OFFICIAL NAME: Solomon Islands
CAPITAL CITY: Honiara
POPULATION: 552,000 (Source: COUNTRYaah)
AREA: 28,370 km²
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE (S): English, pidgin-English, approximately 60 other languages, most oceanic
RELIGION: Protestants 76%, Catholics 19%, Indigenous religions 4%, others 1%
COIN: Solomon Island dollar
CURRENCY CODE: SBD
ENGLISH NAME: Solomon Islands
INDEPENDENCE: 1978
POPULATION COMPOSITION: Melanesians 94%, Polynesians 4%, others 2%
GDP PER residents: $ 647 (2007)
LIFE EXPECTANCY: men 62 years, women 64 years (2007)
INDEX OF LIVING CONDITIONS, HDI: 0.592
INDEX OF LIVING CONDITIONS, POSITION: 128
INTERNET DOMAIN NAME: .sb
Solomon Islands are archipelago and since 1978 independent state in the western Pacific. Geographically, the northwesternmost islands, Buka and Bougainville, belong to the group, but under state law, they belong to Papua New Guinea. The Solomon Islands is one of the poorest countries in the region.
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