Solomon Islands
The Solomon Islands are a South Pacific archipelago east of Papua New Guinea. They occupy a strategic location on sea routes between the South Pacific Ocean, the Solomon Sea, and the Coral Sea.Tap on the map to travel |
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Solomon Islands
- Type: Country with 538,000 residents
- Description: island sovereign state in Oceania
- Languages: English and Tok Pisin
- Neighbors: Australia, Fiji, France, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu
- Categories: Commonwealth realm, island country, sovereign state, archipelagic state and locality
- Location: Melanesia, Oceania
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Latitude of centre
-9.1333° or 9° 7' 60" southLongitude of centre
159.8113° or 159° 48' 41" eastPopulation
538,000Area
28,450 km² (10,985 miles²)Elevation
231 metres (758 feet)Capital
HoniaraCurrency
Dollar (SBD)Phone code
.sbInternet domain
677OpenStreetMap ID
node 823750101OpenStreetMap Feature
place=countryGeoNames ID
2103350Wikidata ID
Q685Solomon Islands Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Соломон идгьылбжьахақәа
- Achinese: Pulo-pulo Solomon
- Afar: Solomon Atawları
- Afrikaans: Salomonseilande
- Afrikaans: Solomoneilande
- Akan: Solomon Islands
- Albanian: Ishujt Solomon
- Amharic: Solomon Island
- Amharic: ሰለሞን ደሴቶች
- Amharic: ሰሎሞን ደሴት
- Amis: Solomon
- Angika: सोलोमन द्वीप
- Arabic: Kapuropod-an Solomon
- Arabic: جزر سليمان
- Aragonese: Islas Salomón
- Armenian: Սոլոմոնյան կղզիներ
- Armenian: Սողոմոնեան Կղզիներ
- Armenian: Սողոմոնյան Կղզիներ
- Armenian: Սողոմոնյան կղզիներ
- Arpitan: Iles Salomon
- Assamese: চোলোমোন দ্বীপপুঞ্জ
- Asturian: Islles Salomón
- Avaric: Solomona
- Azerbaijani: Solomon Adaları
- Azerbaijani: Solomon adaları
- Bambara: Salomo Gun
- Bashkir: Соломон Утрауҙары
- Basque: Salomon Uharteak
- Basque: Salomon uharteak
- Belarusian: Саламонавы Астравы
- Belarusian: Саламонавы астравы
- Bengali: সলোমন দ্বীপপুঞ্জ
- Bishnupriya: সলোমন দ্বীপমালা
- Bislama: Solomon Aelan
- Bosnian: Solomonska Ostrva
- Breton: Inizi Salomon
- Breton: Inizi Solomon
- Breton: Salomon
- Bulgarian: Соломонови О-ви
- Bulgarian: Соломонови острови
- Burmese: ဆော်လမွန်ကျွန်းစု
- Burmese: ဆော်လမွန်အိုင်းလန်းနိုင်ငံ
- Catalan: Illes Salomó
- Catalan: Salomó
- Cebuano: Kapupud-ang Solomon
- Central Bikol: Islas Solomon
- Central Kurdish: دوورگەکانی سلێمان
- Chavacano: Islas Solomon
- Chechen: Соломонан гӀайренаш
- Chechen: Сулейманан ГӀайренаш
- Cherokee: ᏐᎶᎹᏂ ᏚᎦᏚᏛᎢ
- Cheyenne: Solomon Islands
- Chinese: Só͘-lô-bûn Kûn-tó
- Chinese: 所國
- Chinese: 所島
- Chinese: 所罗门群岛 / 索羅門群島
- Chinese: 所罗门群岛
- Chinese: 所羅門群島
- Chinese: 索羅門群島
- Chuvash: Соломон Утравĕсем
- Cornish: Ynysow Salamon
- Corsican: Xalomonu
- Crimean Tatar: Solomon Adaları
- Croatian: Salamunovi Otoci
- Croatian: Salomonski Otoci
