North Solomons

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North Solomons can refer to three overlapping sets of Melanesian islands in the Western Pacific:

• North Solomon Islands refers to the former colony of the German Solomon Islands, mostly in the present republic of the Solomon islands
• North Solomons Province, also known as Bougainville after its largest island, is the northwestern part (further mainly comprising Buka Island) of the above, that was not transferred in 1899 to the British Solomon Islands, and is now a province of Papua New Guinea
• The Republic of North Solomons in part of the above, which unilaterally declared its independence but was reabsorbed into Papua New Guinea

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