Solomon Island , 1 okelau, People, re ourc: , and equipment Population 1960 125 000**, 1970 163 000*, 1976 200000* Growth: 1960-70 2.7** %pa, 1970-76 3.5* %pa Density (1976): 7* people per km • • !l. . Location South-west Pacific Ocean Vital statistics (rate per I 000 people, 1969): births 36.1, deaths 13.0 (~ Includes 3 islands; Western is about Cities (population in 000, 1976) • (capital) 15* l.-1...,, 430 km to the south ~~-~ ·~ Land Area!Okm• =4mi• •On Guadalcanal ~· Climate Tropical Race (1970) Melanesian 93 %, Polynesian 4 %, Micronesian 1 %, , ,·· ' Weather at , 3m altitude European I % Cj Temperature: hottest month May 27-31 oc, ~nguage English; Pidgin and many local languages and dialects are also coldest Feb 26-30 muse 0 1 oc Rainfall (av monthly): driest May 175 mm, Religion (1970) Christian 94 %, Animist 5 % t!7 · wettest Feb 409 mm Education (1973) Pupils 28 039, teachers I 266 L------1 Time II hours behind GMT Labour fo~ce (wage-~aming, 1974) 13 384; in agriculture 4 088 (31 %), constructiOn 985 (7 %), transport and communication 1 143 (9 %) Measures UK (imperial) system, converting to the metric system Personnel ScJentJsts and engineers (1971/72): 129 Monetary unit dollar (NZ $) = 100 cents Physicians (197 5) : 37, 1 per 4 470 people Rate of exchange (1976 av): free NZ $ 1.004 = $ I, NZ $ 1.813 = £ 1 Standard ofliving National income per person (1976): Sl $ 240** = $ 300** = £ 160** ~Ullllllilrl Consumption per person (1975): energy 241 kg coal equivalent electricity 80* kWh ' Poli~ical. New Zealand overseas territory from January 1, 1949. Telephones (Dec 1976): 1 838, 9 per I 000 people Terntonal member of South Pacific Commission Livestock (000, 1976) Cattle 23*, pigs 34*, chickens 133• Economic An agricultural economy with copra the main export. Due to Electrical capacity (1975) 8* megawatts the restricted potential of the islands, the islanders began in 1965 a policy Hospitalbeds(l971) 1413,1 per 120people of resettlement in New Zealand, but this was suspended in 1975 when over-population became less important Roads(1975) 1220km = 760mi,density0.041 kmperkm• Ships (registered, 1977) 9, total of 1 746 gross tons Ports Honiara, Gizo, Yandina Pcuplc, re,ourcc,, production, tlnan c and trade Airports Henderson (16 km from Honiara), Kukum (Honiara), and 21 other airports with scheduled flights Population 1960 1 900*, 19701 640*, 1976 1 575 Radio sets (Dec !9i5) 10 000,53 per 1 000 people Growth: 1960-70 -1.5* %pa, 1970-76 - 0.7* %pa Passenger cars (Dec 1974) 936, 5 per I 000 people, 0.8 per km of road Density (1976) : !57 people per km• Commercialvehicles(Dec 1974) 607,3 per I 000 people, 0.5 per km of road Vital statistics (rate per I 000 people, 1972): births 24.5, deaths 5.6 Regions (population in 000, 1976; total of I 575) Atafu 546, 363, Fakaofo 666 Production, finance and trade Race Tokelauan(Polynesian; akin to Samoan) Language Tokelauan and English Gross domestic product 1975: SI $47.3 mn = $62 mn = £28 mn Religion Mainly Christian 1976 est: Sl $50** mn = $ 60** mn = £ 34** mn Main products (000 t, 1976) Sweet potatoes 48*, taro 15*, yams 13* , Education (1976) Pupils 560**, teachers 51 coconuts 1.8?*, copra 24*, pigmeat 1*, fish catch 19, timber (000 m') Labour force (1972) 359 421 , electnc1ty (public supply only, consumption, mn kWh, 1975) 16* Nationalincomeperperson(l976) NZ $ 500*** = $ 500*** = £ 280*** Transporttraffic (1973) Sea Goods loaded 154 000 t, unloaded 62 000 t Livestock (000, 1976) Pigs I*, chickens 3* Gross domestic product Consumerpriceindex(Honiara, 1971 = 100) 1976150.6; growth197!-768.5 %pa 1976 est: NZ $ 0.8***mn = $ 0.8** *mn = £ 0.4***mn Main products (000 t, 1976). Coconuts 2*, copra 0.16*, eggs 0.006* Budget (1 976) Revenue: SI $ I 0.3 mn = $ 12.6 mn = £ 7.0 mn Budget(l976f77; year ending March 31st) Expenditure: SI $8.1 mn = $9.9 mn = £5.5 mn Extemaltrade(l976) Imports:SI $21.9mn = $27mn = £15 mn Revenue: NZ $ Ill 000 = $ 108 000 = £66 000 Expenditure: NZ $ 957 000 = $ 933 000 = £ 566 000 Exports: Sl $ !9.3 mn = $24 mn = £13 mn Main imports(t975) %of total Main exports (1975) %of total The deficit is made up by grants from New Zealand Machinery, non-electric 17 Copra 39 Exterualtrade (1976/77) Food 14 Timber 27 Imports: NZ $ I.O***mn = $ l.O***mn = £0.6***mn (of which, rice 4) Fish 24 Exports: NZ $ 0.013mn = $ 0.013mn = £ 0.009mn Metal small manufactures 12 Main imports Food, petroleum products, building material Petroleum products 10 Main export Copra 100 % Chemicals 8 Main source and destination New Zealand Electrical machinery 5 Motor vehicles 4 Textile yarns and fabrics 3 Iron and steel 3 Ships and boats 3 Tonga Main sources (1975) Main destinations (1975) Ktngdom of Tonga 35 Japan 29 Putc·anga Tonga United Kingdom 14 United Kingdom II Location South-west Pacific Ocean Japan 13 France 8 ..,_ Singapore 10 Denmark 8 Comprises an archipelago of about !50 islands· United States 4 West Germany 7 is about 600 km to the west and Sydney ' ··~. West Germany 3 (Australia) about 3 000 km to the south-west. Netherlands 6 ..": Malaysia 3 Norway 6 There are 3 main groups, Tongatapu, Vava'u New Zealand 3 Sweden 5 and Ha'apai Land Area 700 km • = 270 mi • Climate Sub-tropical (warm and humid during January- March) Weather at Nuku'alofa, 3m altitude Temperature: hottest month Feb 23- 29 oc, coldest July 18-25 oc Ramfall (av monthly): driest month Oct 99 mm, wettest Mar 218 mm Time 13 hours ahead of GMT Measures UK (imperial) system, converting to the metric system

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