Tandai, Solomon Islands
Tandai | |
|---|---|
Suburb | |
 St. Maria Faus Tina Chapel Tandai. West of Honiara | |
  Tandai Location in Honiara (Council boundary-red box) | |
| Coordinates: 9°27′S 159°57′E / 9.450°S 159.950°E | |
| Country |  Solomon Islands |
| Province | Honiara Town |
| Island | Guadalcanal |
| Elevation | 20–100 m (66–328 ft) |
| Population (2019)[1] | |
• Total | 24,592 |
| Time zone | UTC+11 (UTC) |
Tandai is a suburb of Honiara, in the Solomon Islands, located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west of the main center on the Tandai Highway.[2] Tandai is in the Honiara City Council ward of Nggosi.[3] Tandai is east of White River and west of Rove.
RAMSI
The former RAMSI headquarters was located at Leilei in Tandai.
Land disputes
On 26 June 2009, the Solomon Islands Parliament passed a private member's motion calling on the government to address land management and administration issues in Honiara, and its surroundings.[4] The motion was moved by Isaac Inoke Tosika, the parliament member for West Honiara. This included providing resources and technical assistance to the Ministry of Lands to address land management issues, such as the need to acquire and subdivide undeveloped Fixed Term Estates in Tandai. The government was also instructed to assist citizens who have had long-term residency on those lands.
Squatter settlements in the Tandai area were caused by people who had settled on government land under temporary occupancy leases, but were evicted after the land was allocated to foreign companies.
Tandai land-owning tribes and the Honiara City Council have engaged in a boundary consultation process to address the illegal expansion of the Honiara City Boundary.[5]
By the end of the twentieth century, much urban growth was taking place in Tandai, causing planning problems related to the provision of services and related issues, and also issues of access to land. These land issues became even more central during the ethnic tension and resulted in the evacuation of some of these areas in this period, although in many cases agreements had been reached with traditional land owners. The urban area of Tandai more than tripled over the 2000s, with an annual growth rate of 7.5 percent as of 2019.[1]
Churches
Villages
- Lower Tasahe
- Rifle Range
- Tavioa Ridge
Tourism
- Tropicana Motel
- Tandai motel
Oxfam
The Oxfam building is located in Tandai, which works to strengthen the community.[8]
Utilities
The Tangai area has a low proportions of households with piped water, although efforts are underway to extend this supply.
Bishops Dale church
Tandai Christian Life Center
Oxfam building in Tandai
Tandai Service Station
References
- 1 2 "2019 Population and Housing Census National Report" (PDF). Solomon Islands National Statistics Office. 30 October 2023. p. xxviii. Archived from the original on 18 July 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
- ↑ Geographic Information Unit (June 2004). HONIARA LOCATION GUIDE. Department of Lands and Survey. p. 205.
- ↑ Honiara City Council. "Ward Map". Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ↑ "Private Member Motion on Land Passed by Parliament". National Parliament of Solomon Islands. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
- ↑ "Tandai landowners slash demarcation proposal". Solomon Star. Honiara. 17 September 2014. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
- ↑ "Public attention focuses on first poll since RAMSI". 22 March 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
- ↑ Maggio, Rodolfo. "Pentecostal Churches in Honiara" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
- ↑ "OXFAM Solomon Islands". Retrieved 26 April 2015.