SOLOMON ISLANDS

The Solomon Islands is a nation in Melanesia, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. Together they cover a land mass of 28,400 square kilometres (10,965 sq mi).

Location

Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Papua New Guinea

Capital

Honiara

Climate

tropical monsoon; few extremes of temperature and weather .

Language

Melanesian pidgin in much of the country is lingua franca; English is official but spoken by only 1%-2% of the population.

Monetary Unit

Solomon Islands dollar (SBD)