Tulagi

Tulagi (less commonly known as Tulaghi) is a small island in Solomon Islands, just off the south coast of Ngella Sule. The town of Tulagi is the capital of the Central Province.

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Islands.name: Tulagi
Islands.image_name: NggelaSolomons.png
Islands.image_caption: The Nggela islands group, with Tulagi off the south coast of Nggela Sule
Islands.map: Solomon Islands
Islands.map_caption: Location in Solomon Islands
Islands.location: South Pacific
Islands.archipelago: Nggela Islands
Islands.area_km2: 2.08
Islands.length_km: 2.8
Islands.width_km: 0.8
Islands.elevation_m: 100
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title: Province
Islands.country_admin_divisions: Central
Islands.population: 1,251
Islands.population_as_of: 2009

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Population: 1251
Area: 2.08
Image: Rainbow over Tulagi Island.jpg
Width: 1
Length: 5.5

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Tulagi (less commonly known as Tulaghi) is a small island in Solomon Islands, just off the south coast of Ngella Sule. The town of Tulagi is the capital of the Central Province.

==History== The first recorded sighting by Europeans was by the Spanish expedition of Álvaro de Mendaña on 16 April 1568. More precisely the sighting was due to a local voyage done by a small boat, in the accounts the brigantine Santiago, commanded by Maestre de Campo Pedro Ortega Valencia and having Hernán Gallego as pilot.