Lata is the provincial capital of
Temotu Province
Temotu (or Te Motu, literally "the island" in Polynesian) is the easternmost province of Solomon Islands. The province was formerly known as Santa Cruz Islands Province. It consists, essentially, of two chains of islands which run parallel to ...
,
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands, also known simply as the Solomons,John Prados, ''Islands of Destiny'', Dutton Caliber, 2012, p,20 and passim is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 1000 smaller islands in Melanesia, part of Oceania, t ...
. As of 2007, it had 553 inhabitants. There are a few rest houses for overnight stays. There is a post office, telecom office and several stores.
The town contains a small air strip with flights to
Makira and
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 lies ...
. Shipping service is irregular, but occasionally transport can be found to Honiara or the outer islands. Outboard canoe travel around the island of
Nendo or to the
Reef Islands is possible.
Temotu Province's main hospital,
Lata Hospital is situated in Lata town.
The only fixed-wing service is by
Solomon Airlines. The
Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) used to provide its own helicopter flights fortnightly to Lata.
During the ethnic tensions of 2003, there were no problems in Lata, mainly due to its being so far away from the capital, Honiara.
Lata is serviced by one free to air analogue television channel broadcast in the VHF band on 175.25MHz providing a mix of sport and news content. The channel is provided by Telekom Television, wholly owned by Solomon Telekom one of two telecommunications providers in the Solomon Islands.
Neighborhoods in Lata:
*Matamotu
Climate
Lata has a
tropical rainforest climate
A tropical rainforest climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the equator. There are some other areas at higher latitudes, such as the coast of southeast Florida, United States ...
(Af) with very heavy rainfall year-round.
References
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Populated places in Temotu Province
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