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Capital: Honolulu (Oahu
Island)
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Population: 1,211,537
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State Motte: Ua Mau
Ke Ea O Ka Aina I Ka Pono
(The life of the land is
perpetuated in righteousness)
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Governor: Benjamin Cayetano
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Color of the State of Hawaii:
Red and Yellow
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Bird: Nene
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Tree: Kukui
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Flower: Yellow Hibiscus
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Song: Hawaii Ponoi |
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The State of Hawaii
is include eight major
islands followings:
1. Hawaii Island
2. Kahoolawe Island
3. Kauai Island
4. Lanai Island
5. Maui Island
6. Molokai Island
7. Niihau Island
8. Oahu Island
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Hawaii
or The Big Island is
home to five volcanoes,
three of which are active
: Mauna Lea erupts on
average of once every
five years; Haulalai
last erupted in 1801;
and Kilauea erupts almost
continuously. Kohala
is The Big Island's
oldest volcano and Mauna
Kea is Hawaii's highest
mountain at 13,796 feet.
The Big Island is appoximately
0.7 million years old.
Economic mainstay's
the Big Island are Kona
coffee, macadamia nuts,
beef, ranching, papaya
and tropical flowers.
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Kahoolawe
has been established as
a center for traditional
Hawaiian cultural, spiritual
and subsistance activities,
and work is being done
to restore it. It is the
smallest of the main islands
in the Hawaiian archipelago,
at 45 square miles. Its
highest point, Puu Moaulanui,
rises to 1,483 feet.
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Kauai
or The Garden Island
is the oldest of the
hawaiian islands, as
well as the greenest
and the wettest. Kauai
has one of the wettest
spots on Earth. It is
hard to find a day on
Kauai with no clouds
in the sky. Kauai is
the only island in Hawaii
that does not allow
a building to be built
higher than a coconut
tree. The average temperature
at Lihue Airport ranges
from 70 to 80 degrees
Fahrenheit year-round.
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Lanai
or The Pineapple Island
has a land area of 140
square miles, was formed
about 1.5 million years
ago by the volcano. Lanai
was once owned and operated
as a
pineapple plantation by
the Dole Company, Hawaii's
primary pineapple producer.
The island is now owned
by developer Castle &
Cooke one of the most
beautiful spots on Lanai
is Holopoe Bay, with its
secluded beach and crystal
clear waters.
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Maui
or The Valley Island
is the second largest
of the populated Hawaiian
Islands. Maui was transformed
by the volcano Haleakala
and consists of grasslands,
tropical rainforest,
streams, waterfalls
and white sandy beaches.
Haleakala, the highest
point of the island,
affords views of 4 major
islands. The central
Maui town of Kahului/Wailuku
is the island's business
center; west Maui, with
the sprawling beaches
and resorts of Kaanapali
and the historic whaling
town of Lahaina, is
one of Maui's major
resort areas. South
Maui is home to the
island's other main
resort area, Wailea.
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Molokai
or The Friendly Island
is locate at the center
of the Hawaiian Island
chain. Here you will find
rainforest, fern forests,
grasslands, black sand
beaches, lowland
desert, lowland forest
or Hawaii's longest white
sand beach but you won't
find traffic lights shopping
centers, highrises or
fast-food chains on this
island. One of the most
famous regions of Molokai
is the Kalaupapa Peninsula.
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Nihau
or The Forbidden Island
has a land area of 70
square miles and has
the smallest of the
populated Hawaiian Islands.
In Nihau used Hawaiian
is the offical language.
The U.S. Navy also maintains
a presence on the island,
primarily for weapons
testing. Tourism is
prohibited.
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Oahu
or The Gathering Place
is the third largest island.
In Honolulu, you will
find the center of commerce
and industry the celebrated
Waikiki beach. This island
was formed nearly 4 million
years ago, by two now-dormant
volconoes that also created
the Koolau and Waianae
mountain ranges. These
ranges run the length
of the island's eastern
and western coasts, respectively
and create specific weather
patterns for parts of
the island. More rain
falls on the eastern,
or windward, side of Oahu,
making it thick
with vegetation. The western,
or leeward, side of the
island is drier and sunnier.
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