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unusual facts about Sola, Vanuatu



2011 FORU Oceania Cup

Papua New Guinea won the cup, retaining their title from 2009, by winning the round-robin tournament over Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, and Niue.

Abraham de Sola

In 1848, De Sola was appointed lecturer, and in 1853 professor, of Hebrew and Oriental literature at McGill University, Montreal, and he eventually became the senior professor of its faculty of arts.

Aeglidae

They are the only anomurans to be found in fresh water except for a single hermit crab species, Clibanarius fonticola, on Espiritu Santo island, Vanuatu.

Agathis macrophylla

Agathis macrophylla, known as Pacific kauri, is a coniferous tree native to the islands of the southwestern Pacific Ocean in tropical humid lowlands and lower montane regions, notably in Fiji, Vanuatu, the Santa Cruz Islands, and the Solomon Islands.

Anoiapithecus

Fossil specimens named by Salvador Moyà-Solà Anoiapithecus brevirostris are known from deposits from Spain.

Antonija Šola

Born in Zagreb to Kaja and Marko Šola, both whom hailed from Tomislavgrad, she studied sociology and Croatian culture before turning to show business.

Avoiuli

Avoiuli (from Raga avoi "talk about" and uli "draw" or "paint") is a writing system used by the Turaga indigenous movement on Pentecost Island in Vanuatu.

Bertrand Kaï

He made his debut for New Caledonia on 14 June 2008 in the 0-0 draw with Vanuatu.

Following his impressive showing at the 2011 Pacific Games and the 2012 OFC Nations Cup, in July 2012 the Oceania Football Confederation announced that Kaï had won the men's Oceania Footballer of the Year award, beating fellow nine fellow nominees including New Zealand's Shane Smeltz and Chris Wood, and Jean Kaltack of Vanuatu.

Brzeszcze

Brzeszcze lies along regional roads nr. 933 and nr. 949, and its name comes from the brzost (Ulmus glabra) trees, which once were abundant in the Sola river valley.

Chiquititas soundtracks

Mili's theme "Ventanita De Los Sueños" samples "Había Una Vez" and "Por Una Sola Vez", two earlier themes sang by Agustina Cherri (and her character Mili).

Cyclone Yasi

Tropical Cyclone Yasi moved across Vanuatu's northern Torba Province, with winds reaching up to 95 km/h (60 mph).

Economy of Vanuatu

Copra, cocoa, kava and beef account for more than 60% of Vanuatu's total exports by value and agriculture accounts for 20% of GDP.

Florencio Randazzo

The Legislature's rejection of Gustavo Lopetegui as President of the Bank of the Province of Buenos Aires (the nation's second-largest) in December 2005 led Randazzo to recommend the relatively young Martín Lousteau to the powerful post, a decision that reaped Solá benefits when Lousteau successfully negotiated a US$65 million debt the institution owed Spain's Banco Santander.

Foreign relations of Vanuatu

Vanuatu former Foreign Affairs Minister and former chairman of the Vanuatu National Commission for UNESCO Joe Natuman expressed surprise at his country's position, saying it appeared to contradict Vanuatu's long-standing support for Palestine.

François Vincent Latil

For the ni-Vanuatu archer of the same name, see: Francois Latil.

Goodbody Stockbrokers

A whistleblower revealed that the broker illegally traded AIB Shares, through offshore blacklisted tax havens Nevis and Vanuatu.

Hola, ¿estás sola?

Hola, ¿estás sola? (Hi, Are You Alone?) is a 1995 Spanish film, a road movie, starring Silke and Candela Peña.

Human rights in Vanuatu

There have been ongoing issues relating to the prison and detention center conditions in Vanuatu at the two prisons that are currently in operation in Port Villa and Luganville.

Kári Stefánsson

In June 2012 his daughter, Sólveig "Sóla" Káradóttir, married Dhani Harrison, son of the late George Harrison and his wife, Olivia Harrison.

Lakona

Lakona Bay, a bay on the western coast of Gaua island in Vanuatu (where Lakon is spoken)

Lapita culture

Excavation of a large cemetery at Teouma on Efate Island in Vanuatu, discovered in 2003, found 36 bodies in 25 graves, as well as burial jars.

