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Guadalcanal Province

Province of the Solomon Islands

Summary

Province of the Solomon Islands

Field	Value
name	Guadalcanal Province
settlement_type	Province
native_name
image_flag	Flag of Guadalcanal.png
flag_size	200px
image_map	Solomon Islands-Guadalcanal.png
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Solomon Islands
subdivision_type1	Capital
subdivision_name1	Honiara
leader_title	Premier
leader_name	Willie Atu
area_total_km2	5336
population_as_of	2021 census
population_total	161,197
population_density_km2	auto
timezone	+11
utc_offset	+11
coordinates

Guadalcanal Province is one of the nine provinces of Solomon Islands, consisting of the island of Guadalcanal. It is a 2,510 square mile (5,336 km2) island and is largely a jungle. Its name was given by Pedro de Ortega Valencia, born in the village of Guadalcanal, Seville, Spain. The national capital and largest city of Solomon Islands, Honiara, is on the island; in July 1983, it was designated a 22 km2 separately-administered Capital Territory and is no longer considered part of the province. The population of the province is 93,613 (2009), not including the capital territory.

The population of the island (including Honiara) is 161,197 (as of 2021). Honiara serves as the provincial capital. The climate is rainforest tropical. The estimated terrain elevation above sea level is 447 m.

World War II

The island became the scene of the important Guadalcanal Campaign during World War II. The Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the Department of State's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs established an explosive ordnance disposal training program. It safely disposed of hundreds of items of UXO, and it trained police personnel to respond to EOD call-outs in the island's highly populated areas.

Administrative divisions

Guadalcanal Province is sub-divided into the following constituencies (or electoral districts), which are further sub-divided into wards (with populations at the 2009 and 2019 Censuses respectively):

Name	Population (2009 census)	Population (2019 census)	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male
33. – North West Guadalcanal	21,424	11,231	10,193	44,086	22,778	21,308
33.01.	Tandai	14,914	7,785	7,129	33,056	17,040	16,016
33.02.	Saghalu	6,510	3,446	3,064	11,030	5,738	5,292
34. – West Guadalcanal	9,569	5,007	4,562	12,199	6,370	5,829
34.03.	Savulei	3,003	1,582	1,421	4,331	2,287	2,044
34.04.	Tangarare	3,118	1,633	1,485	3,852	2,002	1,850
34.05.	Wanderer Bay	3,448	1,792	1,656	4,016	2,081	1,935
35. – South Guadalcanal	6,739	3,324	3,415	10,462	5,213	5,249
35.06.	Duidui	3,201	1,631	1,570	5,300	2,691	2,609
35.07.	Vatukulau	1,822	864	958	2,534	1,230	1,304
35.08.	Talise	1,716	829	887	2,628	1,292	1,336
36. – East Guadalcanal	10,231	5,002	5,229	13,065	6,421	6,644
36.09.	Avuavu	2,262	1,096	1,166	2,913	1,432	1,481
36.10.	Moli	3,696	1,786	1,910	4,507	2,177	2,330
36.11.	Tetekanji	1,114	531	583	1,602	757	845
36.12.	Birao	3,159	1,589	1,570	4,043	2,055	1,988
37. – East/Central Guadalcanal	10,706	5,472	5,234	15,691	8,052	7,639
37.13.	Valasi	1,477	746	731	2,070	1,048	1,022
37.14.	Kolokarako	1,418	715	703	2,647	1,346	1,301
37.15.	Longgu	3,767	1,946	1,821	4,597	2,389	2,208
37.16.	Aola	4,044	2,065	1,979	6,377	3,269	3,108
38. – North East Guadalcanal	10,506	5,472	5,034	13,930	7,167	6,763
38.17.	Paripao	3,068	1,555	1,513	3,842	1,969	1,873
38.18.	East Tasimboko	7,438	3,917	3,521	10,088	5,198	4,890
39. – North Guadalcanal	9,477	4,941	4,536	13,675	7,019	6,656
39.21.	West Ghaobata	4,962	2,573	2,389	7,453	3,805	3,648
39.22.	East Ghaobata	4,515	2,368	2,147	6,222	3,214	3,008
40. – Central Guadalcanal	14,961	7,834	7,127	30,914	15,952	14,962
40.19.	Vulolo	4,429	2,294	2,135	6,265	3,200	3,065
40.20.	Malango	10,532	5,540	4,992	24,649	12,752	11,897
Total	93,613	48,283	45,330	154,022	78,972	75,050

Guadalcanal Provincial Assembly

The Guadalcanal Provincial Assembly is one of the nine provincial assemblies in the Solomon Islands. Guadalcanal received its 'Devolution Order' in 1984 from the Area Council. The 'Devolution Order' gives the provinces some autonomous to administer the province in terms of certain services and also allows the province to create its own ordinances.

Office of the Provincial Assembly

The Guadalcanal Provincial Assembly Office is administered by the Honorable Speaker. The current Honorable Speaker of the 9th Provincial Assembly (2019 - 2023) is Honorable Peter Aoraunisaka. He was a longtime member of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF).

The Provincial Assembly Office also has a Clerk of the Assembly. The current Clerk of Guadalcanal Provincial Assembly (2019 - 2023) is Edward Juvia.

Premiership

The first honorable premier of Guadalcanal Province is David Rosalio, from Savulei Ward. He was elected in 1984 under the Area Council and transitioned as the first Premier from 1985 - 1988.

The current premier of Guadalcanal Province is Francis Sade who entered the office after the 2019 provincial election. Premier Sade is the first Premier of Guadalcanal to hold office for a full term (4 years) since 1985. He entered Office with a huge debt of more than SBD30m. He also faced a lot of challenges during the COVID-19 global pandemic.

Despite these hardships, Premier Sade managed to reform Guadalcanal Provincial Government financially with a strong debt-servicing and revenue collections. The current debt of the provincial government in the 2023 - 2024 FY is believed to be less than SBD 2M. Premier Sade also do some reforms with the human resources and policy reforms.

References

"About Guadalcanal Solomon Islands {{!}} Solomon Airlines". [[Solomon Airlines]].
"Office of the Auditor General - Guadalcanal Province".
"Climate Guadalcanal Province: Temperature, climate graph, Climate table for Guadalcanal Province - Climate-Data.org".
"Guadalcanal Province first-order administrative division, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands".
(17 December 2014). "The Pacific Islands: U.S. Conventional Weapons Destruction Programs Reduce Threats from World War II-era Munitions". U.S. State Department.
"Provinces".
"2009 Census Bulletin".

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