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Region: Pacific Islands

Capital: Honiara

Population: 685,097

Area Total: 28,450

Area Land: 27,540

Climate: Tropical monsoon; few extremes of temperature and weather.
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Largest Cities
City Population Estimated
Auki 4,336 2020
Gizo 6,154 2020
Honiara 56,298 2020

Other Key Data
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
January: °C / 80.50°F
July: °C / 78.80°F
Annual Rainfall: mm / 126.5"


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Ethnic Divisions
Melanesian 93.00%
Polynesian 4.00%
Micronesian 2.00%
European 1.00%
Chinese 0.00%
Other 0.00%


Religions
Anglican 34.00%
Roman Catholic 19.00%
Baptist 17.00%
United 11.00%
Seventh-Day Adventist 10.00%
Other Protestant 5.00%
Traditional beliefs 4.00%

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