Temotu is the easternmost province of the Solomon Islands. The province was formerly known as the province of the "Santa Cruz Islands". It consists, essentially, of two chains of islands which run parallel to each other from the northwest to the southeast. Province is a name for a secondary, or subnational entity of government in most countries. ... The Solomon Islands is a nation in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Papua New Guinea and is part of the Commonwealth of Nations. ...
The islands or island groups which comprise the province are:
The population is quite diverse for the small land area encompassed. The Santa Cruz Islanders are predominantly Melanesian, although there are three groups of native Papuans in the Santa Cruz and Reef Islands, while the inhabitants of Tikopia, Anuta, the Duff Islands and some of the Reef Islands are Polynesians. The Santa Cruz Islands are a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean, part of the nation of the Solomon Islands, although the Santa Cruz Islands lie to the southeast of the Solomon Islands Chain. ... Tikopia is the southernmost of the Santa Cruz Islands, located in the province of Temotu. ... Melanesia (from Greek black islands) is a region extending from the west Pacific to the Arafura Sea, north and north-east of Australia. ... The term Papuan languages refers to those languages of the western Pacific which are neither Austronesian nor Australian. ... Polynesia (from Greek, poly = many and nesi = island) is a large grouping of over 1,000 islands in the central and southern Pacific Ocean. ...
The provincial capital is Lata, located on Nendo, the largest and most important of the Santa Cruz islands.
Melanesia (from Greek black islands) is a region extending from the west Pacific to the Arafura Sea, north and north-east of Australia. ... For the fictional superstate in George Orwells novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, see Oceania (fiction). ... The Pacific Ocean has an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 islands; the exact number is unknown. ... The Pacific Ocean (from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, peaceful sea, bestowed upon it by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan) is the worlds largest body of water. ...
External Links
Solomon Islands Photogallery of Temotu Province. Includes a map. (http://www.commerce.gov.sb/Gallery/Temotu.htm)
The largest island in the group is Nendo (505.5 sq km, highest point 549 m, population over 5000), followed by Vanikoro (173.2 sq km, population 800, which is actually two islands, Banie and its small neighbor Tevai) and Utupua (69.0 sq km, highest point 380 m, population 300).
Lata, located on Nendo, is the largest town, and the capital of Temotuprovince.
The term Santa Cruz Islands is sometimes used to encompass all of the islands of the present-day Solomon Islands province of Temotu, q.v.
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