Malaita

E66821
island

Malaita is one of the main islands of the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific, known for its large population, rich traditional culture, and historical role in regional labor trade.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Malaita canonical 18
Bilua 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island ⓘ
archipelago Solomon Islands ⓘ
surface form: Solomon Islands archipelago
capitalOfProvinceLocatedOn Auki ⓘ
colonialHistoryWith United Kingdom ⓘ
country Solomon Islands ⓘ
hasCity Auki ⓘ
hasConflictHistory ethnic tensions in Solomon Islands (late 1990s–early 2000s) ⓘ
hasCrop cocoa ⓘ
coconut ⓘ
root crops ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity fishing ⓘ
small-scale cash cropping ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Baegu people ⓘ
Fataleka people ⓘ
Kwaio people ⓘ
Lau people ⓘ
Malaitan people ⓘ
To'abaita people ⓘ
hasLanguage Baeggu language ⓘ
surface form: Baegu language

Fataleka language ⓘ
Kwaio language ⓘ
Lau (Malaita) ⓘ
surface form: Lau language (Malaita)

Toʻabaita language ⓘ
surface form: To'abaita language
hasLanguageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
hasLargestPopulationAmongIslandsOf Solomon Islands ⓘ
hasPopulationCharacteristic one of the most densely populated islands in Solomon Islands ⓘ
hasReligion Christianity ⓘ
traditional indigenous beliefs ⓘ
hasSettlement Auki ⓘ
hasTransportLink Auki port ⓘ
domestic airfields ⓘ
historicalRoleIn blackbirding in the South Pacific ⓘ
plantation labor supply in Fiji ⓘ
plantation labor supply in Queensland ⓘ
regional labor trade ⓘ
knownFor ancestral worship practices ⓘ
bridewealth traditions ⓘ
complex clan systems ⓘ
customary social structures ⓘ
rich traditional culture ⓘ
shell money ⓘ
largestIslandOf Malaita Province ⓘ
locatedIn Melanesia ⓘ
South Pacific Ocean ⓘ
partOf British Solomon Islands Protectorate ⓘ
surface form: British Solomon Islands Protectorate (historical)

Malaita Province ⓘ
regionType predominantly rural ⓘ
timeZone UTC+11 ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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

British Solomon Islands Protectorate → includes → Malaita ⓘ
Solomon Islands → hasIsland → Malaita ⓘ
Meso-Melanesian languages → hasMemberLanguage → Malaita ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bilua
Pijin → spokenIn → Malaita ⓘ
1567–1569 Solomon Islands expedition → explored → Malaita ⓘ
Malaita–San Cristobal languages → spokenIn → Malaita ⓘ
Fataleka language → spokenIn → Malaita ⓘ
Kwaio language → spokenIn → Malaita ⓘ
Baegu people → locatedIn → Malaita ⓘ
Baegu people → indigenousTo → Malaita ⓘ
Auki → locatedOnIsland → Malaita ⓘ
Auki port → locatedOnIsland → Malaita ⓘ
Fataleka people → locatedIn → Malaita ⓘ
Fataleka people → spokenIn → Malaita ⓘ
subject surface form: Fataleka language
Fataleka people → indigenousTo → Malaita ⓘ
Kwaio people → locatedIn → Malaita ⓘ
To'abaita people → locatedIn → Malaita ⓘ
To'abaita people → spokenIn → Malaita ⓘ
subject surface form: To'abaita language
To'abaita people → indigenousTo → Malaita ⓘ