Buala is a town in
Solomon Islands located on
Santa Isabel Island
Santa Isabel Island (also known as Isabel, Ysabel and Mahaga) is the longest in Solomon Islands, the third largest in terms of surface area, and the largest in the group of islands in Isabel Province.
Location and geographic data
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, which is the longest island in Solomon Islands. Buala consists of Jejevo station and Buala Village. Buala is located on a side of a hill so there is no place for the town to expand, new feeder roads have been continuously developed to the east and western ends of the township. One of these roads reached as far as Hovokiolo village in the west Maringe district. Kubolota, Tithiro, and Maglau are villages close to this small town. Higher up inland, are Tirotogna, Bara, Gurena and Kolokofa. People from these villages also frequent Buala town.
The highest point, Mt Kubonitu, can be reached with the help of some tour guide from Tirotogna and Bara village. This peak is close to these two villages. Buala is small and is very limited with things you can do. There is a hospital in the area, but more serious cases are usually flown to
Honiara
Honiara () is the capital and largest city of Solomon Islands, situated on the northwestern coast of Guadalcanal. , it had a population of 92,344 people. The city is served by Honiara International Airport and the seaport of Point Cruz, and lie ...
. There is a branch of NBSI bank, now called Bank of South Pacific located in the area where you can do your banking. Again, it is only limited to small amounts since it is small. You are better of to convert any foreign currency while in Honiara.
There is no
grocery
A grocery store ( AE), grocery shop ( BE) or simply grocery is a store that primarily retails a general range of food products, which may be fresh or packaged. In everyday U.S. usage, however, "grocery store" is a synonym for supermarket, an ...
shop in this area. There is a small market where people come and sell fresh
vegetables and
fruits every day other than Sunday. There are areas that sell fresh fish, such as Kolofaga Fishery.
This town is close to
Fera Island Fera Island is one of the chain of islands forming Buala Bay, in Isabel Province, Solomon Islands. The other islands are Juakau, Tasia, Karuo and Sulei.
Fera Airport
Fera Airport is an airport on Fera Island in the Solomon Islands . The a ...
, about 15 minutes boat ride. The airfield is on Fera Island. It is a grass field and only 10 to 15 passenger planes land here. A new terminal block was completed in April 2012.
Climate
Buala has a
tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.
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, location = Buala
, metric first = Yes
, single line = Yes
, Jan high C = 30.7
, Feb high C = 30.4
, Mar high C = 30.5
, Apr high C = 30.6
, May high C = 30.6
, Jun high C = 30.2
, Jul high C = 29.7
, Aug high C = 29.9
, Sep high C = 30.1
, Oct high C = 30.6
, Nov high C = 30.8
, Dec high C = 30.9
, Jan mean C = 27.3
, Feb mean C = 27.0
, Mar mean C = 27.0
, Apr mean C = 27.0
, May mean C = 26.9
, Jun mean C = 26.5
, Jul mean C = 26.1
, Aug mean C = 26.3
, Sep mean C = 26.4
, Oct mean C = 26.8
, Nov mean C = 27.1
, Dec mean C = 27.2
, year mean C =
, Jan low C = 23.9
, Feb low C = 23.7
, Mar low C = 23.6
, Apr low C = 23.5
, May low C = 23.3
, Jun low C = 22.9
, Jul low C = 22.6
, Aug low C = 22.7
, Sep low C = 22.8
, Oct low C = 23.0
, Nov low C = 23.4
, Dec low C = 23.6
, precipitation colour= green
, Jan precipitation mm=360
, Feb precipitation mm=346
, Mar precipitation mm=391
, Apr precipitation mm=261
, May precipitation mm=193
, Jun precipitation mm=155
, Jul precipitation mm=197
, Aug precipitation mm=178
, Sep precipitation mm=172
, Oct precipitation mm=193
, Nov precipitation mm=199
, Dec precipitation mm=275
, source 1 = Climate-Data.org
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, title = Climate: Buala
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, accessdate = 21 October 2020]
References
Populated places in Isabel Province