Rennell and Bellona Province

(Also called Renbel ) Rennell and Bellona is a province of the Solomon Islands, the islands of Rennell and Bellona of the as well as a group of three uninhabited atolls ( Indispensable Reefs ) is formed. The Polynesians called the principal islands of Mu Mu Nggava and Ngiki. Both islands are predominantly inhabited by Polynesians. Rennell is one of the southernmost islands of the Solomon Islands.

The area of ​​the islands of the Renbel province amounts to 671 km ². According to the census of 2009 there lived 3,041 people.

The atolls were officially discovered by Mathew Boyd of Camberwell, an Englishman and captain of the merchant ship Bellona in 1793.

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