Country

Solomon Islands

Oceania

Solomon Islands is an archipelagic country in Melanesia, Oceania, consisting of six major islands and over 1,000 smaller islands northeast of Australia. It gained independence from the United Kingdom on 7 July 1978. Its capital is Honiara. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts

Capital

Honiara 2

Population

828,857 2

2025 estimate, from Solomon Islands' own Wikipedia infobox; the 2019 census recorded 720,956.

Population Estimate Year

2025 2

Area (sq km)

28,896 2

Independence or Founding Year

1978 2

Solomon Islands gained independence from the United Kingdom on 7 July 1978.

Classification

Sovereignty Status

UN Member State 1

Solomon Islands

Cities

Connections

Associated With

Melanesia

Bordered By Water

Coral Sea

Solomon Sea

Has Capital

Honiara

Honiara is the capital of Solomon Islands.

Source Honiara (Wikipedia)

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Nationals Include

John Muria

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Origin Of

Central Bank of Solomon Islands

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Site Of

Central Bank of Solomon Islands

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Found There

Corticium penicillatum

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Indispensable Reefs

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Source Wikidata: Indispensable Reefs

Reef Islands

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Source Reef Islands (Wikipedia)Lead sentence 1

Quote, Lead sentence 1

The Reef Islands are a loose collection of 16 islands in Temotu Province, in the independent nation of Solomon Islands.

Solomon Islands (archipelago)

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Source Solomon Islands (archipelago) (Wikipedia)Lead sentence 3

Quote, Lead sentence 3

The many islands of the archipelago are distributed across the sovereign states of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands.

Solomon Islands National Malaria Control Programme

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Ellicean languages

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Northwest Solomonic languages

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Constitution of Solomon Islands

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Court of Appeal of Solomon Islands

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Source Solomon Islands 1978 (rev. 2018) Constitution, Court of Appeal, Constitute ProjectArticle 85, Court of Appeal for Solomon Islands

Quote, Article 85, Court of Appeal for Solomon Islands

There shall be a Court of Appeal for Solomon Islands which shall have such jurisdiction and powers to hear and determine appeals in civil and criminal matters as may be conferred on it by this Constitution or by Parliament.

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