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.
- Province of the Solomon Islands with about 73,100 residents
- Also known as“Gizo”“Santa Isabel”“Shortland”“Shortlands”“Western District”“Ysabel”
- Location
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Latitude
-8° or 8° south
Longitude
157° east
Open location code
6R4V2222+22
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Western Armenian—“Western Province” goes by many names.
ምዕራብ ክልልAmharic
المحافظة الغربيةArabic
Qərb ƏyalətindəAzerbaijani
ওয়েস্টার্ন প্রদেশBengali
Proviñs ar C’hornôgBreton
Западна провинцияBulgarian
Província OccidentalCatalan
Western ProvinceCebuano
西部省Chinese
Zapadna provincijaCroatian
Western ProvinceDanish
Westelijke provincieDutch
WesternDutch
Okcidenta ProvincoEsperanto
LääneprovintsEstonian
Western ProvinceFinnish
OccidentalGalician
Occidental, Illas SalomónGalician
Provincia Occidental, Illas SalomónGalician
დასავლეთი პროვინციაGeorgian
Δυτική ΕπαρχίαGreek
Δυτική Επαρχία, Νήσοι ΣολομώνταGreek
પશ્ચિમી પ્રાંતGujarati
Lardin YammacinHausa
מחוז מערביHebrew
पश्चिमी प्रांतHindi
Provinsi BaratIndonesian
OccidentaleItalian
Provincia OccidentaleItalian
西部州Japanese
Provinsi BaratJavanese
ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯKannada
Батыс облысыKazakh
Батыш провинциясыKirghiz
서부주Korean
Rietumu provinceLatvian
Vakarų provincijaLithuanian
Western ProvinceMalay
पश्चिम प्रांतMarathi
Sai-pō͘ SéngMin Nan Chinese
Sai-pō͘ Séng (Só͘-lô-bûn Kûn-tó)Min Nan Chinese
WesternNorthern Frisian
Vest provinsenNorwegian Bokmål
Naannoo GidduugaleessaaOromo
ਪੱਛਮ ਸੂਬਾPanjabi
استان غربیPersian
Prowincja ZachodniaPolish
لويديز ولايتPushto
Западная провинцияRussian
බස්නාහිර පළාතSinhala
බස්නාහිර පළාත, සොලමන් දූපත්Sinhala
Gobolka GalbeedSomali
Kanda ya MagharibiSwahili
VästprovinsenSwedish
Västprovinsen, SalomonöarnaSwedish
Western ProvinceSwedish
Вилояти ҒарбӣTajik
மேற்கு மாகாணம்Tamil
Көнбайыш ӨлкәсеTatar
పశ్చిమ ప్రాంతంTelugu
เวสเทิร์น โพวิ้นThai
Western ProvinceTurkish
Західна провінціяUkrainian
مغربی صوبہUrdu
Gʻarbiy viloyatUzbek
Tỉnh Phía TâyVietnamese
Արեւմտեան նահանգWestern Armenian
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