Law of Vanuatu

Law in the Republic of Vanuatu consists of a mixed system combining the legacy of English common law, French civil law and indigenous customary law.

Longnose houndshark

The longnose houndshark, Iago garricki, is a hound shark of the family Triakidae found in the western Pacific off northern Australia and Vanuatu between latitudes 9° S and 26° S, at depths of between 250 and 475 m.

Lopevi

Lopevi (or Lopévi) is an uninhabited island in Malampa Province, Vanuatu.

Media of Vanuatu

Television Blong Vanuatu (Bislama for "Television of Vanuatu"), is operated by the state's Vanuatu Broadcasting and Television Corporation.

Meiolania

Remains of M. damelipi have been found on the island of Efate in Vanuatu, associated with settlements from the Lapita culture.

Mekosuchus

Another Holocene species is known, M. kolpokasi which lived on the island of Efate, Vanuatu approximately 3,000 years ago (again disappearing with the arrival of man).

Naoki Hisaya

Afterwards, Hisaya once again quit the company he was working for, but at Comiket 70 in August 2006, it was announced that he would now be working with illustrator Naru Nanao on a series entitled Sola as the main concept writer.

Nese

Nese language, an Oceanic language or dialect spoken in Vanuatu

Pacific Institute of Public Policy

Participants including the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Vanuatu, Dame Carol Kidu MP and the Director of the Melanesian Spearhead Group.

Pacific sheath-tailed bat

The Pacific sheath-tailed bat or Polynesian sheath-tailed bat (Emballonura semicaudata) is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae found in American Samoa, Fiji, Guam, Micronesia, Palau, Samoa (where it is called pe'a vai, tagiti or pe'ape'a vai), Tonga, and Vanuatu.

Prince Philip Movement

The Prince Philip Movement is a religious sect followed by the kastom people around Yaohnanen village on the southern island of Tanna in Vanuatu.

Robert Tasso

Tasso made his debut for Vanuatu on 8 July 2011, in the 2-1 defeat to Solomon Islands.

Sanmina-SCI Corporation

The Sanmina company was founded by Milan Mandarić and Jure Sola in 1980, as a printed circuit manufacturer.

Shilling

In Vanuatu and Solomon Islands, selen is used in Bislama and Pijin to mean "money"; in Malaysia, syiling (pronounced like shilling) means "coin".

Solomon Archipelago

It includes the tropical ocean waters surrounding most of the Solomon Islands (excluding the Santa Cruz Islands, which are part of the Vanuatu marine ecoregion), and the waters surrounding the Bougainville, Buka, and Tabar Islands of Papua New Guinea.

Southern Islands by-election, 2009

The seat was retained by the Vanua'aku Pati; its candidate, Philip Charley, finished "well ahead" of the candidates from the Union of Moderate Parties and the National United Party.

Soy Rebelde

Songwriter Manuel Alejandro wrote the song for a Mexican singer, Sola, but offered it to Jeanette, who is half Spanish.

Susan S. Jacobs

A former U.S. Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, she also served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Global Issues in the Bureau of Legislative Affairs.

Ted Taylor

Teddy B. Taylor, U.S. diplomat, United States Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, accredited to Solomon Islands, Vanuatu

The Lutheran Evangelical Protestant Church

Martin Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses can be summarized as “Sola Gratia" ("by Divine Grace alone"), Sola Fide ("by Faith alone”), and Sola Scriptura ("by the Bible alone").

Vanua Lava

Bislama is the language most often heard in Sola, the administrative capital where people from different language backgrounds meet.

The capital of Torba province, Sola, is located on the east side of the island, on Port Patteson.

Vanuatu branch of The Scout Association

In 1999 Norvan Vogt a Rover Scout from Queanbeyan Rovers, who was deployed with the Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development, was able to register the organisation, to establish a national HQ and to run a series of training activities This proved to be the catalyst for a sustained period of growth of Scouting in Vanuatu.

Vanuatu Kingfisher

The only other kingfisher in Vanuatu is the Collared Kingfisher which has paler blue-green upperparts, whiter underparts and a buff stripe above the eye.

Vanuatuan general election, 2008

The Vanua'aku Pati had won the most seats (11 out of 52) and Edward Natapei was expected to become prime minister; he was expected to select outgoing prime minister Ham Lini (National United Party) as his deputy.


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