Malaita Island

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Malaita Island is one of the major and most populous islands of the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific, known for its rich Melanesian culture and traditional societies.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Malaita Island canonical 17
island of Malaita 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island ⓘ
populated place ⓘ
archipelago Solomon Islands archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Solomon Islands
capitalOfProvinceLocatedOn Auki ⓘ
country Solomon Islands ⓘ
crop cocoa ⓘ
coconut ⓘ
root crops ⓘ
culturalRegion Melanesia ⓘ
demographicCharacteristic one of the most populous islands of Solomon Islands ⓘ
economy fishing ⓘ
small-scale cash cropping ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
ethnicGroup Malaitan people ⓘ
Melanesians ⓘ
formerColonialPower United Kingdom ⓘ
governedAs part of Malaita Province ⓘ
hasCapital Auki ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean ⓘ
hasFeature coastal plains ⓘ
coral reefs ⓘ
lagoon systems ⓘ
mountainous interior ⓘ
hasResource marine resources ⓘ
timber ⓘ
hasSettlementPattern dispersed rural villages ⓘ
hasTransport inter-island shipping ⓘ
small airstrips ⓘ
hasUrbanCentre Auki ⓘ
knownFor customary social structures ⓘ
rich Melanesian culture ⓘ
traditional societies ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
languageSpoken Malaitan languages ⓘ
linked to: Malaita languages
largestCity Auki ⓘ
locatedIn Melanesia ⓘ
South Pacific Ocean ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone UTC+11 ⓘ
nearbyIsland Guadalcanal ⓘ
Isabel Island ⓘ
Makira ⓘ
partOf British Solomon Islands Protectorate ⓘ
Malaita Province ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditionalPractice bridewealth exchanges ⓘ
clan-based land tenure ⓘ
customary law ⓘ

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Referenced by (18)

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

Malaita Province → contains → Malaita Island ⓘ
Malaita Province → largestIsland → Malaita Island ⓘ
Malaita Province → locatedOnIsland → Malaita Island ⓘ
Baeggu → spokenIn → Malaita Island ⓘ
Toqabaqita → spokenOn → Malaita Island ⓘ
Baeggu language → locatedOn → island of Malaita ⓘ
linked to: Malaita Island
Lau people → locatedOn → Malaita Island ⓘ
Auki port → serves → Malaita Island ⓘ
Malaitan people → primaryIsland → Malaita Island ⓘ
Radefasu → locatedOn → Malaita Island ⓘ
Toabaita → spokenOn → Malaita Island ⓘ
Northern Malaita → locatedOn → Malaita Island ⓘ
Fataleka (Solomon Islands) → spokenOn → Malaita Island ⓘ
Gulaʼalaa language → spokenIn → Malaita Island ⓘ
Faiwoloi language → spokenIn → Malaita Island ⓘ
Kwareʼae language → spokenIn → Malaita Island ⓘ
Kwareʼae language → isSpokenOn → Malaita Island ⓘ