Kirakira
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Kirakira the provincial capital of the Makira-Ulawa Province
Makira-Ulawa Province
Makira-Ulawa Province is one of the provinces of the Solomon Islands. The main part of the province is Makira Island. It has a population of 31,006...

 in the Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...

. Kirakira is located on the north coast of Makira
Makira
The island of Makira is the largest island of Makira-Ulawa Province in the Solomon Islands. The island is located east of Guadalcanal and south of Malaita. The largest and capital city is Kirakira....

 (formerly San Cristobal), the largest island of the province. It has roads running 18 kilometres (11.2 mi) east to the Warihito River and 100 kilometres (62.1 mi) west to Maro'u Bay.

The Kirakira Airport
Kirakira Airport
Kirakira Airport is an airport located at Kirakira on the island of Makira , part of the Makira-Ulawa Province in the Solomon Islands. It is also known as Ngorangora Airstrip and was constructed in the late 1950s. The airport has scheduled flights provided by Solomon Airlines, using DHC-6 Twin...

 is served by Solomon Airlines
Solomon Airlines
Solomon Airlines is the national airline of the Solomon Islands, based in Honiara.- History :Solomon Airlines was established in 1962 as a charter airline by Laurie Crowley. Crowley had been flying around Papua New Guinea when he started to fly charter flights on a single Piper Aztec plane to the...

, which provides flights to Honiara
Honiara
Honiara, population 49,107 , 78,190 , is the capital of the Solomon Islands and of Guadalcanal Province, although it is a separately administered town...

and other destinations.
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