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Waimea's post office name "Kamuela" is the Hawaiian name for "Samuel", after Samuel Parker (1853–1920), the grandson of John Parker. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Hawaii Route 19 passes through the community, leading southeast 56 miles (90 km) to Hilo and southwest 43 miles (69 km) to Kailua-Kona via a route close to the shore.
Kailua / k aɪ ˈ l uː ə / (Hawaiian pronunciation: [kɐjˈluwə]) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States.It lies in the Koʻolaupoko District of the island of Oʻahu on the windward coast at Kailua Bay.
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Waimea-Kohala Airport (IATA: MUE, ICAO: PHMU, FAA LID: MUE) is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.2 mi; 1.9 km) southwest of Waimea, an unincorporated town in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States. Hawaiian Airlines began scheduled passenger service from the airport in November 1953. [3]
Hawaii Route 19 passes through the community, leading southeast 34 miles (55 km) to Hilo and west 21 miles (34 km) to Waimea. According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.8 km 2 ), of which 1.0 square mile (2.7 km 2 ) is land and 0.0 square miles (0.1 km 2 ), or 4.14%, is water.
The Hawaii Department of Public Safety operates the Women's Community Correctional Center in what was the Maunawili CDP as of the 2000 U.S. Census. [7] [8] The Hawaii Department of Human Services's Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility (HYCF) was located in Maunawili CDP as of 2000.
Hawaii County has a total area of 5,086.70 square miles (13,174.5 km 2); 4,028.02 square miles (10,432.5 km 2) is land and 1,058.69 square miles (2,742.0 km 2) is water [3] (mostly all off the ocean shoreline but counted in the total area by the U.S. Census Bureau).
Hawaii Route 270 is the main road through the community. According to the United States Census Bureau , the Kapa'au CDP has a total area of 2.9 square miles (7.4 km 2 ), of which 74,630 square feet (6,933 m 2 ), or 0.09%, are water.