Burns Creek, Honiara Explained

Burns Creek
Settlement Type:Suburb
Pushpin Map:Solomon Islands Guadalcanal
Pushpin Label Position:top
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Guadalcanal
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Solomon Islands
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Honiara Town
Subdivision Type2:Island
Subdivision Name2:Guadalcanal
Population As Of:2019
Population Total:5000
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Timezone:UTC
Utc Offset:+11
Coordinates:-9.4333°N 216°W
Elevation M:29

Burns Creek is a suburb of Honiara, Solomon Islands located to the east of the main center, south of Lungga Point and west of Henderson. It was formed following the tensions over land when displaced Malaitans founded a squatted informal settlement in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The area became known for high levels of unemployment and crime.[1]

Burns Creek as a suburb is outside of the Honiara City Council, and the creek itself forms the eastern boundary of the city council lands.[2] It is a settlement area with many working-class people; crime rates have dropped substantially since 2010.[3]

References

-8.7667°N 202°W

Notes and References

  1. Feeny . Simon . Posso . Alberto . McDonald . Lachlan . Miller-Dawkins . May . Donahue . Jaclyn . Household Vulnerability and Resilience to Shocks: Findings from Solomon Islands and Vanuatu . SSGM Discussion Paper . 2013.
  2. Web site: About Honiara City Council . Honiara City Council . 19 November 2020.
  3. Web site: Evans . Daniel . Bad places turned good: security in Melanesia's settlement communities . Devpolicy . 4 February 2019.