# Solomon Ailans

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| **Motto:**"To Lead is to Serve" |
| **Singsing:God Save Our Solomon Islands* |
| Location of the Solomon Islands   |
| **Kapitol** (and largest city) | Honiara ﻿ / ﻿ |
| Tokples bilong gavman | Tok Inglis Solomon Ailans Pijin |
| **Ethnic groups** (1999) | Melanesian 94.5% Polynesian 3% Micronesian 1.2% other 1.1% unspecified 0.2% |
| Nem bilong manmeri | Solomon Islander
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| Gavman | Constitutional monarchy and parliamentary system |
|  -  | Monarch | Elisabet II |
|  -  | Governor General | Frank Kabui |
|  -  | Prime Minister | Gordon Darcy Lilo |
| Independence |
|  -  | from the United Kingdom | 7 July 1978  |
| Hekte |
|  -  | Olgeta |  28,400 km2 (142nd) 10,965 sq mi  |
|  -  | Wara (%) | 3.2% |
| Manmeri |
|  -  | 2009 estimate | 523,000 (170th) |
|  -  | Densiti | 18.1/km2 (189th) 46.9/sq mi |
| **GDP** (PPP) | 2009 estimate |
|  -  | Olgeta | $1.514 billion  |
|  -  | Long wanwan manmeri | $2,818  |
| **GDP** (nominal) | 2009 estimate |
|  -  | Olgeta | $657 million  |
|  -  | Long wanwan manmeri | $1,223  |
| **HDI** (2007) |  0.610 (medium) (135th) |
| Karansi | Solomon Islands dollar (`SBD`)  |
| Taim hap | (UTC+11) |
| Drives on the | left |
| Intanet kod | .sb |
| Telefon kod | +677 |

**Solomon Ailans** i stap wanpla independan kantri wantaim planti ol ailan long Osenia i wanem i stap is long Papua Niugini na not-wes long Vanuatu na gat ples sais long 28'400 (twenti-et tausen na foa-handet) skwea kilomita. Kapitol blong em i na bikpela taun long ol i stap Honiara long Guadalcanal ailan.

Ol ailan i bin stapim long pipol ol tausen long yia. Long 1568, Spanish wokabautman, Álvaro de Mendaña, i bin nambawan European long painim em na kolim en Islas Salomón. Long 1893 Yunaitet Kingdom i mekim en blong em na teritori. Taim blong Wol Woa II Solomon Ailains i bin lukim long planti paitim namel Yunaitet Stets na Japan na bikpela pait i wokim long Guadalcanal.

Bikpela nem blong en i bin "The British Solomon Islands Protectorate", bihain em i tanim long 'Solomon Islands" tasol long 1975. Long 1976 Solomon Ailans inap lukautim blong en na independans i bin givim tupela yia bihain. Tete, Solomon Ailan i stap Constitutional Monarchy (Konstitusinal Monarki) i wantaim Kwin blong Solomon Ailans i stap Kwin Ilisabet II long Head of State (Het blong Stet). Long Praim Minista nau i stap Gordon Darcy Lilo.

## Independans

Long ol 1950 lokal kaunsil i bin mekim bihain Wol Woa II. na wanpla nupela konstitusen i bin mekim long 1970 na ol eleksan i wokim, tasol narapla konstitusen i bin mekim long 1974. Long 1973 ol wel prais i go antap na Briten i painim em hat tru long lukautim displa nupela koloni.

Bihain independans blong Papua Niugini long Ostrelia long 1975, Solomon Ailans i bin givim lukautim yet long 1976 na independans i bin givim long 7th Julai 1978. Nambawan Praim Minista oltaim i bin Sir Peter Kenilorea. Solomon Ailans i nogat lusim Royalti blong Ingland.

Long Septemba 2012, Duke na Duchess long Chambridge (Duk na Dases long Kaimbris) i go lukim ol ailan long makim namba 60 yia bihain Ilisabet i tanim long Kwin.

## Demographics (Ol Namba Nabaut Planti Samting)

Nabaut 555'000 (faiv-handet na fifti-faiv tausen) pipol i stapim long Solomon Ailans, long ol displa, nabaut 94.5% i stap Melanesian, 3% Polinesian, 1.2% Mikronesian na tupela narapla kain long en na nabaut 3'000 (tri-tausen) Chinese (pipol blong Saina).

Namba long lokal toktok blong Solomon Ailans i stap 74, long en 70 i stapim na tokim, na 4 i stap dai pinis, olsem tingim blong *Ethnologue*. Tok Inglis i stap tokples blong gavman, tasol nabaut 1-2% long pipol i tokim en. Lingua Franca (toktok i tokim long planti pipol, tasol nogat tokples blong gavman) i stap Pijin, wanem i stap klostu Tok Pisin.

Nabaut 10% long pipol blong Solomon Ailans i gat blonde (hapwait) gras blong het. Em i stap natif kain long samting na nogat bikos Europeans tasol bikos long samkain gene wanem i mekim displa kala gras.

## Ol provins

Ol provins bilong Solomon Ailans

| # | Provins | Kapitol | Hekte (km²) | Manmeri census 1999 | Manmeri long km² (1999) | Manmeri estimate 2009 |
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| 1 | Central Province | Tulagi | 615 | 21,577 | 35.1 | 24,226 |
| 2 | Choiseul Province | Taro Island | 3,837 | 20,008 | 5.2 | 24,060 |
| 3 | Guadalcanal Province (1) | Honiara | 5,336 | 60,275 | 11.3 | 79,555 |
| 4 | Isabel Province | Buala | 4,136 | 20,421 | 4.9 | 23,209 |
| 5 | Makira-Ulawa Province | Kirakira | 3,188 | 31,006 | 9.7 | 38,123 |
| 6 | Malaita Province | Auki | 4,225 | 122,620 | 29.0 | 143,852 |
| 7 | Rennell and Bellona Province | Tigoa | 671 | 2,377 | 3.5 | 2,174 |
| 8 | Temotu Province | Lata | 895 | 18,912 | 21.1 | 21,190 |
| 9 | Western Province | Gizo | 5,475 | 62,739 | 11.5 | 83,759 |
| n/a | Capital Territory | Honiara | 22 | 49,107 | 2,232.1 | 78,190 |
|   | **Solomon Ailans** | Honiara | 28,400 | 409,042 | 14.4 | 518,338 |

(1)Em i nogat kapitol blong em, tasol em i yusim Honiara wanem i stap kapitol blong Kapitol Teritori.

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