Honiara: Village-City of Solomon Islands - Paperbackby Clive Moore (Author) Nahona ara means 'facing the ara', the place where the southeast winds meet the land just west of Point Cruz. Nahona ara became Honiara, the capital city of Solomon Islands with a population of 160,000, the only significant urban centre in a nation of 721,000 people. Honiara: Village City of Solomon Islands views Honiara in several ways: first as Tandai traditional land; then as coconut plantations between the 1880s and 1930s;