7,476 were women. [14] In July 1978, Honiara became the new capital of the independent Solomon Islands.
The capital city of Honiara is situated on Guadalcanal, the largest island. The other principal towns are Gizo, Auki, and Kirakira. Most Solomon Islanders are Christian, with the Anglican, Methodist, Roman Catholic, South Seas Evangelical, and Seventh-day Adventist faiths predominating. About 5% of the population maintain traditional beliefs.
The population of the province is 93,613 (2009), not including the capital territory. The population of the island (including Honiara) is 161,197 (as of 2021). Honiara serves as the provincial capital. [1] [2] The climate is rainforest tropical. [3] The estimated terrain elevation above sea level is 447 meters (1,467 ft). [4]
The literacy rate of the adult population amounted to 84.1% in 2015 (men 88.9%, women 79.23%). [ 203 ] The Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) [ 204 ] finds that the Solomon Islands is fulfilling only 70.1% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to education based on the country's level of income. [ 205 ]
East Honiara is a parliamentary constituency electing one representative to the National Parliament of Solomon Islands.With an electorate of 30,049 in 2006, it is by far the most heavily populated constituency in the country, being the only one (out of fifty) to consist in more than 20,000 voters.
The figures for Guadalcanal Province do not include the separately-administered Capital Territory of Honiara; if included, that province would have had a total population of 109,382 in 1999, when it was the second largest province by population; by 2009, the combined census total for Guadalcanal and the Capital Territory would be 179,166, which ...
This is the list of countries and other inhabited territories of the world by total population, based on estimates published by the United Nations in the 2024 revision of World Population Prospects. It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present.
This is a list of national population and housing censuses. ... 2024: 45,905,417: 2024 Ugandan census ... Christian and Jewish men were counted but the female ...