- Croatian: Solomonski Otoci
- Czech: Šalamounovy ostrovy
- Czech: Šalomounovy ostrovy
- Dagbani: Solomon Islands
- Danish: Salomonøerne
- Dhivehi: ސޮލޮމޮން ޖަޒީރާ
- Dimli (individual language): Adey Solomani
- Dimli (individual language): Adeyê Solomoni
- Dotyali: सोलोमन आइल्याण्ड
- Dutch: SB
- Dutch: SLB
- Dutch: Salomonseilanden
- Dzongkha: སོ་ལོ་མོན་ གླིང་ཚོམ
- Eastern Mari: Соломон Отро-влак
- Egyptian Arabic: جزر سولومون
- English: SOL
- English: sb
- Esperanto: SB
- Esperanto: Salomonoj
- Estonian: Saalomoni Saared
- Ewe: Solomon ƒudomekpowo nutome
- Extremaduran: Islas Salomon
- Extremaduran: Islas Salomón
- Faroese: Salomonoyggjar
- Faroese: Sálomonoyggjarnar
- Fiji Hindi: Solomon Islands
- Fijian: Solomon Islands
- Fijian: Yatu Solomoni
- Finnish: Salomonsaaret
- French: Iles Salomon
- French: SB
- French: Salomon
- French: les Îles Salomon
- French: Îles Salomon
- French: îles Salomon
- Fulah: Duuɗe Solomon
- Gagauz: Solomon Adaları
- Galician: Illas Salomón - Solomon Islands
- Galician: Illas Salomón
- Ganda: Bizanga by’eSolomooni
- Georgian: სოლომონის კუნძულები
- German: Salomonen
- German: Salomoninseln
- German: Solomon-Inseln
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: Solomon Islands
- Goan Konkani: सोलोमन द्वीपसमूह
- Greek: Νήσοι Σολομώντα
- Greek: Νήσοι Σολομώντος
- Greek: Νησιά Σολομώντα
- Guarani: Ypa'ũnguéra Salomõ
- Guianese Creole French: Zil Salomon (Léta)
- Guianese Creole French: Zil Salomon
- Gujarati: સોલોમન આઇલેન્ડ
- Gujarati: સોલોમન આઇલેન્ડ્સ
- Haitian: Salomon
- Hakka Chinese: Solomon Khiùn-tó
- Hausa: Solomon Khiùn-tó
- Hausa: Tsibiran Salaman
- Hausa: Tsibiran Solomon
- Hebrew: איי שלמה
- Hebrew: שלמה, איי
- Hindi: सोलोमन द्वीप
- Hindi: सोलोमन द्वीपसमूह
- Hungarian: Salamon-szigetek
- Icelandic: Salómonseyjar
- Ido: Insuli Salomon
- Ido: Salomon Insuli
- Igbo: Agwaetiti Solomon
- Iloko: Is-isla ti Solomon
- Inari Sami: Salomonsuolluuh
- Indonesian: Kepulauan Solomon
- Interlingua: Insulas Salomon
- Interlingua: Insulas Solomon
- Irish: Oileáin Sholaimh
- Irish: Oileáin Sholamón
- Irish: Oileáin Sholomón
- Italian: Isole Salomone
- Italian: Isole Solomon
- Italian: Salomone, isole
- Jamaican Creole English: Salaman Ailanz
- Japanese: ソロモン諸島
- Javanese: Kapuloan Solomon
- Javanese: Kapuloan Suleman
- Kalmyk: Соломонин Арлас
- Kalmyk: Соломонин Арлс
- Kannada: ಸಾಲೊಮನ್ ದ್ವೀಪಗಳು
- Kannada: ಸೊಲೊಮನ್ ದ್ವೀಪಗಳು
- Kara-Kalpak: Solomon Atawları
- Kashmiri: سولامان جٔزیٖرٕ
- Kazakh: Соломон аралдары
- Kazakh: Сүлеймен аралдары
- Khmer: កោះសូឡូម៉ុង
- Kikuyu: Visiwa vya Solomon
- Kinaray-A: Kasalomunan
- Kinyarwanda: Ibirwa bya Solomoni
- Kirghiz: Соломон Аралдары
- Kirghiz: Соломон аралдары
- Korean: 솔로몬
- Korean: 솔로몬 제도
- Kotava: Solomona
- Kurdish: Giravên Salomon
- Kurdish: دوورگەکانی سلێمان
- Kölsch: Salomone
- Ladin: Ijules Salomon
- Lao: Is-isla ti Solomon
