Makira
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The island of Makira (previously known as San Cristóbal) is the largest island of Makira-Ulawa Province in Solomon Islands. It is third most populous of the Solomon Islands after Malaita and Guadalcanal, with a population of 55,126 as of 2020. The island is located east of Guadalcanal and south of Malaita. The largest and capital city is Kirakira.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Makira
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- Makira and nearby islands
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- Solomon Islands-Makira.png
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- Location of Makira in Solomon Islands
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- Solomon Islands
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- Solomon Islands (archipelago)
- Islands.area_km2
- 3190
- Islands.elevation_ft
- 4101
- Islands.highest_mount
- Unnamed Point
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- Province
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- Makira-Ulawa Province
- Islands.country_largest_city
- Kirakira
- Islands.population
- 55,126
- Islands.population_as_of
- 2020
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Part of
- Solomon Islands
- Country
- Solomon Islands
- Located in
- Solomon Islands
- Capital
- Kirakira
- Population
- 33529
- Area
- 3190
- Elevation
- 1250
- Time zone
- UTC+11:00
- Body of water
- Pacific Ocean
- Image
- MakiraMap.png
- Width
- 40
- Length
- 135
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- Makira
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The island of Makira (previously known as San Cristóbal) is the largest island of Makira-Ulawa Province in Solomon Islands. It is third most populous of the Solomon Islands after Malaita and Guadalcanal, with a population of 55,126 as of 2020. The island is located east of Guadalcanal and south of Malaita. The largest and capital city is Kirakira.
== History == The first recorded sighting by Europeans of Makira was by the Spanish expedition of Álvaro de Mendaña in June 1568. More precisely the sighting and also landing in San Cristóbal was due to a local voyage that set out from Guadalcanal in a small boat, in the accounts the brigantine Santiago, commanded by Alférez Hernando Enriquez and having Hernán Gallego as pilot. They charted it as San Cristóbal.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Makira” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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