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Solomon Islands
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Key Facts
Climate
tropical monsoon; few temperature and weather extremes
Coastline
5,313 km
Government type
parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
Languages
Melanesian pidgin (lingua franca in much of the country), English (official but spoken by only 1%-2% of the population), 120 indigenous languages
Natural resources
fish, forests, gold, bauxite, phosphates, lead, zinc, nickel
Terrain
mostly rugged mountains with some low coral atolls