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Solomon Islands



Recently, The United States had opened an embassy in the Solomon Islands as a counter to China's push into the Pacific region.
 

Solomon Island as a country,  consists of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania.
 

The capital city of the Solomon Islands is Honiara.
 

This Island Rands second among thr countries with the highest disaster risk worldwide, according to the World Risk report 2021.
 

The inhabitants consist mainly of the ethnic Melanesians (around 90%), but there has also been a rivalry between the Isatabus on Guadalcanal, the largest Island and migrant Malaitans from the neighboring  Island.

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