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Ulawa Island is an island in the Solomon Islands. It is located near Malaita Island and belongs to Makira Ulawa Province. The island has an area of 65.92 km2 and has a population of 4429. A hilly island, its highest point is 181 m above sea level. Average temperatures are around 27 °C year-round, and the island receives an annual average rainfall of some 2800 mm. A dialect of the Sa'a language is spoken on Ulawa. ==History== First recorded sighting by Europeans was by the Spanish expedition of Álvaro de Mendaña in May 1568. More precisely the sighting and also landing in Ulawa was due to a local voyage done by a small boat, in the accounts the brigantine ''Santiago'', commanded by Alférez Hernando Enríquez and having Hernán Gallego as pilot. They charted it as ''La Treguada'' and reported that the name given to it by the natives was ''Uraba''.〔Sharp, Andrew ''The discovery of the Pacific Islands'' Oxford 1960 p.46.〕〔Brand, Donald D. The Pacific Basin ''A History of its Geographical Explorations The American Geographical Society'', New York, 1967, p.133.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ulawa Island」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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