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 |