Choiseul region

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The Choiseul region is an area of the Solomon Islands centered on Choiseul Island, known for its indigenous communities and use of Northwest Solomonic languages.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Choiseul region canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative region ⓘ
subnational division ⓘ
borderedBy Isabel Province ⓘ
Western Province ⓘ
capital Taro Island ⓘ
climate tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
contains Choiseul Island ⓘ
Taro Island ⓘ
indigenous communities ⓘ
country Solomon Islands ⓘ
ethnicGroup indigenous Solomon Islanders ⓘ
governedBy Choiseul Provincial Government ⓘ
linked to: Choiseul Province
governingCountryCapital Honiara ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Solomon Sea ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity fishing ⓘ
logging (select areas) ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ
hasIndigenousLanguageGroup Choiseul languages ⓘ
hasMainIsland Choiseul Island ⓘ
hasSettlementType rural villages ⓘ
knownFor coastal fishing communities ⓘ
linguistic diversity ⓘ
traditional subsistence agriculture ⓘ
languageFamilyUsed Austronesian languages ⓘ
languageUsed Northwest Solomonic languages ⓘ
locatedIn Oceania ⓘ
Solomon Islands ⓘ
South Pacific Ocean ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone UTC+11 ⓘ
namedAfter Choiseul Island ⓘ
partOf Melanesia ⓘ
Solomon Islands archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Solomon Islands

Western Province (historical, before separation) ⓘ
linked to: Western Province
religion Christianity (predominant) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northwest Solomonic languages → hasRegion → Choiseul region ⓘ