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.

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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.

this entity surface form: Colony of the Solomon Islands
this entity surface form: Dominion of Solomon Islands
Nobutake Kondō → theaterOfOperations → Solomon Islands ⓘ
Solomon Islands dollar → usedBy → Solomon Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Solomon Islands government
Australian pound → usedIn → Solomon Islands ⓘ
Neo-Solomonic → usedInCountry → Solomon Islands ⓘ
Honiara → wasEstablishedAsCapitalOf → Solomon Islands ⓘ