Malaita

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Malaita is one of the main islands of the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific, known for its large population, rich traditional culture, and historical role in regional labor trade.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Malaita canonical 18
Bilua 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island
archipelago Solomon Islands archipelago
linked to: Solomon Islands
capitalOfProvinceLocatedOn Auki
colonialHistoryWith United Kingdom
country Solomon Islands
hasCity Auki
hasConflictHistory ethnic tensions in Solomon Islands (late 1990s–early 2000s)
hasCrop cocoa
coconut
root crops
hasEconomicActivity fishing
small-scale cash cropping
subsistence agriculture
hasEthnicGroup Baegu people
Fataleka people
Kwaio people
Lau people
Malaitan people
To'abaita people
hasLanguage Baegu language
linked to: Baeggu language

Fataleka language
Kwaio language
Lau language (Malaita)
linked to: Lau (Malaita)

To'abaita language
linked to: Toʻabaita language
hasLanguageFamily Austronesian languages
hasLargestPopulationAmongIslandsOf Solomon Islands
hasPopulationCharacteristic one of the most densely populated islands in Solomon Islands
hasReligion Christianity
traditional indigenous beliefs
hasSettlement Auki
hasTransportLink Auki port
domestic airfields
historicalRoleIn blackbirding in the South Pacific
plantation labor supply in Fiji
plantation labor supply in Queensland
regional labor trade
knownFor ancestral worship practices
bridewealth traditions
complex clan systems
customary social structures
rich traditional culture
shell money
largestIslandOf Malaita Province
locatedIn Melanesia
South Pacific Ocean
partOf British Solomon Islands Protectorate (historical)
Malaita Province
regionType predominantly rural
timeZone UTC+11

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Referenced by (19)

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

Solomon Islands hasIsland Malaita
Meso-Melanesian languages hasMemberLanguage Bilua
linked to: Malaita
Pijin spokenIn Malaita
Fataleka language spokenIn Malaita
Kwaio language spokenIn Malaita
Baegu people locatedIn Malaita
Baegu people indigenousTo Malaita
Auki locatedOnIsland Malaita
Auki port locatedOnIsland Malaita
Fataleka people locatedIn Malaita
Fataleka language spokenIn Malaita
subject linked to: Fataleka people
Fataleka people indigenousTo Malaita
Kwaio people locatedIn Malaita
To'abaita people locatedIn Malaita
To'abaita language spokenIn Malaita
subject linked to: To'abaita people