Central Province (Central Province)
Central Province is sub-divided into the following wards (with populations at the 2009 Census):
* Central Province (26,051)
* Sandfly/Buenavista (3,226)
* West Gela (2,220)
* East Gela (2,026)
* Tulagi (1,251)
* South West Gela (2,586)
* South East Gela (1,662)
* North East Gela (2,118)
Map - Central Province (Central Province)
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The islands have been settled since at least some time between 30,000 and 28,800 BCE, with later waves of migrants, notably the Lapita people, mixing and producing the modern indigenous Solomon Islanders population. In 1568, the Spanish navigator Álvaro de Mendaña was the first European to visit them. Though not named by Mendaña, it is believed that the islands were called "the Solomons" by those who later received word of his voyage and mapped his discovery. Mendaña returned decades later, in 1595, and another Spanish expedition, led by Portuguese navigator Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, visited the Solomons in 1606. Britain defined its area of interest in the Solomon Islands archipelago in June 1893, when Captain Gibson, R.N., of HMS Curacoa (1878), declared the southern Solomon Islands a British protectorate. During World War II, the Solomon Islands campaign (1942–1945) saw fierce fighting between the United States, British Commonwealth forces and the Empire of Japan, including the Battle of Guadalcanal.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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SBD | Solomon Islands dollar | $ | 2 |
ISO | Language |
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EN | English language |