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Kauaʻi and Niʻihau are said to have carried the "highest blood lines" in the Hawaiian Islands. [19] Kamehameha managed to unify all of the islands by 1795, except for Kauaʻi and Niʻihau. [20] Two attempts to conquer those islands had failed, and Kamehameha lost many men: bodies covered the beaches on Kauaʻi's eastern shores. [21]
Hawaiʻi County centers on Hawaiʻi Island.With an area of 4,028 sq mi (10,430 km 2), it is larger than all of the other islands of Hawaii combined, encompassing approximately 62.7% of the entire state's land area.
Puʻuwai (literally, "heart" in Hawaiian, [1] pronounced [puʔuˈvɐj]) is an unincorporated community in Kauai County, Hawaii, United States, [2] and the only settlement on the island of Niʻihau. It is at the western coast of the small island, and Native Hawaiians who live in this village speak the Niihau dialect of the Hawaiian language. The ...
Kauaʻi County (Hawaiian: Kalana o Kauaʻi), officially known as the County of Kauaʻi, is a county in the U.S. state of Hawaiʻi. It encompasses the islands of Kauaʻi, Niʻihau, Lehua, and Kaʻula. According to the 2020 Census, the population was 73,298. [1] The county seat is Līhuʻe. [2]
Kahoʻolawe (Hawaiian: [kəˈhoʔoˈlɐve]), anglicized as Kahoolawe (/ k ɑː ˌ h oʊ oʊ ˈ l ɑː w eɪ,-v eɪ / kah-HOH-oh-LAH-weh, -veh [3]), is the smallest of the eight main volcanic islands of the Hawaiian Islands. Unpopulated, it lies about seven miles (11 km) southwest of Maui.
Hawaiian Islands from space. [11] 3-D perspective view of the southeastern Hawaiian Islands, with the white summits of Mauna Loa (4,170 m or 13,680 ft high) and Mauna Kea (4,207.3 m or 13,803 ft high). The islands are the tops of massive volcanoes, the bulk of which lie below the sea surface.
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All the counties were created in 1905 from unorganized territory, seven years after the Territory of Hawaii was created. [2] [3] The county of Kalawao was historically exclusively used as a leper colony, and does not have many of the elected officials the other counties do. [4] Many services for Kalawao County are provided by Maui County.