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Iziqhingi zaseSolomon

Ulwazi mayelana Iziqhingi zaseSolomon

Region: I-Oceania
Capital: Honiara
Population: 740,000
Area (sq km): 27,556
FIPS Country Code: BP
ISO Country Code: sb
GRN Office: Global Recordings Network Australia

About the Solomon Islands

The Solomon Islands is a small country, consisting of 7 major volcanic islands plus numerous smaller coral atolls.

The capital is Honiara on Guadalcanal Island.

The population as at 2000 was made up of Melanesians 90.7%; Polynesians 3.7%; Other 5.6%.

Literacy is 54%, the lowest literacy rate in the Pacific.

The official language English. Trade language, Solomons Pijin, spoken by half the population.

There are a total of 66 languages, but up to 120 if distinct dialects are included.

Two languages have full Bibles, and 10 have New Testaments.

There is freedom of religion with a strong Christian emphasis. Cargo Cults (1.9%), Traditional ethnic (1.5%), Baha'i (0.4%).

The land has been so exposed to the gospel that only pockets of animists on Guadalcanal and Malaita resist it. Yet the continued influence of syncretistic or almost pagan 'cargo cults', which have prompted an exodus from churches in the past, shows the need for a personal appropriation of the gospel by each generation.

Map of Iziqhingi zaseSolomon

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Amba [Temotu] - ISO Language [utp] volume_up
AreAre [Malaita] - ISO Language [alu] volume_up
AreAre: Davovitu/Gabata [Guadalcanal] [alu] volume_up
AreAre: Marau Sound [Guadalcanal] [alu] volume_up
Arosi [Makira] - ISO Language [aia] volume_up
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Babatana: Sisiqa [Western] [baa] volume_up
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Baegu [Malaita] - ISO Language [bvd] volume_up
Baelelea [Malaita] - ISO Language [bvc] volume_up
Bambatana [Western] - ISO Language [baa] volume_up
Baniata [Western] - ISO Language [tqu] volume_up
Bareke [Western] [mpr] volume_up
Bauro: Haununu [Makira] [bxa] volume_up
Bilua [Western] - ISO Language [blb] volume_up
Birao [Guadalcanal] - ISO Language [brr] volume_up
Bughotu [Isabel] - ISO Language [bgt] volume_up
Bululaha & Malapaina [Malaita] [mnm] volume_up
Cheke Holo [Isabel] - ISO Language [mrn] volume_up
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Dori'o [Malaita] - ISO Language [dor] volume_up
Dovele [Western] [blb] volume_up
Duke [Western] - ISO Language [nke] volume_up
English: USA [United States of America] [eng] volume_up
Fataleka [Malaita] - ISO Language [far] volume_up
Fautharii [Malaita] [far] volume_up
Gao [Isabel] - ISO Language [gga] volume_up
Gela [Central Islands] - ISO Language [nlg] volume_up
Ghanongga [Western] - ISO Language [ghn] volume_up
Ghari [Guadalcanal] - ISO Language [gri] volume_up
Ghari: Vaturanga [Guadalcanal] [gri] volume_up
Gula'alaa [Malaita] - ISO Language [gmb] volume_up
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Hagaruhi [Makira] [agw] volume_up
Hega [Makira] - ISO Language [agw] volume_up
Hoava [Western] - ISO Language [hoa] volume_up
Hoava & Kusaghe [Western] [ksg] volume_up
Hua [Guadalcanal] [lgr] volume_up
Irigila [Western] [blb] volume_up
Kiribati: Solomon Islands [Choiseul] [gil] volume_up
Korutalau Group [Malaita] [apb] volume_up
Kusaghe [Solomon Islands] - ISO Language [ksg] volume_up
Kwaio [Malaita] - ISO Language [kwd] volume_up
Kwara'ae [Malaita] - ISO Language [kwf] volume_up
Langa-Langa [Malaita] - ISO Language [lgl] volume_up
Lau [Malaita] - ISO Language [llu] volume_up
Lavukaleve [Central Islands] - ISO Language [lvk] volume_up
Lengo [Guadalcanal] - ISO Language [lgr] volume_up
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Malango [Guadalcanal] - ISO Language [mln] volume_up
Marovo [Western] - ISO Language [mvo] volume_up
Mono [Western] - ISO Language [mte] volume_up
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Natugu [Temotu] - ISO Language [ntu] volume_up
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Navlopento [Temotu] [nlz] volume_up
Nieuwa [Temotu] [nfl] volume_up
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Oroha [Malaita] - ISO Language [ora] volume_up
Owa [Makira] - ISO Language [stn] volume_up
Owa Rafa [Makira] [agw] volume_up
Parego [Makira] [bxa] volume_up
Pijin [Solomon Islands] - ISO Language [pis] volume_up
Pileni [Temotu] - ISO Language [piv] volume_up
Rennellese [Central Islands] - ISO Language [mnv] volume_up
Roviana [Western] - ISO Language [rug] volume_up
Sa'a [Malaita] - ISO Language [apb] volume_up
Sa'a: Uki Ni Masi [Malaita] [apb] volume_up
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Savosavo [Central Islands] - ISO Language [svs] volume_up
Sikaiana [Malaita] - ISO Language [sky] volume_up
Simbo [Western] - ISO Language [sbb] volume_up
Star Harbour [Makira] [agw] volume_up
Tairaha [Makira] - ISO Language [bxa] volume_up
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To'abaita [Malaita] - ISO Language [mlu] volume_up
Vaghua [Western] - ISO Language [tva] volume_up
Vangunu [Western] - ISO Language [mpr] volume_up
Vanikoro [Temotu] - ISO Language [vnk] volume_up
Varisi [Western] - ISO Language [vrs] volume_up
Veuru Moli [Guadalcanal] [tlr] volume_up
Zabana [Isabel] - ISO Language [kji] volume_up

