Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Guadalcanal,_Solomon_Islands
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:island
gptkbp:administrativeDivision gptkb:Guadalcanal_Province
gptkbp:airport gptkb:Honiara_International_Airport
gptkbp:area 5,302 km²
gptkbp:capital Honiara
gptkbp:climate gptkb:tropical_rainforest
gptkbp:ethnicGroup gptkb:Melanesian
gptkbp:firstContactWithEuropeans 1568
gptkbp:highestPoint Mount Popomanaseu
gptkbp:historicalEvent gptkb:World_War_II
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Battle_of_Guadalcanal
gptkbp:languageSpoken gptkb:Solomon_Islands_Pijin
gptkb:Guadalcanal_languages
English
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Oceania
gptkb:Solomon_Islands
gptkbp:mainRiver gptkb:Lunga_River
gptkb:Mataniko_River
gptkbp:majorCity Honiara
gptkbp:namedFor gptkb:Álvaro_de_Mendaña
gptkbp:notableFeature mountainous terrain
dense rainforest
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Guadalcanal_Province
gptkbp:population ~155,000 (2020 est.)
gptkbp:surroundedBy gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:timezone UTC+11
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_Henderson_Field
gptkb:Red_Beach_Memorial
gptkb:Battle_of_Edson's_Ridge
gptkb:Guadalcanal_Diary_(book)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6