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Solomon Islands
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Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands
is a
sovereign country
consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania lying to the east of
Papua New Guinea
and northwest of
Vanuatu
and covering a land area of . The country's capital,
Honiara
, is located on the island of
Guadalcanal
. The country takes its name from
the Solomon Islands archipelago
, which is a collection of
Melanesian
islands that also includes the
North Solomon Islands
(part of
Papua New Guinea
), but excludes outlying islands, such as
Rennell and Bellona
, and the
Santa Cruz Islands
.
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