Ubicación: Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Papua New Guinea
Coordenadas geográficas: 8° 0' S, 159° 0' E
Km de línea costera: 5,313 km km
Clima: tropical monsoon; few extremes of temperature and weather
Terreno: mostly rugged mountains with some low coral atolls
Cumbres: lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: Mount Makarakomburu 2,447 m
Riesgos naturales: typhoons, but rarely destructive; geologically active region with frequent earthquakes, tremors, and volcanic activity; tsunamis
Moneda: Solomon Islands dollar (SBD)
Población: 566,842 (July 2007 est.)
Lenguas: Melanesian pidgin in much of the country is lingua franca; English (official; but spoken by only 1%-2% of the population); 120 indigenous languages
Capital: Honiara
División administrativa: 9 provinces and 1 capital territory*; Central, Choiseul, Guadalcanal, Honiara*, Isabel, Makira, Malaita, Rennell and Bellona, Temotu, Western

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