Kirakira
Kirakira | ||
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Coordinates | 10 ° 27 ′ S , 161 ° 55 ′ E | |
Location on Makira | ||
Basic data | ||
Country | Solomon Islands | |
Makira and Ulawa | ||
island | Makira | |
ISO 3166-2 | SB-MK | |
Residents | 2461 (2013) | |
Residential accommodation in Kirakira
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Kirakira is the provincial capital of the Solomonic province of Makira and Ulawa . Kirakira is located on the north coast of Makira (formerly San Cristóbal), the largest island in the province. Roads lead 18 km east to the Warihito River and 100 km west to Maro'u Bay.
The airfield Kirakira is from Solomon Airlines operated and offers flights to Honiara and other destinations.
climate
Monthly average temperatures and rainfall for Kirakira
Source: Weatherbase.com
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Hugh Laracy, Sam Alasia: Ples Blong IUMI: Solomon Islands, the past four thousand years . South Pacific Books Ltd, 1989, ISBN 978-982-02-0027-2 (English).
- ↑ Makira. (No longer available online.) In: Solomons Islands Visitor Bureau. Solomon Islands Tourism, archived from the original on May 9, 2013 ; accessed on May 2, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ David Stanley: Moon Handbooks: South Pacific . 8th edition. Avalon Travel Publishing, 2004, ISBN 978-1-56691-411-6 , pp. 1034-1035 (English).