Capital City | Honiara |
Capital location | 9 26 S, 159 57 E |
Capital - history | Islands named by Spanish explorer Alvaro de Mendana, who thought they were the biblical land of Ophir from which gold was brought to King Solomon (1 Kings 9:28), because of the gold ornaments worn by the islanders. |
Capital - time difference | UTC+11 (16 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) |
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