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| Official
Name : |
SOLOMON ISLANDS |
| Land
Area: | 28,450
square kilometres / 10,980 square miles. |
| Population: | 538,000
(est July 2005). Density 15 persons per square km. |
| Languages: | English
(official, though not widely spoken), Melanesian Pidgin (lingua franca), 90-120
others. |
| Religions: |
Christian (Protestant and Roman), some local beliefs. |
| Capital: | Honiara.
Population 60,000 |
| Currency: |
dollar, divided into 100 cents. |
| Geography: |
The Solomon Archipelago consists of several hundred islands, the larger typified
by densely forested mountain ranges with deeply incised river valleys, ringed
by narrow coastal plains that support the bulk of the population. Most of the
outer islands are small, evolving coral atolls. 1% of the land is arable, 90%
is forested. |
