{"id":13201,"date":"2026-03-08T14:00:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T08:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=13201"},"modified":"2026-03-09T16:54:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T11:24:46","slug":"about-solomon-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/about-solomon-islands\/","title":{"rendered":"Solomon Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Solomon Islands Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, a 6.7-Magnitude earthquake hit Solomon Islands&#8217; Kirakira.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Solomon Islands<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is located in the <\/span><b>south-western Pacific Ocean.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Solomon Islands are two parallel chains of <\/span><b>volcanic islands and small coral atolls.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are situated to the <\/span><b>southeast of Papua New Guinea<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and to the <\/span><b>northwest of Vanuatu.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once a British protectorate, the Solomon Islands achieved independence as are public in 1978.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Capital:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0<strong>Honiara which <\/strong>is located on Guadalcanal, the largest island.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Government: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>a parliamentary democracy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> within the Commonwealth, with a unicameral Parliament and a ministerial system of government.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Geographical Features of Solomon Islands<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It consists of nearly 1,000 islands (6 large main islands and over 900 smaller islands), of which 147 are inhabited.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Topography:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The country is mainly <\/span><b>mountainous and covered in forests<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, although it has some extensive plains.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Ethnic groups:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Melanesian 93%, Polynesian 4%, Micronesian 1.5%, other 1.5%.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/news\/world\/earthquake-today-6-7-magnitude-quake-hits-solomon-islands-kirakira-11772808280961.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">LM<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Solomon Islands, located in the southwest Pacific, is a nation of volcanic islands and coral atolls. It gained independence from Britain in 1978. 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