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Honiara (/ ˌ h oʊ n i ˈ ɑːr ə /) is the capital and largest city of Solomon Islands, situated on the northwestern coast of Guadalcanal. As of 2021, it had a population of 92,344 people. The city is served by Honiara International Airport and the seaport of Point Cruz, and lies along the Kukum Highway.
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.
This is a list of islands in the world ordered by population, which includes all islands with more than 100,000 people. For comparison, continental landmasses are also shown, in italics. The population of the world's islands is over 730 million, approximately 9% of the world's total population.
Urban area provisional resident population, June 2024 [2] Adelaide Australia: 1,359,087 Significant Urban Area, June 2021 [1] Honolulu United States: 1,016,508 Urban Honolulu Metropolitan Statistical Area, 2020 estimate [3] Gold Coast Australia: 718,772 Significant Urban Area, June 2021 [1] Newcastle–Maitland Australia: 505,489
With a population of 7,177 (as of 2019), it is the third largest town in the country. [1] It is situated on Ghizo Island approximately 380 kilometres (236 miles) west-northwest of the capital, Honiara , and is just southwest of the larger island of Kolombangara .
For New Zealand, metropolitan areas are defined as per the Functional Urban Area (FUA) classification [1] and population statistics are sourced from the Statistics New Zealand population estimates and projections.
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Holy Cross Cathedral in Honiara. Catholic evangelisation of the Solomon Islands archipelago in the nineteenth century was mostly in the hands of the Marist Fathers. [1] [2] There are over 140,000 Catholics in Solomon Islands in 2022 (one-fifth of the total population). [3] In 2020 there were 89 priests and 120 nuns serving across 34 parishes. [4]