Kirakira

Kirakira
Kirakira
Coordinates	10 ° 27 ′  S , 161 ° 55 ′  E Coordinates: 10 ° 27 ′  S , 161 ° 55 ′  E
Location on Makira
Basic data
Country	Solomon Islands
province	Makira and Ulawa
island	Makira
Residents	2461 (2013)
Residential accommodation in Kirakira

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 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 31 31 30th 30th 30th 30th 29 29 29 30th 30th 31 O 30th Min. Temperature (° C) 23 23 23 23 23 22nd 22nd 22nd 22nd 22nd 22nd 23 O 22.5 Temperature (° C) 26th 26th 26th 26th 26th 26th 25th 25th 26th 26th 26th 26th O 25.8 Precipitation ( mm ) 348 351 380 312 290 236 338 343 259 251 236 292 Σ 3,636 Humidity ( % ) 89 89 89 89 89.5 89.5 88 86 86.5 87.5 88.5 89 O 88.4 Source: Weatherbase.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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).
2. ↑ 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.  
3. ^ David Stanley: Moon Handbooks: South Pacific . 8th edition. Avalon Travel Publishing, 2004, ISBN 978-1-56691-411-6 , pp. 1034-1035 (English).