- Lao: ຫມູ່ເກາະໂຊໂລມອນ
- Latin: Insulae Salomonis
- Latvian: Zālamana Salas
- Latvian: Zālamana salas
- Ligurian: Isoe Salomon
- Limburgan: Salomonseilen
- Lingala: Bisanga Solomɔ
- Lingua Franca Nova: Isolas Solomon
- Literary Chinese: 所羅門群島
- Lithuanian: Saliamono Salos
- Lithuanian: Saliamono salos
- Livvi: Solomonsuaret
- Lombard: Isul Salomon
- Low German: Salomonen
- Lower Sorbian: Salomony
- Luba-Katanga: Lutanda lua Solomu
- Luxembourgish: Salomonen
- Macedonian: Соломони
- Macedonian: Соломонски Острови
- Macedonian: Соломонски острови
- Malagasy: Nosy Salomona
- Malagasy: Nosy Solomona
- Malagasy: Nosy Sôlômôna
- Malay: Kepulauan Solomon
- Malayalam: സോളമന് ദ്വീപുകള്
- Malayalam: സോളമൻ ദ്വീപുകൾ
- Maltese: Gżejjer Solomon
- Maltese: il-Gżejjer Solomon
- Manipuri: ꯁꯣꯂꯣꯃꯣꯟ ꯏꯊꯠꯁꯤꯡ
- Manx: Ellanyn Holomon
- Manx: Ny h-Ellanyn Holomon
- Maori: Ngā Motu Horomona
- Marathi: सॉलोमन द्वीपसमूह
- Marathi: सोलोमन बेटे
- Min Dong Chinese: Solomon Gùng-dō̤
- Min Nan Chinese: Só͘-lô-bûn Kûn-tó
- Minangkabau: Kapulauan Salomon
- Mingrelian: სოლომონიშ კოკეფი
- Mongolian: Соломоны арлууд
- Mongolian: ꯁꯣꯂꯣꯃꯣꯟ ꯏꯊꯠꯁꯤꯡ
- Moroccan Arabic: جزر صالومون
- Nauru: Eben Solomon
- Nauru: Toromen
- Navajo: Sólomon Tó Bináhaazyínígíí
- Navajo: Táłkááʼ Łizhinii Bikéyah
- Nepali: सोलोमन टापुहरू
- Nepali: सोलोमन द्विप
- Nepali: सोलोमन द्वीप
- North Ndebele: Solomon Islands
- Northern Frisian: Salomoonen
- Northern Sami: Salomon-sullot
- Northern Sami: Salomonsullot
- Norwegian: Salomonøyene
- Norwegian Bokmål: Salomonøyene
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Salomonøyane
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Salomonøyene
- Occitan (post 1500): Illas Salamon
- Occitan (post 1500): Illas Salomon
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Salomon Īege
- Oriya: ସୋଲୋମନ ଆୟରଲ୍ୟାଣ୍ଡ
- Oriya: ସୋଲୋମନ ଦ୍ୱୀପପୁଞ୍ଜ
- Oriya: ସୋଲୋମନ୍ ଦ୍ୱୀପପୁଞ୍ଜ
- Ossetian: Соломоны сакъадæхтæ
- Pali: सोलोमन-द्वीप
- Pampanga: Solomon Islands
- Panjabi: ਸੋਲੋਮਨ ਟਾਪੂ
- Panjabi: ਸੋਲੋਮਾਨ ਟਾਪੂ
- Papiamento: Isla Solomon
- Papiamento: Islanan Solomon
- Persian: جزایر سلیمان
- Persian: جزیره های سالامون
- Piemontese: Ìsole Salomon
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: Solamon Ailen
- Polish: Wyspy Salomona
- Portuguese: Categoria:Ilhas Salomão
- Portuguese: Ilhas Salomão
- Pushto: د سلېمان ټاپوان
- Pushto: سليمان ټاپوګان
- Pushto: سولومون ټاپوګان
- Quechua: Islas Salomón
- Quechua: Salumun wat'akuna
- Quechua: Salumun watakuna
- Romanian: Insulele Solomon
- Romansh: Inslas Salomonas
- Rundi: Amazinga ya Salumoni
- Russia Buriat: Соломон аралууд
- Russia Buriat: Соломоной аралнууд
- Russian: Соломоновы Острова
- Russian: Соломонские острова
- Russian: Соломоны
- Samoan: Le Motu o Solomona
- Samoan: Solomon Islands
- Samogitian: Saliamuona Salas
- Sango: Zûâ Salomöon
- Sanskrit: सोलोमन-द्वीप
- Sardinian: Ìsulas Salomone
- Scots: Solomon Islands
- Scottish Gaelic: Eileanan Sholaimh
- Scottish Gaelic: Na h-Eileanan Sholaimh
- Serbian: Соломонова Острва
- Serbian: Соломонска Острва
- Serbo-Croatian: Salomone
- Serbo-Croatian: Solomonski Otoci
- Shan: မူႇၵုၼ် သေႃႇလေႃႇမၼ်ႇ
- Shona: Solomon Islands
- Shona: Zvitsuwa zvaSolomon
- Sicilian: Ìsuli Salamuni
- Silesian: Wyspy Salůmůna
- Sindhi: جزيرا سليمان
- Sindhi: سليمان ٻيٽ
- Sindhi: سولومن آئلينڊز
- Sindhi: سولومون ٻيٽَ
- Sinhala: සොලමන් දුපත්
- Sinhala: සොලමන් දූපත්
- Skolt Sami: Salomoon-suõllu
- Slovak: Šalamúnove ostrovy
- Slovenian: Salomonovi otoki
- Slovenian: Salomonovo otočje
- Somali: Jasiiradaha Solomon
- Somali: Jasiiradda Solomon
- South Azerbaijani: سولئیمان آدالاری
- South Azerbaijani: سولیمان آدالاری
- Spanish: Islas Salomon
- Spanish: Islas Salomón
- Spanish: Islas Solomon
- Spanish: Islas Solomón
- Spanish: Salomón
- Sundanese: Kapuloan Solomon
- Swahili: Visiwa vya Solomon
- Swedish: Salomonöarna
- Swedish: Solomonöarna
- Swiss German: D Salomone
- Tagalog: Kapuluang Salomon
- Tagalog: Kapuluang Solomon
- Tagalog: Solomon Islands
- Tahitian: Toromona
- Tajik: Ҷазираҳои Соломон
- Tajik: Ҷазоири Сулаймон
- Tamil: சாலமன் தீவுகள்
- Tamil: சொலமன் தீவுகள்
- Tatar: Соломон утраулары
- Tatar: Сөләйман утраулары
- Telugu: సోలమన్ దీవులు
- Telugu: సోలోమన్ దీవులు
- Thai: หมู่เกาะโซโลมอน
- Tibetan: སོ་ལོ་མོན་གླིང་ཕྲན་ཚོ་ཁག
- Tibetan: སོ་ལོ་མོན། གླིང་ཕྲན་ཚོ་ཁག།
- Tigrinya: ሰሎሞን ደሴት
- Tok Pisin: Solomon Ailans
- Tonga (Tonga Islands): ʻOtumotu Solomone
- Tonga (Tonga Islands): ʻOtu motu Solomone
- Tosk Albanian: Salomonen
- Tunisian Arabic: جزر سليمان
- Turkish: Solomon Adaları
- Turkmen: Solomon Adalary
- Turkmen: Solomon adalary
- Udmurt: Соломон шормуӵъёс
- Uighur: سولومون ئاراللىرى
- Uighur: سولومون تاقىم ئاراللىرى
- Ukrainian: Соломонові Острови
- Upper Sorbian: Salomony
- Urdu: جزائر سلیمان
- Urdu: سولومن آئلینڈز
- Uzbek: Solomon Orollari
- Uzbek: Solomon orollari
- Venetian: Sałomon
- Venetian: Ìzołe Sałomone
- Veps: Solomonan Sared
- Vietnamese: Quần đảo Solomon
- Vietnamese: Quần đảo Xô-lô-mông
- Volapük: Solomonuäns
- Võro: Saalomoni saarõq
- Waray (Philippines): Kapuropod-an Solomon
- Welsh: Ynysoedd Solomon
- Western Armenian: Սողոմոնեան Կղզիներ
- Western Frisian: Salomonseilannen
- Western Mari: Соломон ошмаотывлӓ
- Western Panjabi: سولومن آئلینڈ
- Western Panjabi: سولومن جزیرے
- Wolof: Duni Salmoon
- Wolof: Duni Solomon
- Wu Chinese: 所羅門群島
- Yakut: Соломон арыылара
- Yiddish: סאלאמאן אינזלען
- Yoruba: Etikun Solomoni
- Yoruba: Àwọn Erékùsù Sólómọ́nì
- Yue Chinese: 所羅門群島
- Zeeuws: Salomonseilan'n
- Zhuang: Solomon Ginzdauj
- Zulu: i-Solomon Islands
- Adey Solomoni
- British Solomon Islands
- British Solomon Islands Protectorate
- Salomón Tlālhuāctli
- دوورگەکانی سولەیمان
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