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Capital:
Honiara
Area:
27,600 sq km / 10,656 sq ml
Language:
English
Currency:
Solomon Island Dollar
Population:
509,190
Life expectancy:
66 (men), 71 (women)
Literacy rate:
24%
Religions:
Anglican, Roman Catholic, South Sea Evangelical, other Protestant
Physical features:
Melanesian archipelago stretching nearly 1,500 km / 900 ml., largest island Guadalcanal 6,500 sq km / 2,510 sq ml, mainly mountainous and forested
Ethnic distribution:
93% Melanesian, 4% Polynesian, 1.5% Micronesian, 0.7% European, 0.2% Chinese
Exports:
Fish products, palm oil, copra, cocoa, timber, wood products, tuna
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