Guadalcanal Province
Guadalcanal Province ranks 23,594th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Taiz Governorate, Marina di Pisa, and Principality of Bulgaria. Memorable people born in Guadalcanal Province include Derek Sikua. Guadalcanal Province has been the birth place of many politicians. Guadalcanal Province is located in Solomon Islands.
Guadalcanal Province is one of the nine provinces of Solomon Islands, consisting of the island of Guadalcanal. It is a 2,510 square mile (5,336 km2) island and is largely a jungle. Its name was given by Pedro de Ortega Valencia, born in the village of Guadalcanal, Seville, Spain. The national capital and largest city of the Solomon Islands, Honiara, is on the island; in July 1983, it was designated a 22 km2 (8.5 sq mi) separately-administered Capital Territory and is no longer considered part of the province. The population of the province is 93,613 (2009), not including the capital territory. The population of the island is 161,197. Honiara serves as the provincial capital. The climate is rainforest tropical. The estimated terrain elevation above sea level is 447 meters (1,467 ft). Read more on Wikipedia
In 1959, Guadalcanal Province was the birth place of 1 globally memorable people, including Derek Sikua.
People Born in Guadalcanal Province
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Most individuals born in present day Guadalcanal Province were politicians (1), while most who died were .
