Western Province

Western Province is the largest of the nine provinces of Solomon Islands. The area is renowned for its beautiful tropical islands, excellent diving and snorkelling, coral reefs and World War II wrecks, ecotourism lodges, and head-hunting shrines.
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  • Type: province of the Solomon Islands with 73,100 residents
  • Description: province of the Solomon Islands
  • Also known as: Gizo”, “Santa Isabel”, “Shortland”, “Shortlands”, “Western District”, and “Ysabel

Western Province

Latitude
-8° or 8° south
Longitude
157° east
Population
73,100
Elevation
364 metres (1,194 feet)
Open location code
6R4V2222+22
Geo­Names ID
2101556
Wiki­data ID
Q150325
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Western Province” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: المحافظة الغربية
  • Bengali: ওয়েস্টার্ন প্রদেশ
  • Breton: Proviñs ar C’hornôg
  • Bulgarian: Западна провинция
  • Catalan: Província Occidental
  • Cebuano: Western Province
  • Chinese: Sai-pō͘ Séng
  • Chinese: 西部省
  • Croatian: Zapadna provincija
  • Danish: Western Province
  • Dutch: Westelijke provincie
  • Dutch: Western
  • Esperanto: Okcidenta Provinco
  • Estonian: Lääneprovints
  • Finnish: Western Province
  • French: Province de l’Ouest
  • French: Province occidentale
  • Galician: Occidental, Illas Salomón
  • Galician: Occidental
  • Galician: Provincia Occidental, Illas Salomón
  • Georgian: დასავლეთი პროვინცია
  • German: SB-WE
  • German: Western
  • Greek: Δυτική Επαρχία, Νήσοι Σολομώντα
  • Greek: Δυτική Επαρχία
  • Gujarati: પશ્ચિમી પ્રાંત
  • Hindi: पश्चिमी प्रांत
  • Indonesian: Provinsi Barat
  • Italian: Occidentale
  • Italian: provincia Occidentale
  • Italian: Provincia Occidentale
  • Japanese: 西部州
  • Kannada: ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ
  • Korean: 서부주
  • Latvian: Rietumu province
  • Lithuanian: Vakarų provincija
  • Malay: Western Province
  • Marathi: पश्चिम प्रांत
  • Min Nan Chinese: Sai-pō͘ Séng (Só͘-lô-bûn Kûn-tó)
  • Min Nan Chinese: Sai-pō͘ Séng
  • Northern Frisian: Western (Prowins uun dön Salomoon-Eilunen)
  • Northern Frisian: Western
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Vest provinsen
  • Persian: استان غربی
  • Polish: Prowincja Zachodnia
  • Portuguese: Província Ocidental (Ilhas Salomão)
  • Portuguese: Província Ocidental
  • Russian: Западная провинция
  • Sinhala: බස්නාහිර පළාත, සොලමන් දූපත්
  • Sinhala: බස්නාහිර පළාත
  • Spanish: Provincia Occidental
  • Swedish: Västprovinsen, Salomonöarna
  • Swedish: Västprovinsen
  • Swedish: Western Province
  • Tamil: மேற்கு மாகாணம்
  • Telugu: పశ్చిమ ప్రాంతం
  • Thai: เวสเทิร์น โพวิ้น
  • Turkish: Western Province
  • Ukrainian: Західна провінція
  • Urdu: مغربی صوبہ
  • Vietnamese: Tỉnh Phía Tây
  • Western Armenian: Արեւմտեան նահանգ

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