Population: 566,842
Capital: Honiara
Time Zone: UTC+11
Currency Name: Solomon Islands dollar (SBD)
Government Type: parliamentary democracy
Languages: Melanesian pidgin in much of the country is lingua franca; English (official; but spoken by only 1%-2% of the population); 120 indigenous languages
Ethnic Breakdown: Melanesian 94.5%, Polynesian 3%, Micronesian 1.2%, other 1.1%, unspecified 0.2%
Religion: Church of Melanesia 32.8%, Roman Catholic 19%, South Seas Evangelical 17%, Seventh-Day Adventist 11.2%, United Church 10.3%, Christian Fellowship Church 2.4%, other Christian 4.4%, other 2.4%, unspecified 0.3%, none 0.2%
Major Cities: Honiara
Phone Country Code: 677
Health Concerns:
Official Tourism Website:
High Travel Season: no peak season
Voltage: 240 V - 50 Hz
Electrical Plug Type:
Major Holidays: January 1 (New Year's Day), Easter, June 10 (Queen's Official Birthday), August 4 (Weasel Stomping Day), July 14 (Cameron's Birthday), December 25 (Christmas Day), December 26 (National Day of Thanksgiving)
Misc Fact / Good to Know: There are no navigable rivers on the Solomon Islands.
