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Keauhou (also spelled Keauhoa or Keauhua) is an unincorporated community on the island of Hawaii in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States. Its elevation is 13 feet (4 m). Because the community has borne multiple names, the Board on Geographic Names officially designated it "Keauhou" in 1914. [1] It has a post office with the ZIP code 96739. [2]
The Keauhou area includes the Outrigger & Spa at Keauhou Bay, built in 1975, the 22.9-acre (93,000 m 2) Keauhou Shopping Center, two golf courses, timeshare, residential and resort condominiums and single-family residences. [6] The largest convention center in Kona is located at the Sheraton, just South of the bay. [7]
Kahaluʻu-Keauhou is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaiʻi County, Hawaii, United States. The population was 3,549 at the 2010 census , [ 2 ] up from 2,414 at the 2000 census . Geography
In 1970, the Keauhou Beach Hotel was built on the point South of the bay. The hotel was bought in 1987 for $13M by the Azabu Building Company, headed by Japanese businessman Kitaro Watanabe. Plans were to enlarge it and build a larger resort combined with the Kona Lagoon Hotel (built in 1975), and more facilities across the street, to be called ...
Kāneaka Hōlua Slide [3] which is better known today as the Keauhou Hōlua Slide is located in Keauhou (original name of this area was Kahaluʻu) on the island of Hawaiʻi. It is the largest historical hōlua course left in the islands. Hōlua slides were used in the extremely dangerous activity of sliding across solidified lava surface.
Kahaluʻu (/ ˌ k ɑː h ə ˈ l uː ʔ uː /; Hawaiian pronunciation: [ˈkɐhɐˈluʔu]) is a residential community and census-designated place (CDP) in the City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, in the District of Koolaupoko on the island of Oahu. In Hawaiian kaha luʻu means "diving place".
Kamehameha constructed a large ramp purely for the sport a few miles further south known as the Keauhou Holua Slide, some of which is preserved. The complex on the point was originally added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 14, 1983, as site 83000247. It is state site 10-37-2059, added November 2, 1977. [6]
English: Locator map showing the Big island of Hawaiʻi—Hawaii County — in the state of Hawaii. David Benbennick made this map. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps .