2021 In The Solomon Islands
Events in the year 2021 in the Solomon Islands. Incumbents * Monarch of the Solomon Islands, Monarch: Elizabeth II * Governor-General of the Solomon Islands, Governor-General: David Vunagi * Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands, Prime Minister: Manasseh Sogavare Events Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Solomon Islands, 2021 Solomon Islands unrest Deaths *5 February – Paul Tovua, politician, Speaker of the National Parliament of Solomon Islands (born 1947). References {{Year in Oceania, 2021, state=collapsed 2021 in the Solomon Islands, 2020s in the Solomon Islands Years of the 21st century in the Solomon Islands 2021 in Oceania, Solomon Islands 2021 by country, Solomon Islands ...
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Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its capital, Honiara, is located on the largest island, Guadalcanal. The country takes its name from the wider area of the Solomon Islands (archipelago), which is a collection of Melanesian islands that also includes the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (currently a part of Papua New Guinea), but excludes the Santa Cruz Islands. The islands have been settled since at least some time between 30,000 and 28,800 BCE, with later waves of migrants, notably the Lapita people, mixing and producing the modern indigenous Solomon Islanders population. In 1568, the Spanish navigator Álvaro de Mendaña was the first European to visit them. Though not named by Mendaña, it is believed that the islands were called ''"the Solomons"'' by those who later receiv ...
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