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Kualapuʻu is a census-designated place (CDP) on the island of Molokai in Maui County, Hawaiʻi, United States.The population was 2,110 at the 2020 census. Kualapuʻu can be literally translated as "hill overturned", but is thought to be a corruption of Puʻuʻuala: "sweet potato hill".
It lies just off Hawaii Route 460, next to the Molokai Airport. [1] Its elevation is 620 feet (189 m). Because the community's name has been spelled multiple ways, the Board on Geographic Names officially designated it "Hoʻolehua" in 2003. [2] Hoolehua has a post office with the ZIP code 96729. [3]
Molokai ranked 10th among the 111 destination locales. The survey cited Molokai's undeveloped tropical landscape, environmental stewardship, and rich, deep Hawaiian traditions (the island's mana). The neighbor islands of Hawaii, Kauai, Maui and Oahu, ranked 50, 61, 81 and 104, respectively. [41] Molokai is believed to be the birthplace of the hula.
Kalawao County (Hawaiian: Kalana o Kalawao) is a county in the U.S. state of Hawaii. [1] It is the smallest county in the 50 states by land area and the second-smallest county by population, after Loving County, Texas. [2]
Kalaupapa postmark Kalaupapa Peninsula as seen from a descent down the sea cliffs The Kalaupapa Leper Settlement. Kalaupapa (Hawaiian pronunciation: [kəlɐwˈpɐpə]) [1] [2] is a small unincorporated community and Hawaiian home land [3] on the island of Molokaʻi, within Kalawao County in the U.S. state of Hawaii.
Ualapue (Hawaiian: ʻUalapuʻe, pronounced [ʔuwələˈpuʔe]) is an unincorporated community, census-designated place, and Hawaiian home land on the island of Molokaʻi in Maui County, Hawaii, United States. Its population was 393 as of the 2020 census. The community is located along Hawaii Route 450 on the southeast coast of the island of ...
UTC-10 (Hawaii-Aleutian) ZIP code: 96770. Area code: 808: FIPS code: 15-50150: GNIS feature ID: ... Molokai Ranch previously operated a small 22-room hotel, gas ...
Hawaiians lived along the North Shore of Molokai including Waikolu Valley, cultivating taro and other food crops. These isolated valleys were visited in the summer months when the weather is calmer; in winter, heavy surf renders the beaches inaccessible by outrigger canoe , the islanders' chief form of transportation.