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Country Overview
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Largest Cities
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City
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Population
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Estimated
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Auki
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4,336
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2020
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Gizo
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6,154
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2020
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Honiara
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56,298
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2020
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| Region: |
Pacific Islands |
| Population: |
685,097 |
| Area Total: |
28,450km2 |
| Area Land: |
27,540km2 |
| Coast Line: |
5,313km |
| Capital: |
Honiara |
| Climate: |
Tropical monsoon; few extremes of temperature and weather. |
| Languages: |
Melanesian pidgin
English
120 indigenous languages |
| Currency: |
1 Solomon Islands dollar (SI$) = 100 cents |
| Holiday: |
Independence Day is 7 July (1978), Queen's Birthday is 12 June |
Average Daily Temperature
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| January: |
°C / 80.50°F |
| July: |
°C / 78.80°F |
| Annual Rainfall: |
mm / 126.5" |
Boundaries
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Ethnic Divisions
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Melanesian
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93.00%
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Polynesian
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4.00%
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Micronesian
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2.00%
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European
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1.00%
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Chinese
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0.00%
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Other
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0.00%
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Religions
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Anglican
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34.00%
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Roman Catholic
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19.00%
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Baptist
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17.00%
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United
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11.00%
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Seventh-Day Adventist
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10.00%
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Other Protestant
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5.00%
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Traditional beliefs
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4.00%
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CountryWire
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