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267:Capital
240:Honiara
201:Honiara
178:Central
167:Honiara
138:History
124:Honiara
86:scholar
1644:Tuvalu
1330:Anthem
1134:Rivers
964:Temotu
944:Isabel
790:30,407
764:94,206
758:73,143
755:49,107
715:94,209
712:76,649
709:62,739
673:25,701
670:22,132
667:21,362
664:18,912
538:57,396
535:52,006
532:40,419
529:31,006
493:36,688
490:30,399
487:26,158
484:20,421
439:60,275
403:38,453
400:30,619
397:26,372
394:20,008
358:33,476
355:30,326
352:26,051
349:21,577
337:Tulagi
314:per km
299:census
290:census
281:census
214:, and
194:Temotu
186:Isabel
184:, and
161:After
156:Tulagi
88:
81:
74:
67:
59:
1639:Tonga
1634:Samoa
1586:Palau
1581:Nauru
1380:Sport
1370:Music
1365:Media
1350:Dance
805:23.7
721:12.5
706:7,509
676:25.5
628:4,465
625:4,091
622:3,041
619:2,377
607:Tigoa
586:41.0
571:4,225
541:16.3
526:3,188
481:4,136
472:Buala
451:28.9
436:5,336
391:3,837
361:49.3
93:JSTOR
79:books
1629:Niue
1531:Asia
1505:Fiji
1355:Flag
1195:LGBT
697:Gizo
652:Lata
631:6.1
562:Auki
496:7.3
406:8.0
309:2022
302:2019
293:2009
284:1999
275:(km)
273:Area
192:and
65:news
1453:of
661:868
616:671
346:615
48:by
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772:–
726:–
681:9
636:8
591:7
546:6
501:5
456:4
411:3
366:2
321:1
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