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Anahola (literally "deadly winds" in Hawaiian) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kauaʻi County, Hawaiʻi, United States. The population was 2,311 at the 2020 census , [ 2 ] up from 1,932 at the 2000 census.
Kauai Community College is the county's only institution of higher education. One of the ten branches of the University of Hawaiʻi system, it offers a range of 2-year degrees and is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges .
Kapaʻa is on the east side of Kauai at (22.088281, -159.337706 It is bordered to the south by the communities of Wailua and Wailua Homesteads and to the east by the Pacific Ocean. Hawaii Route 56 passes through the eastern part of the community, leading north 6 miles (10 km) to Anahola and south 8 miles (13 km) to Lihue .
German immigrant Hermann A. Widemann (1822–1899) started one of the first sugarcane plantations in Hawaii known as Grove Farm in 1854. During the American Civil War, the demand for Hawaii sugar grew, but Widemann supported the Confederate States.
The store expanded to Kauai in 1967, to Maui in 1970, and to the Big Island in 1971. [2] Foodland is now the largest locally-owned supermarket chain in Hawaii , as well as the oldest. It competes with another Honolulu-based supermarket chain with locations statewide, like Times Supermarkets , and national chains, including Safeway , Costco ...
Kauai County firefighters are battling a brush fire at Anahola late this afternoon, mauka of Kuhio Highway, according to officials. The county issued an alert at about 4 :30 p.m., saying that ...
Hanalei was visited by many members of the Royal Hawaiian family in the 19th century. King Kamehameha II took a 42-day voyage to Kauai in 1821. Kamehameha III visited Hanalei in 1852. Kamehameha IV visited Hanalei in 1856 with Queen Emma, and visited again with their young son Prince Albert.
Kōloa is located on the southern side of the island of Kauai at (21.907137, -159.465877 It is bordered to the northwest by Omao and to the south by Poipu.. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.2 km 2), all of it recorded as land.