Region: Oceania
Capital: Honiara
Population: 571,890
Area: 27,986 km²
Currency: Solomon Islands Dollar (SBD)
The Solomon Islands are a collection of nearly one thousand islands in Oceania that form a sovereign country. They lie to the east of Papua New Guinea in Melanesia and cover a land area of 28,400 square kilometres . The country's capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal. Wikipedia