Solomon Islands

Basic facts about Solomon Islands

Country name: Solomon Islands
Capital: Honiara
Country code: 382
Continent: Australia-Oceania
Currency name: Solomon Islands dollar
Independence: 1978-07-07 00:00:00
Independent from: from the UK
Total area (km2): 28,896
Land area (km2): 27,986
Water area (km2): 910
Population: 597,248
Population note: 597,248 (July 2013 est.)
Official language: English
All languages: Melanesian pidgin (in much of the country is lingua franca), English (official but spoken by only 1%-2% of the population), 120 indigenous languages
Time zone: (UTC+11)
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Drive on: left
Calling code: +677
Domain: .sb