 Solomon Islands — (sol´ə mən ī´lənds) |
About The People
Did You Know...... The Arnavon Islands provide an important nesting area for endangered hawksbill turtles. »» More
Fashion... Dress is casual, with men wearing shorts and T-shirts, and women wearing T-shirts and below-the-knee »» More
Socializing... The essence of village life and welfare is the wantok or 'one talk' system. Wantoks, who are people »» More
Family... The family unit consists of both parents and their children. The members of the extended family keep »» More
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Solomon Islands History
Although little prehistory of the Solomon Islands is known, material excavated on Santa Ana, Guadalcanal, and Gawa indicates that a hunter-gatherer people lived on the larger islands as early as 1000 B.C. Some Solomon Islanders are descendants of Neolithic Austronesian-speaking peoples who migrated from Southeast Asia.
The European discoverer of the Solomons was the Spanish explorer Alvaro de Mendana Y Neyra, who set out from Peru in 1567 to seek the legendary Isles of Solomon. British mariner Philip Carteret , entered Solomon waters in 1767. In the years that followed, visits by explorers were more frequent.
Missionaries began visiting the Solomons in the mid-1800s. They made little »» More | Statistics, Graphs, Charts, & Data Tables
Capital Cities... Honiara »» History of Honiara
Population: 595,613
GDP: $1,080,000,000 (USD)
Total Area: 28,450 (sq km) 10,985 (sq mi)
Currency: Solomon Islands dollar
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