Choiseul region

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The Choiseul region is an area of the Solomon Islands centered on Choiseul Island, known for its indigenous communities and use of Northwest Solomonic languages.

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Choiseul region canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative region
subnational division
borderedBy Isabel Province
Western Province
capital Taro Island
climate tropical rainforest climate
contains Choiseul Island
Taro Island
indigenous communities
country Solomon Islands
ethnicGroup indigenous Solomon Islanders
governedBy Choiseul Province
surface form: Choiseul Provincial Government
governingCountryCapital Honiara
hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean
Solomon Sea
hasEconomicActivity fishing
logging (select areas)
small-scale agriculture
hasIndigenousLanguageGroup Choiseul languages
hasMainIsland Choiseul Island
hasSettlementType rural villages
knownFor coastal fishing communities
linguistic diversity
traditional subsistence agriculture
languageFamilyUsed Austronesian languages
languageUsed Northwest Solomonic languages
locatedIn Oceania
Solomon Islands
South Pacific Ocean
locatedInTimeZone UTC+11
namedAfter Choiseul Island
partOf Melanesia
Solomon Islands
surface form: Solomon Islands archipelago

Western Province
surface form: Western Province (historical, before separation)
religion Christianity (predominant)

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Northwest Solomonic languages hasRegion Choiseul region