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Solor Island

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Also known as Pulau Solor

thumb|upright=1.2|Solor Archipelago in yellow

Wikidata facts

Instance of
island
Located in
East Flores
Area
216.2104
Elevation
541
Body of water
Pacific Ocean
Image
ID - Solor.PNG
Width
6
Length
40
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Commons category
Solor
located in/on physical feature
Lesser Sunda Islands
name
Solor
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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections
Contents
  • Administrative districts
  • Villages
  • History
  • Pre-colonial period
  • Colonial period
  • Towns and villages
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

thumb|upright=1.2|Solor Archipelago in yellow

Solor is a volcanic island located off the eastern tip of Flores island in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia, in the Solor Archipelago. The island supports a small population that has been whaling for hundreds of years. They speak the languages of Adonara and Lamaholot. There are at least five volcanoes on this island which measures only by . The island's area is , and it had a population of 34,029 at the 2020 Census. The official estimate as at mid 2024 was 36,739.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Solor Island” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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