Solomon Islands

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archipelagic state island country sovereign state

The Solomon Islands is a sovereign nation in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, consisting of a scattered archipelago known for its tropical rainforests, coral reefs, and World War II historical sites.

Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form	Occurrences
Solomon Islands archipelago	20
Solomon Islands region	2
Colony of the Solomon Islands	1
Dominion of Solomon Islands	1
Realm of Solomon Islands	1
Solomon Islands Independence Act 1978	1
Solomon Islands chain	1
Solomon Islands government	1
Tikopia	1
wider Solomon Islands archipelago	1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archipelagic state ⓘ island country ⓘ sovereign state ⓘ
borderedBy	Coral Sea ⓘ Solomon Sea ⓘ
callingCode	+677 ⓘ
capital	Honiara ⓘ
climate	tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
continent	Oceania ⓘ
currency	Solomon Islands dollar ⓘ
currencyCode	SBD ⓘ
demonym	Melanesians ⓘ surface form: Solomon Islander
drivesOn	left ⓘ
formerColonyOf	United Kingdom ⓘ
governmentType	constitutional monarchy ⓘ parliamentary democracy ⓘ
hasGeographicFeature	atolls ⓘ coral reefs ⓘ tropical rainforests ⓘ volcanic islands ⓘ
hasIsland	Bellona Island ⓘ Choiseul ⓘ Guadalcanal ⓘ Makira ⓘ Malaita ⓘ New Georgia Islands ⓘ Rennell Island ⓘ Santa Isabel Island ⓘ
headOfGovernment	prime minister of Solomon Islands ⓘ
headOfState	Charles III, King of Canada ⓘ surface form: Charles III
independenceDate	1978-07-07 ⓘ
independenceFrom	United Kingdom ⓘ
internetTLD	.sb ⓘ
knownFor	World War II historical sites ⓘ
largestCity	Honiara ⓘ
legislature	National Parliament of Solomon Islands ⓘ
locatedIn	Melanesia ⓘ South Pacific Ocean ⓘ
majorEconomicSector	agriculture ⓘ fisheries ⓘ logging ⓘ tourism ⓘ
majorReligion	Christianity ⓘ
memberOf	Commonwealth of Nations ⓘ International Monetary Fund ⓘ United Nations ⓘ World Bank ⓘ World Health Organization ⓘ
nationalLanguage	Solomon Islands Pijin ⓘ
neighboringCountry	Australia ⓘ Papua New Guinea ⓘ Vanuatu ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	Solomon Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Solomon Islands archipelago
regionalOrganizationMembership	Melanesian Spearhead Group ⓘ Pacific Islands Forum ⓘ
timeZone	UTC+11 ⓘ
WWIIBattleSite	Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ surface form: Guadalcanal Campaign

Referenced by (209)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Tulagi → location → Solomon Islands ⓘ

Battle of the Tenaru → location → Solomon Islands ⓘ

Cartwheel → location → Solomon Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Solomon Islands region

Naval Battle of Guadalcanal → location → Solomon Islands ⓘ

Operation Cartwheel → location → Solomon Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Solomon Islands region

Solomon Islands intervention (RAMSI) → location → Solomon Islands ⓘ

Task Force 67 → locationOfOperation → Solomon Islands ⓘ

Japanese cruiser Aoba → locationOfOperations → Solomon Islands ⓘ

USS Chicago → locationOfSinking → Solomon Islands ⓘ

US heavy cruiser USS Vincennes → locationOfSinking → Solomon Islands ⓘ

subject surface form: USS Vincennes

Melanesians → majorPopulationIn → Solomon Islands ⓘ

Elizabeth II → monarchOf → Solomon Islands ⓘ

Papua New Guinea → neighbouringCountry → Solomon Islands ⓘ

Solomon Islands Pijin → notOfficialLanguageOf → Solomon Islands ⓘ

Solomon Islands dollar → officialCurrencyOf → Solomon Islands ⓘ

Eleventh Air Fleet → operationalArea → Solomon Islands ⓘ

Central Province → partOf → Solomon Islands ⓘ

Central Province, Solomon Islands → partOf → Solomon Islands ⓘ