New Georgia

New Georgia is the largest island in the New Georgia Islands and the Solomon Islands Western Province. It is 85 km long, 10-30 km wide and part of the southern boundary of the New Georgia Sund, which is included in the west across the Kula Gulf of Kolombangara, east of Vangunu and to the south across the Blanche Channel from Rendova. Furthermore, limited New Georgia the world's largest salt water lagoon, Marovo Lagoon and the smaller Roviana lagoon. The two largest cities are each about 3,000 inhabitants at the Munda Roviana lagoon and about 17 kilometers north Boro.

The islanders live mainly from fishing and forestry. Tourism is not overly common, although New Georgia has a good reputation for diving athletes. Munda, thanks to its airport, the tourist center of the island, which is accessible in just over an hour's flight from Honiara.

New Georgia is covered largely natural and rainforest. The locals speak the typical New Georgia languages ​​, which are a subset of the Eastern Malayo -Polynesian languages. These ten languages ​​are divided into Eastern and Western languages ​​of the Western Province again.

During the Pacific War in World War II New Georgia was occupied in April 1942 by the Japanese army, which erected there the Munda airfield. The island gained a certain level of recognition by the Battle of New Georgia. In July / August 1943 U.S. soldiers landed on the island to combat the Japanese stationed there and conquer the Munda airfield.

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