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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 28,400 square kilometres (11,000 sq mi). 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.
The islands have been inhabited for thousands of years. In 1568, the Spanish navigator Álvaro de Mendaña was the first European to visit them, naming them the Islas Salomón. Britain defined its area of interest in the Solomon Islands archipelago in June 1893, when Captain Gibson R.N., of HMS Curacoa, declared the southern Solomon Islands as a British Protectorate with the proclamation of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate. During World War II, the Solomon Islands campaign (1942–1945) saw fierce fighting between the United States and the Empire of Japan, such as in the Battle of Guadalcanal.
The Solomon Islands are an archipelago in the western South Pacific Ocean, located northeast of Australia. They are in the Melanesia subregion and bioregion of Oceania. The archipelago forms much of the territory of the nation of Solomon Islands, while the northwestern islands are within the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, in eastern Papua New Guinea.
The Solomon Islands consist of both volcanic islands of varying activity and of coral atolls. Bougainville Island is the largest in the archipelago.
The climate of the islands is tropical, however temperatures do not greatly fluctuate due to the heat sink of the surrounding ocean. Daytime temperatures are normally 25 to 32 degrees Celsius and 13 to 15 °C at night. From April to October (the Dry Season), the southeast trade winds blow, gusting at times up to 30 knots (55 km/h) or more.
November to March is the wet season, caused by the northwest monsoon, and is typically warmer and wetter. Cyclones arise in the Coral Sea and the area of the Solomon Islands, but they usually veer toward Vanuatu and New Caledonia or down the coast of Australia.
Solomon (/ˈsɒləmən/; Hebrew: שְׁלֹמֹה, Modern Shlomo, Tiberian Šəlōmō ISO 259-3 Šlomo; Syriac: ܫܠܝܡܘܢ Shlemun; Arabic: سُليمان Sulaymān, also colloquially: Silimān or Slemān; Greek: Σολομών Solomōn; Latin: Salomon), also called Jedidiah (Hebrew יְדִידְיָהּ), was, according to the Bible (Book of Kings: 1 Kings 1–11; Book of Chronicles: 1 Chronicles 28–29, 2 Chronicles 1–9), Qur'an, and Hidden Words a fabulously wealthy and wise king of Israel and a son of David. The conventional dates of Solomon's reign are circa 970 to 931 BC, normally given in alignment with the dates of David's reign. He is described as the third king of the United Monarchy, which would break apart into the northern Kingdom of Israel and the southern Kingdom of Judah shortly after his death. Following the split, his patrilineal descendants ruled over Judah alone.
According to the Talmud, Solomon is one of the 48 prophets. In the Qur'an, he is considered a major prophet, and Muslims generally refer to him by the Arabic variant Sulayman, son of David. Solomon (Arabic سليمان Sulaymān) was, according to the Qur'an, a king of ancient Israel as well as the son of David. The Qur'an recognizes Solomon as a prophet and a divinely-appointed monarch. Islamic tradition generally holds that Solomon was the third king of Israel and was a just and wise ruler for the nation.
Solomon is a New Zealand band, who in 2007 were crowned the overall winners (out of 650 bands) of the Smokefreerockquest. Along with this, they took home the award for best song for Grand Vocation.
Solomon's first success in the competition came the previous year when they came second.
Fronted by Michael Cho, and featuring keyboardist Philip Kim, the band has now been together for 5 years. All the band's members are originally from Rangitoto College, on Auckland's North Shore.
The Kingdom of Solomon is an Iranian religious/historical film trilogy, produced by Mojtaba Faravardeh and directed by Shahriar Bahrani who has made Saint Mary before. The Kingdom of Solomon was going to be released internationally on November 2010 after its screening in Iran, but due to some technicalities its global release has been delayed. The film tells the life story of Prophet Solomon, the King of Israelites. It is mostly based on the Islamic accounts of Solomon's prophetic life extracted from the Qur'an but it also draws upon parallels found in some Jewish texts.
Solomon is a wise prophet selected as the crown prince by his father King David (Dawud in Islamic texts) when he was 9. Following Prophet David's death, Solomon succeeds to the crown and God appoints him as a prophet. Requesting from God the establishment of a divine kingdom, Solomon takes the wind under his command and jinns and demons under his control. Inviting rulers of the neighbouring lands to the monotheistic religion, Prophet Solomon continues his divine mission in as much as Balqis, the Queen of Sheba professes monotheism. At the end, while leaning on his cane, Solomon bids farewell to the world, and the jinns and demons get out of reign and return to their own world.
