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Travel Guide, Solomon Islands

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People, society, traditions of Solomon Islands

Melanesian 94.5%, Polynesian 3%, Micronesian 1.2%, other 1.1%, unspecified 0.2% (1999 census)
Climate of Solomon Islands

tropical monsoon; few extremes of temperature and weather
Ecology and environment of Solomon Islands

deforestation; soil erosion; many of the surrounding coral reefs are dead or dying

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Ecology and environment of Solomon Islands

deforestation; soil erosion; many of the surrounding coral reefs are dead or dying
Economy of Solomon Islands

The bulk of the population depends on agriculture, fishing, and forestry for at least part of ...
People, society, traditions of Solomon Islands

Melanesian 94.5%, Polynesian 3%, Micronesian 1.2%, other 1.1%, unspecified 0.2% (1999 census)

Scattered T-Storms

Scattered T-Storms 31°C 22°C

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Fast Facts

Population: 595,613 inhabitants
Area: 28,450 km²
Language(s): Melanesian pidgin in much of the country is lingua franca; English (official; but spoken by only 1%-2% of the population); 120 indigenous languages
Altitude (in meters):
Major exports: timber, fish, copra, palm oil, cocoa
Major imports: food, plant and equipment, manufactured goods, fuels, chemicals

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