Guadalcanal

Guadalcanal is the largest island in the Solomon Islands' Guadalcanal Province, which is located in the southwest Pacific, northeast of Australia. It is the most beautiful islands in Solomon Islands. The island has a steep hinterland and is mostly covered in deep tropical rainforest.

According to archaeological finds at Poha Cave and Vatuluma Posovi, the island has been inhabited from at least 4500-2500 BC. Austronesian Lapita peoples inhabited the islands from 1200-800 BC.

Honiara is the capital of the Solomon Islands and the largest city in Guadalcanal. The discovery of Guadalcanal by westerners took place in 1568, during the Spanish expedition of lvaro de Mendaa. Pedro de Ortega Valencia, a participant of Mendaa's expedition, was born in the village of Guadalcanal, in the province of Seville, in Andalusia, Spain.

Location: Guadalcanal Province