Malaita Island

E525664
island populated place

Malaita Island is one of the major and most populous islands of the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific, known for its rich Melanesian culture and traditional societies.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Malaita Island canonical 6
island of Malaita 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island ⓘ
populated place ⓘ
archipelago Solomon Islands archipelago NERFINISHED ⓘ
capitalOfProvinceLocatedOn Auki NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Solomon Islands ⓘ
crop cocoa ⓘ
coconut ⓘ
root crops ⓘ
culturalRegion Melanesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
demographicCharacteristic one of the most populous islands of Solomon Islands ⓘ
economy fishing ⓘ
small-scale cash cropping ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
ethnicGroup Malaitan people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Melanesians NERFINISHED ⓘ
formerColonialPower United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedAs part of Malaita Province ⓘ
hasCapital Auki NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean ⓘ
hasFeature coastal plains ⓘ
coral reefs ⓘ
lagoon systems ⓘ
mountainous interior ⓘ
hasResource marine resources ⓘ
timber ⓘ
hasSettlementPattern dispersed rural villages ⓘ
hasTransport inter-island shipping ⓘ
small airstrips ⓘ
hasUrbanCentre Auki NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor customary social structures ⓘ
rich Melanesian culture ⓘ
traditional societies ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
languageSpoken Malaitan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
largestCity Auki NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Melanesia ⓘ
South Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone UTC+11 ⓘ
nearbyIsland Guadalcanal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Isabel Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Makira NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf British Solomon Islands Protectorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Malaita Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditionalPractice bridewealth exchanges ⓘ
clan-based land tenure ⓘ
customary law ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Solomon Islands Time → observedOnIslandGroup → Malaita Island ⓘ
Malaita Province → contains → Malaita Island ⓘ
Malaita Province → largestIsland → Malaita Island ⓘ
Malaita Province → locatedOnIsland → Malaita Island ⓘ
Baeggu → spokenIn → Malaita Island ⓘ
Toqabaqita → spokenOn → Malaita Island ⓘ
Baeggu language → locatedOn → Malaita Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: island of Malaita