Buala is a town in

Solomon Islands Solomon Islands, also known simply as the Solomons,John Prados, ''Islands of Destiny'', Dutton Caliber, 2012, p,20 and passim is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 1000 smaller islands in Melanesia, part of Oceania, t ...

located on

Santa Isabel Island Santa Isabel (also known as Isabel, Ysabel and Mahaga) is the largest island An island or isle is a piece of land, distinct from a continent, completely surrounded by water. There are continental islands, which were formed by being split ...

, which is the longest island in Solomon Islands. Buala consists of Jejevo station and Buala Village. Buala is located on a side of a hill so there is no place for the town to expand, new feeder roads have been continuously developed to the east and western ends of the township. One of these roads reached as far as Hovokiolo village in the west Maringe district. Kubolota, Tithiro, and Maglau are villages close to this small town. Higher up inland, are Tirotogna, Bara, Gurena and Kolokofa. People from these villages also frequent Buala town. The highest point, Mt Kubonitu, can be reached with the help of some tour guide from Tirotogna and Bara village. This peak is close to these two villages. Buala is small and is very limited with things you can do. There is a hospital in the area, but more serious cases are usually flown to

Honiara Honiara () is the capital and largest city of Solomon Islands, situated on the northwestern coast of Guadalcanal. , it had a population of 92,344 people. The city is served by Honiara International Airport and the seaport of Point Cruz, and lies ...

. There is a branch of NBSI bank, now called Bank of South Pacific located in the area where you can do your banking. Again, it is only limited to small amounts since it is small. You are better of to convert any foreign currency while in Honiara. There is no

grocery A grocery store (American English, AE), grocery shop or grocer's shop (British English, BE) or simply grocery is a retail store that primarily retails a general range of food Product (business), products, which may be Fresh food, fresh or Food p ...

shop in this area. There is a small market where people come and sell fresh

vegetable Vegetables are edible parts of plants that are consumed by humans or other animals as food. This original meaning is still commonly used, and is applied to plants collectively to refer to all edible plant matter, including edible flower, flo ...

s and

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s every day other than Sunday. There are areas that sell fresh fish, such as Kolofaga Fishery. This town is close to Fera Island, about 15 minutes boat ride. The airfield is on Fera Island. It is a grass field and only 10 to 15 passenger planes land here. A new terminal block was completed in April 2012.

Climate

Buala has a

tropical rainforest climate A tropical rainforest climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the equator. There are some other areas at higher latitudes, such as the coast of southeast Florida, United States ...

(Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round. {{Weather box , width = auto , location = Buala , metric first = Yes , single line = Yes , Jan high C = 30.7 , Feb high C = 30.4 , Mar high C = 30.5 , Apr high C = 30.6 , May high C = 30.6 , Jun high C = 30.2 , Jul high C = 29.7 , Aug high C = 29.9 , Sep high C = 30.1 , Oct high C = 30.6 , Nov high C = 30.8 , Dec high C = 30.9 , Jan mean C = 27.3 , Feb mean C = 27.0 , Mar mean C = 27.0 , Apr mean C = 27.0 , May mean C = 26.9 , Jun mean C = 26.5 , Jul mean C = 26.1 , Aug mean C = 26.3 , Sep mean C = 26.4 , Oct mean C = 26.8 , Nov mean C = 27.1 , Dec mean C = 27.2 , year mean C = , Jan low C = 23.9 , Feb low C = 23.7 , Mar low C = 23.6 , Apr low C = 23.5 , May low C = 23.3 , Jun low C = 22.9 , Jul low C = 22.6 , Aug low C = 22.7 , Sep low C = 22.8 , Oct low C = 23.0 , Nov low C = 23.4 , Dec low C = 23.6 , precipitation colour= green , Jan precipitation mm=360 , Feb precipitation mm=346 , Mar precipitation mm=391 , Apr precipitation mm=261 , May precipitation mm=193 , Jun precipitation mm=155 , Jul precipitation mm=197 , Aug precipitation mm=178 , Sep precipitation mm=172 , Oct precipitation mm=193 , Nov precipitation mm=199 , Dec precipitation mm=275 , source 1 = Climate-Data.org{{cite web , url = https://en.climate-data.org/location/986704/ , title = Climate: Buala , publisher=Climate-Data.org , accessdate = 21 October 2020

References

Populated places in Isabel Province