Solomon Islands
Key facts
 POPULATION (Census 2009): 515,870
AREA: 28,896 sq km
CAPITAL: Honiara
CURRENCY: Solomon Islands dollar (SBD)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION TO GDP: 0.27%
HEAD OF STATE: HM Queen Elizabeth II
GOVERNOR-GENERAL: Sir Frank Kubui
HEAD OF GOVERNMENT: Prime Minister Danny Philip
FORM OF GOVERNMENT: constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy
PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM: unicameral
STATE STRUCTURE: unitary
LANGUAGES: English (official)
NATIONAL ELECTIONS: last: Aug 2010; next: 2014
LOCAL ELECTIONS: last: Dec 2010; next: 2014
Summary
The Solomon Islands is a constitutional monarchy with three tiers of government; national, provincial and local. The constitution specifically mentions sub-national government whilst the main legislative texts for local government include the Local Government Act 1996, Provincial Government Act 1997 and the Honiara City Act 1999. The Minister for Home Affairs has responsibility for all other local government including Honiara city whilst the Minister for Provincial Government has responsibility for the provinces. Honiara City Council is currently the only established local government and is empowered to raise local revenue through property rates, business tax and through fees for services or licences.
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