Back ماليتا Arabic ماليتا ARZ Islla Malaita AST Малаіта BE Малаита Bulgarian Malaita (pulo sa Kapupud-ang Solomon) CEB Malaita Czech Malaita German Isla Malaita Spanish Malaita EU
 Malaita Island seen from space (false colour) | |
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| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Pacific Ocean |
| Coordinates | 9°01′03″S 160°57′14″E / 9.01750°S 160.95389°E |
| Archipelago | Solomon Islands |
| Area | 4,307 km2 (1,663 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 1,303 m (4275 ft) |
| Highest point | Mount Kalourat |
| Administration | |
Solomon Islands | |
| Province | Malaita |
| Largest settlement | Auki (pop. 7,882 (2021) |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 161,832 (2021) |
| Pop. density | 32.5/km2 (84.2/sq mi) |
| Ethnic groups | See § Demographics and culture |
Malaita is the primary island of Malaita Province in Solomon Islands. Malaita is the most populous island of the Solomon Islands, with a population of 161,832 as of 2021,[1] or more than a third of the entire national population. It is also the second largest island in the country by area, after Guadalcanal.
The largest city and provincial capital is Auki, on the northwest coast and is on the northern shore of the Langa Langa Lagoon. The people of the Langa Langa Lagoon and the Lau Lagoon on the northeast coast of Malaita call themselves wane i asi ‘salt-water people’ as distinct from wane i tolo ‘bush people’ who live in the interior of the island.[2]
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South Malaita Island, also known as Small Malaita and Maramasike for Areare speakers and Malamweimwei known to more than 80% of the islanders, is the island at the southern tip of the larger island of Malaita.
- ^ The National Statistics Office gives the estimated 2007 population of the whole province, including Small Malaita and other outlying islands, as 149,180.
- ^ Akimichi, Tomoya (1992). The ecological aspect of Lau (Solomon Islands) ethnoichthyology. 87 (4) Journal of the Polynesian Society. pp. 301–326. Archived from the original on 21 February 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2014.