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instanceOf
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island
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settlement
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battleDate
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August 1942
→
May 1942
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capitalMovedTo
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Honiara
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capitalMovedYear
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1952
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capturedBy
|
United States Marine Corps
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capturedDuring
|
Allied landings on 7–8 August 1942
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country
|
Solomon Islands
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countryAfterIndependence
|
Solomon Islands
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countryBeforeIndependence
|
British Solomon Islands Protectorate
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currentUse
|
provincial center
→
residential community
→
small-scale tourism destination
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formerCapitalOf
|
British Solomon Islands Protectorate
→
Solomon Islands (colonial administration)
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governedBy
|
Central Province government
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hasClimate
|
tropical rainforest climate
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historicalEra
|
British colonial period
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World War II
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independenceRelatedEvent
|
ceased to be colonial capital before 1978 independence
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languageSpoken
|
English
→
Solomon Islands Pijin
→
local Austronesian languages
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locatedIn
|
Central Province, Solomon Islands
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locatedInBodyOfWater
|
Nggela (Florida) Islands group
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locatedInRegion
|
Melanesia
→
South Pacific Ocean
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nearbyIsland
|
Guadalcanal
→
Nggela Sule
→
Savo Island
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notableFor
|
World War II military history
→
former colonial capital status
→
naval and seaplane operations in 1942
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occupiedBy
|
Imperial Japanese Navy
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occupiedFrom
|
May 1942
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partOf
|
Guadalcanal campaign
→
Pacific Theater of World War II
→
Solomon Islands campaign
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siteOf
|
Battle of Tulagi
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strategicImportance
|
base for reconnaissance and air operations
→
control of sea lanes around Guadalcanal
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timeZone
|
UTC+11
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usedAs
|
administrative center
→
naval base
→
seaplane base
→
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usedBy
|
British colonial administration
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