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Solomon Islands Houses of Parliament, one of many government buildings that were built in Honiara after it became the national capital in 1952 The Solomon Islands Parliament Building , located on the hill above Hibiscus Avenue, built with American aid, is a concrete structure of conical-shape, which was inaugurated in 1993.
Solomon Islands, [7] also known simply as the Solomons, [8] ... Its capital and largest city, Honiara, is located on the largest island, Guadalcanal.
This is a list of populated places in the nation state of Solomon Islands, it excludes areas within the Solomon Islands archipelago that fall under a different jurisdiction, such as Bougainville. A map of Solomon Islands. The capital, Honiara.
Guadalcanal is the largest island in Solomon Islands, with a total land area of 5,302 km 2 (2,047 sq mi), and has a population of 155,605 people, making it the second-most populous island in the country after Malaita.
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 ...
Currently for Solomon Islands, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 1 capital territory and 9 provinces. The capital of the country Honiara forms the Capital Territory and has special status equal to the provinces. Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is SB, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Solomon Islands. The ...
The major part of the nation of Solomon Islands is the mountainous volcanic islands of the Solomon Islands (archipelago), which includes Choiseul, the Shortland Islands, the New Georgia Islands, Santa Isabel, the Russell Islands, the Florida Islands, Tulagi, Malaita, Maramasike, Ulawa, Owaraha (Santa Ana), Makira (San Cristobal), and the main island of Guadalcanal.
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.