Honiara, population 49,107 (1999), 54,600 (2003 est.), is the capital of the Solomon Islands and of Guadalcanal Province, although it's a separately administered town. The name "Honiara" is actually a misnomer: the English colonialists found it hard to pronounce the original name of the area in the northern Guadalcanal languages: Naghoniara. Naghoniara means "in front of the wind." Geography and Climate Honiara is located on the northern coast of the island of Guadalcanal and includes a sea por… (More on Honiara)