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare on Monday said that opening up to trading opportunities with China offers a turning point for a country that is "fast growing in population but not in development." https://www.cctvplus.com/news/20230715/8333634.shtml#!language=1 Welcome to subscribe us on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NewsContent.CCTVPLUS Twitter: https://twitter.com/CCTV_Plus LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cctv-news-content Video on Demand: www.cctvplus.com If you are in demand of this video footage, please contact with our business development team via email: service@cctvplus.com
Logs, Sleaze and Scandal (1996): A look into the logging trade in the Solomon Island, tarnished by corruption and causing irreversible environmental damage. Subscribe to Journeyman here: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=journeymanpictures# Synopsis: The logging industry is destroying the Solomon Islands; more trees than ever are being cut, with very few being planted in their place, and once clean rivers used for drinking water and washing are now so dirty that they are unsafe to use. The most frustrating, and perhaps criminal aspect of the industry is that the locals see almost nothing of the riches it yields. In theory, 15% of the value of each tree logged should be invested in the local community to build medical centres, road, bridges and schools. However, after ma...
China signed a security pact with Solomon Islands and sparked renewed interest in the Pacific. We see the situation in both Solomon Islands and Samoa, where the Chinese presence is growing. WATCH Part 2 of "China And The New Pacific": https://youtu.be/m_q6JPrfZCU About the show: The tranquil waters of the Pacific are stirring. After China signed a security pact with Solomon Islands, traditional partners are worried about losing influence. This series goes across the Pacific to meet locals who will be affected by geopolitical rivalry as China’s presence increases. And we interview analysts and political leaders who talk about what the future might hold. The series was filmed in Solomon Islands, Samoa, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia and China. For more, SUBSCRIBE to CNA INSIDER https://cna...
Trailer for the 2010 three-part miniseries Blood Dolphin$ from Animal Planet, continuing Ric’s journey advocating for dolphins across the world.
Week three of the election campaign has seen the focus shift decisively to the Chinese national security deal with the Solomon Islands. The Opposition is targeting the Government's national security credentials traditionally an area of strength for the Coalition. Here's chief political correspondent Laura Tingle. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE ABC News provides around the clock coverage of news events as they break in Australia and abroad, including the latest coronavirus pandemic updates. It's news when you want it, from Australia's most trusted news organisation. For more from ABC News, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZY Watch more ABC News content ad-free on iview: https://ab.co/2OB7Mk1 Go deeper on our ABC News In-depth channel: https://ab.co/2lNeBn2 Like ABC News on Facebook: ht...
Here's the best stock trading apps in Solomon Islands that accepts Solomon Islander stock traders. Quotex App – https://www.fxbeginner.net/app/quotex IQ Option App – https://www.fxbeginner.net/app/iqoption Pocket Option App – https://www.fxbeginner.net/app/pocketoption XM App – https://www.fxbeginner.net/app/xm IC Markets App – https://www.fxbeginner.net/app/icmarkets HotForex App – https://www.fxbeginner.net/app/hotforex Olymp Trade App – https://www.fxbeginner.net/apps/olymptradeapp Exness App – https://www.fxbeginner.net/app/exness Deriv App – https://www.fxbeginner.net/app/deriv OctaFX App – https://www.fxbeginner.net/app/octafx Link to article: https://www.fxbeginner.net/best-stock-trading-apps-in-solomon-islands/ Finding the best stock market app as a Solomon Islander investor can...
A look into dolphin trading in the Solomon Islands. Pictures by Joe Armao for Good Weekend, The Age Online, Fairfax media.15th of May 2012
China has its eye on a tiny Pacific nation that could have big geopolitical ramifications: Solomon Islands. Four Corners travels to the Solomons – one of the first international film crews to enter the country since borders reopened – to investigate the kind of influence Chinese money is buying: from a sports stadium and timber plantation, to deep-water ports and a political slush fund. With a new security pact signed between the two countries, regional powers like Australia and the United States are worried this could be the start of a new Chinese military presence in the region. _________ Watch more Four Corners investigations here: https://bit.ly/2JbpMkf You can also like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abc4corners/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/4corners...
Coordinates: 8°S 159°E / 8°S 159°E / -8; 159
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 28,400 square kilometres (11,000 sq mi). 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.
The islands have been inhabited for thousands of years. In 1568, the Spanish navigator Álvaro de Mendaña was the first European to visit them, naming them the Islas Salomón. Britain defined its area of interest in the Solomon Islands archipelago in June 1893, when Captain Gibson R.N., of HMS Curacoa, declared the southern Solomon Islands as a British Protectorate with the proclamation of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate. During World War II, the Solomon Islands campaign (1942–1945) saw fierce fighting between the United States and the Empire of Japan, such as in the Battle of Guadalcanal.