Solomon Islands

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Codes and identifiers

ISO alpha-2
SB
ISO alpha-3
SLB
ISO numeric
090
FIPS 10-4
BP
GeoNames ID
2103350

Key facts

Capital
Honiara
Area
28,450 km²
Population
652,858
Currency
Dollar (SBD)
Calling code
+677
Top-level domain
.sb
Official languages
en-SB,tpi

Continent

Name
Oceania
Code
OC
In this dataset
28 countries

Oceania in the country atlas

Location

Latitude
-8
Longitude
159
Min latitude
-12.290622653999947
Min longitude
155.50798587300005
Max latitude
-6.599867445999905
Max longitude
168.82585696700005

Boundary

Solomon Islands

The API call behind this page

Request

curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  "https://geosearch.dev/v1/countries/SB?fields=iso_code,iso3_code,name,capital,population,area_sq_km,currency_code,continent_code"

Response

{
  "data": {
    "area_sq_km": 28450,
    "capital": "Honiara",
    "continent_code": "OC",
    "currency_code": "SBD",
    "iso3_code": "SLB",
    "iso_code": "SB",
    "name": "Solomon Islands",
    "population": 652858
  }
}

Formatted for reading. The API returns the same JSON on one line.

Other endpoints for this country

  • /v1/countries/SB/regions
  • /v1/cities?country=SB
  • /v1/postal-codes?country=SB
  • /v1/timezones?country=SB
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Name in other languages

Arabic
جزر سليمان
Chinese
所罗门群岛
English
Solomon Islands
French
Îles Salomon
German
Salomonen
Hindi
सोलोमन द्वीप
Italian
Isole Salomone
Japanese
ソロモン諸島
Korean
솔로몬 제도
Portuguese
Ilhas Salomão
Russian
Соломоновы Острова
Spanish
Islas Salomón
Total language variants
187

The API returns any of them with ?lang=.

Time zones

IANA ID UTC offset DST offset
Pacific/Guadalcanal UTC+11:00 UTC+11:00

First-level administrative regions

  • Malaita Province
  • Western Province
  • Guadalcanal Province
  • Honiara
  • Makira-Ulawa Province
  • Choiseul
  • Isabel Province
  • Central Province
  • Temotu Province
  • Rennell and Bellona

10 of 10 shown, largest first

Largest cities

City Population
Honiara 56,298
Panatina 32,712
Nggosi 26,009
Tandai 24,592
Kola'a 20,783
Vura 18,753
Malango 15,560
Vavaea 10,813
Malango 10,532
Noro 7,204

Coverage in this dataset

Cities
3,078
First-level regions
10
Postal codes
0
Name languages
187
Boundary polygon
Yes

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