Amaqembu Abantu ku-Iziqhingi zaseSolomon

Anuta ▪ Areare ▪ Arosi ▪ Asumbua ▪ Babatana ▪ Baeggu ▪ Baelelea ▪ Baniata ▪ Bauro ▪ Bilua ▪ Birao ▪ Blablanga ▪ Bugoto ▪ Deaf ▪ Dorio ▪ Duke ▪ Euronesian ▪ Fagani ▪ Fataleka ▪ Fijian ▪ Fiu ▪ Florida Islander, Nggela ▪ Gao ▪ Ghari ▪ Gulaalaa ▪ Han Chinese, Mandarin ▪ Hoava ▪ Kahua ▪ Kiribertese ▪ Kokota ▪ Kumbokota ▪ Kusaghe ▪ Kwaio ▪ Langalanga ▪ Lau ▪ Lengo ▪ Longgu ▪ Lungga ▪ Malango ▪ Maringe, Cheke Holo ▪ Marovo ▪ Mono, Alu ▪ Nalogo ▪ Nanggu ▪ Natugu ▪ Nembao ▪ Neo-Melanesian Papuan ▪ Oloha ▪ Ontong Java Islander ▪ Pileni ▪ Reef Islander ▪ Rennellese ▪ Ririo ▪ Roviana ▪ Russel Islander ▪ Saa, South Malaita ▪ Santa Ana ▪ Savo Islander ▪ Sikayana ▪ Simbo ▪ Solomoni Creole ▪ Talise ▪ Tavula ▪ Teanu, Buma ▪ Tikopia ▪ To'ambaita ▪ Ugele ▪ Vangunu ▪ Vanuatu Melanesian ▪ Varese ▪ Zabana

Izindaba mayelana Iziqhingi zaseSolomon

About the Solomon Islands - The Solomon Islands consist of 7 major volcanic islands plus numerous smaller coral atolls.