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📍 Essential Info
CapitalHoniara
TimezoneUTC+11 (16 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Population738.8K
LanguagesMelanesian pidgin (lingua franca in much of the country), English (official but spoken by only 1%-2% of the population), 120 indigenous languages
Governmentparliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
🔌 Practical Info
Driving SideRight
Electrical PlugsVaries
Internet Code.sb
Internet Users43%
GDP per Capita$2,500
🌍 Geography
LocationOceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Papua New Guinea
Size Comparisonslightly smaller than Maryland
Climatetropical monsoon; few temperature and weather extremes
Terrainmostly rugged mountains with some low coral atolls
👥 People & Culture
Ethnic GroupsMelanesian 95.3%, Polynesian 3.1%, Micronesian 1.2%, other 0.3% (2009 est.)
ReligionsProtestant 73.4% (Church of Melanesia 31.9%, South Sea Evangelical 17.1%, Seventh Day Adventist 11.7%, United Church 10.1%, Christian Fellowship Churc...
Median Age25.5 years
Life Expectancy77.2 years
National HolidayIndependence Day, 7 July (1978)
Cultural Information
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Data sourced from the CIA World Factbook