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Honiara City Council
The Honiara City Council is an organisation that looks after the municipal affairs of Honiara, the capital city of the Solomon Islands on Guadalcanal Honiara is divided into twelve wards, each of which elect one councillor. There are eight extra councillors. Four are appointed by the Solomon Islands Minister of Home Affairs, and members of parliament representing the city are included, along with the premier of Guadalcanal province. The assembled council selects a mayor from one of the elected twelve. The twelve electoral wards are from east to west: Panatina, Vura, Naha, Kukum, Kola'a, Mataniko, Vuhokesa, Vavaea, Cruz, Rove-Lengakiki, Mbumburu, Nggosi. Each ward has a development fund assigned to the councilor to spend. Auditors check out the spending to make sure it is not used as a slush fund A slush fund is a fund or account that is not properly accounted, such as money used for corrupt or illegal purposes, especially in the political sphere. Such funds may be kept ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vuhokesa
Vuhokesa is a suburb in Honiara located in the main center on the Tandai Highway and includes the City Council roundabout. Vuhokesa is in the Honiara City Council ward of Vavaea. and is East of Point Cruz and West of Lord Howe Settlement. The Vuhokesa border is the West bank of the Mataniko River which runs into Kua Bay. Mamana Water Settlement The Mamana Water Settlement as well as the Lord Howe Settlement are squeezed in between the main road and the shore line, a distance of 30–100 metres. The land is not suitable for agriculture except for small garden beds. However, brick-making using sand is practised at Mamana while at Lord Howe, the sand beach is used for beach soccer tournaments. In 2012 the Mamana Water Community were the first group of women to graduate from Sistas Savve and participated in a fundraiser to build a permanent leaf hut where they can organize, meet and create their products. Clean-up Honiara campaigns often focus around the Mamana Water Settlement. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 along the Kukum Highway. The airport area to the east of Honiara was the site of a battle between the United States and the Japanese during the Guadalcanal Campaign in World War II, the Battle of Henderson Field of 1942, from which America emerged victorious. After Honiara became the new administrative centre of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate in 1952 with the addition of many administrative buildings, the town began to develop and grow in population. Since the late 1990s, Honiara has suffered a turbulent history of ethnic violence and political unrest and is scarred by rioting. A coup attempt in June 2000 resulted in violent rebellions and fighting between the ethnic Malaitans of the Malaita Eagle Force (MEF) and the Guad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its capital, Honiara, is located on the largest island, Guadalcanal. The country takes its name from the wider area of the Solomon Islands (archipelago), which is a collection of Melanesian islands that also includes the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (currently a part of Papua New Guinea), but excludes the Santa Cruz Islands. The islands have been settled since at least some time between 30,000 and 28,800 BCE, with later waves of migrants, notably the Lapita people, mixing and producing the modern indigenous Solomon Islanders population. In 1568, the Spanish navigator Álvaro de Mendaña was the first European to visit them. Though not named by Mendaña, it is believed that the islands were called ''"the Solomons"'' by those who later r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal (; indigenous name: ''Isatabu'') is the principal island in Guadalcanal Province of Solomon Islands, located in the south-western Pacific, northeast of Australia. It is the largest island in the Solomon Islands by area, and the second by population (after Malaita). The island is mainly covered in dense tropical rainforest and has a mountainous hinterland. Guadalcanal's first charting by westerners was under the Spanish expedition of Álvaro de Mendaña in 1568. The name comes from the village of Guadalcanal, in the province of Seville, in Andalusia, Spain, birthplace of Pedro de Ortega Valencia, a member of Mendaña's expedition. During 1942–43, it was the scene of the Guadalcanal Campaign and saw bitter fighting between Japanese and US troops. The Americans were ultimately victorious. At the end of World War II, Honiara, on the north coast of Guadalcanal, became the new capital of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate. Geography Guadalcanal is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panatina
Panatina is a suburb of Honiara, Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its capita ... and is located West of the main center. References Populated places in Guadalcanal Province Suburbs of Honiara {{SolomonIslands-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vura, Honiara
Vura is a suburb in 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 lie ..., Solomon Islands located East of the main center. References Populated places in Guadalcanal Province Suburbs of Honiara {{SolomonIslands-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vavaea, Honiara
Vavaea is a suburb of Honiara, Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its ca .... References Populated places in Guadalcanal Province Suburbs of Honiara {{SolomonIslands-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Point Cruz
Point Cruz is a peninsula in the center of Honiara, on Guadalcanal Island. Honiara is the capital city of the Solomon Islands. Point Cruz is located on the Tandai Highway, and is ¼ mile north of the Solomon Islands Parliament Building. Point Cruz is in the Honiara City Council ward of Cruz, and is East of Town Ground and West of Tuvaruhu. Nomenclature Point Cruz ( Ghari language name: ''naho-ni-ara''; translation, "facing the east and southeast trade winds") is the CBD area of 'Honiara' which is a Ghari language name for the piece of land west of Point Cruz History The Point Cruz peninsular and surrounding areas were the locations for many battles during the Guadalcanal Campaign. In March 1959 the Royal yacht HMY Britannia docked at the Point Cruz wharf as part of the Royal visit by HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Central Business District Several government and business offices are situated in the suburb. Telecom The Solomon Telekom Company Limited (Our Telekom) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mbumburu
Mbumburu is a suburb of Honiara, Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its ca ... and is located West of the main center and South of Rove. It is renowned for a small garden of replica Henry Moore sculptures, established in 2009 by local benefactor Roger Mbumbe. References Populated places in Guadalcanal Province Suburbs of Honiara {{SolomonIslands-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
