 The
Solomon Islands, or Solomon as it is commonly referred
to as, is a nation that lies in Melanesia. Solomon
includes about one thousand islands and together they
form a land mass of about 28,400 square kilometers.
Honiara is the capital of this nation and this location
is situated on the Guadalcanal Island.
Solomon is
actually a very big island nation that is located on the
eastern side of Papua New Guinea. The climate of the
islands in Solomon is quite humid all through the year.
The months of June July and august are cooler months.
The population of Solomon is about 552,438 people and
out of this number, about 94% of the people are
Melanesians. There are also people of Micronesian and
Polynesian origins in this nation.
Apart from these
ethnicities, there are also a few thousand Chinese
people living in Solomon. There are about seventy-four
local languages in the country and of this number, only
seventy languages are spoken.
The remaining four
languages are not spoken any more. The Melanesian
languages are spoken by the people in the central
islands. Almost all the people in Solomon are Christians
and as such, Christianity is the chief religion in the
country.
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