Discover the Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is an island country in the southwest of the South Pacific (5 ° - 12 ° south latitude and 155 ° - 170 ° east longitude). It is 1600 km away from Australia in the southwest, 485 km away from Papua New Guinea in the West and across the sea from Vanuatu in the southeast. It is one of the members of the Commonwealth and the official language is English. Honiara, the capital,
There are more than 990 islands in Solomon, with a total land area of 28450 square kilometers and a marine exclusive economic zone of 1.6 million square kilometers. It belongs to the Melanesian islands and is composed of Guadalcanal, New Georgia, maleta, shuwasser, San Isabel, San Cristobal, Santa Cruz and many surrounding small islands, The largest Guadalcanal island covers an area of 6475 square kilometers, with dense forests and forest land accounting for 90% of the whole territory.
nSolomon's coastal terrain is relatively flat, with beautiful scenery, clear and transparent sea water and excellent visibility. It has the world's largest salt water lagoon, covering an area of 700 square kilometers. There are hundreds of beautiful small islands on the lagoon, most of which are covered by coconut trees and tropical rain forests, surrounded by corals, and many unmanned islands, which are comparable to the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. It is regarded as one of the best diving areas in the world and has great tourism potential
Geographical Environment
Geographical Environment
Geographical Environment
Solomon Islands is an island country in the southwest of the South Pacific (5 ° - 12 ° south latitude and 155 ° - 170 ° east longitude).
Country Background
Geographical Environment
Geographical Environment
In the sixteenth century, Europeans explored here one after another, and Spanish maritime explorers came here. When they saw the local people wearing gold ornaments, they thought they had found the Treasury of King Solomon's great wealth, so they named it Solomon Islands.
Development Importance
Geographical Environment
Development Importance
Located in an important position of the South Pacific route and an important international transfer station on the equator of the China US route
Background of the central provincial capital of Solomon Isla
Tulagi
Tulagi was once the administrative seat of the protected territory of the British Solomon Islands. It was destroyed by the Japanese in 1942 and liberated by the US Army on August 7 of the same year.