Malaita

Malaita is the primary island of in . Malaita is the second most populous island of the Solomon Islands after , with a population of 172,740 as of 2019, or slightly less than a quarter of the entire national population.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Solomon Islands
  • Also known as: “Isla de Ramos”, “Mala Island”, “Mala Mara”, “Malaita Island”, “Malanta”, “Malayta”, “Mwala”, “Ngwala”, “Ostrov Malaita”, “Terra des Arsacides”, “말라이타”, “말라이타섬”, and “マレータ島”

Malaita

Latitude
-9.01748° or 9° 1′ 3″ south
Longitude
160.95392° or 160° 57′ 14″ east
Population
140,000
Elevation
850 metres (2,789 feet)
Open location code
6V22XXM3+2H
Geo­Names ID
2106553
Wiki­data ID
Q641568
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Mari—“Malaita” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ماليتا”
  • Asturian: “Islla Malaita”
  • Basque: “Malaita”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Малаіта”
  • Belarusian: “Малаіта”
  • Bulgarian: “Малаита”
  • Catalan: “Malaita”
  • Cebuano: “Malaita (pulo sa Kapupud-ang Solomon)”
  • Cebuano: “Malaita”
  • Chinese: “馬萊塔島”
  • Chinese: “马莱塔岛”
  • Croatian: “Malaita”
  • Czech: “Malaita”
  • Dutch: “Malaita”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ماليتا”
  • Esperanto: “Malaita”
  • Estonian: “Malaita”
  • Finnish: “Malaita”
  • French: “Malaita”
  • Galician: “Malaita”
  • Georgian: “მალაიტა”
  • German: “Malaita”
  • Hebrew: “מלייטה”
  • Indonesian: “Malaita”
  • Italian: “Malaita”
  • Japanese: “マライタ島”
  • Korean: “말라이타 섬”
  • Korean: “말레이타 섬”
  • Korean: “말레이타섬”
  • Latin: “Malaita”
  • Latvian: “Malaita”
  • Lithuanian: “Malaita”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Malaita”
  • Norwegian: “Malaita”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Malaita”
  • Persian: “مالائیتا”
  • Polish: “Malaita”
  • Portuguese: “Malaita”
  • Russian: “Малаита”
  • Spanish: “Isla Malaita”
  • Spanish: “Malaita”
  • Swedish: “Malaita”
  • Ukrainian: “Малаїта”
  • Urdu: “مالایتا”
  • Vietnamese: “Đảo Malaita”
  • Western Mari: “Малаита ошмаоты”

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