Solomon Islands

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In August 2022, the Solomon Islands government informed the United States that it would impose a moratorium on Navy ships entering its ports. This was reported on August 30 by the US Embassy in Canberra.

The Solomon Islands has a tense relationship with the United States and its allies since entering into a security pact with China in April.

Population

Indigenous peoples are part of the Melanesian cultural group

Indigenous peoples inhabiting the islands of Melanesia are called Melanesians. It is a heterogeneous collection of different genetic groups and ethnic communities, different cultural practices (mythology, music, art, etc.) and various unrelated language families. Together, however, they form a vast area with a long history of interaction. The region covers populations that have a certain linguistic, biological and cultural proximity.

This region includes four independent countries:

• Fiji,
• Vanuatu,
• Solomon Islands,
• Papua New Guinea.

It also includes the Indonesian part of New Guinea and the Maluku Islands, the French overseas territory of New Caledonia, and the Torres Strait Islands.

At the same time, there is no consensus among anthropologists about the geographical boundaries of Melanesia. Many apply the term only to smaller islands, excluding New Guinea; Fiji was often seen as an anomalous border region, or even referred entirely to Polynesia; and Torres Strait Islanders were often simply classed as Aboriginal Australians.

The name Melanesia (in French Mélanésie) was first used in 1832 by the French navigator Jules Dumont-Durville: he coined the terms Melanesia and Micronesia along with pre-existing Polynesia to designate the three main ethnic and geographical regions forming the Pacific Ocean.

The name Melanesia (from ancient Greek: melas, letters. "Black" and ancient Greek: nesos, letters. "Island") etymologically means "islands of black [people]" in connection with the dark skin of the inhabitants.

Migration

2021: Net outflow over 4 years

Automobile traffic

The Solomon Islands is a left-hand country.

Data for 2017

Health care

2022: Abortion ban in place

As of May 2022

Crime

Prisons

2022: Minimum age for children to be jailed

Data for 2022

2018: Number of prisoners per 100 thousand citizens