North Solomons

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North Solomons is a former provincial name for the island of Bougainville and surrounding islands in Papua New Guinea, known for its distinct Melanesian culture and history of seeking political autonomy.

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Label Occurrences
North Solomons canonical 5

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division ⓘ
former province ⓘ
borderedBy Solomon Islands (country) ⓘ
linked to: Solomon Islands
climate tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
contains Panguna copper mine ⓘ
linked to: Panguna mine
country Papua New Guinea ⓘ
dominantDenomination Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

United Church in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands ⓘ
economy cocoa production ⓘ
copra production ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
ethnicGroup Bougainvilleans ⓘ
Melanesians ⓘ
formerColonialPower Australia ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
formerNameOf Autonomous Region of Bougainville ⓘ
hasAutonomyMovement Bougainville independence movement ⓘ
hasCapital Arawa ⓘ
hasCulturalTrait customary land ownership ⓘ
strong clan-based social structure ⓘ
use of shell money in traditional exchanges ⓘ
hasMajorTown Buka ⓘ
Panguna ⓘ
hasReferendum 2019 Bougainville independence referendum ⓘ
historicalEvent World War II military operations ⓘ
includes surrounding islands of Bougainville ⓘ
includesIsland Bougainville ⓘ
linked to: Bougainville Island

Buka Island ⓘ
knownFor Bougainville Civil War ⓘ
distinct Melanesian culture ⓘ
movement for political autonomy ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
Papuan languages ⓘ
locatedIn Melanesia ⓘ
Papua New Guinea ⓘ
locatedInArchipelago Solomon Islands archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Solomon Islands
locatedInSea Solomon Sea ⓘ
locatedOnIsland Bougainville ⓘ
linked to: Bougainville Island
naturalResource copper ⓘ
gold ⓘ
partOf Autonomous Region of Bougainville (territory) ⓘ
politicalStatusHistory part of Australian-administered Territory of New Guinea ⓘ
province of independent Papua New Guinea ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
timeZone UTC+11 ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Takuan Group → region → North Solomons ⓘ
Mount Balbi → region → North Solomons ⓘ
Nukumanu → partOf → North Solomons ⓘ
Cape Torokina → region → North Solomons ⓘ
Bougainvillean peoples → region → North Solomons ⓘ