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The United States Census Bureau defines Niʻihau and the neighboring island and State Seabird Sanctuary of Lehua as Census Tract 410 of Kauai County, Hawaii. Its 2000 census population was 160, most of whom are native Hawaiians; [ 4 ] its 2010 census population was 170.
Kauaʻi (Hawaiian: [kɐwˈwɐʔi]), anglicized as Kauai [a] (English: / ˈ k aʊ aɪ / KOW-eye [3] or / k ɑː ˈ w ɑː. iː / kah-WAH-ee), [4] is one of the main Hawaiian Islands. It has an area of 562.3 square miles (1,456.4 km 2 ), making it the fourth-largest of the islands and the 21st-largest island in the United States . [ 5 ]
The following is a list of the islands in Hawaii. The state of Hawaii, consisting of the Hawaiian Islands, has the fourth-longest ocean coastline of the 50 states (after Alaska, Florida, and California) at 750 miles (1,210 km).
The Hawaiian Islands are about 2,500 miles (4,000 km) from North America and 3,800 miles (6,100 km) from Asia, and it is because of this isolation that the Hawaiian Islands have extraordinary numbers of unique species. [9] Only a species that could fly or swim immense distances could reach the archipelago.
Niihau, the traditions of a Hawaiian island. Mutual Publishing. ISBN 0-935180-80-X. Archived from the original on May 24, 2013. Rauzon, Mark J. (2001). Isles of Refuge: Wildlife and History of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. University of Hawaii Press. p. 12. ISBN 0-8248-2330-3. United States Census Bureau.
Map showing the location of Midway Atoll in the Hawaiian island chain. Midway Atoll (colloquial: Midway Islands; Hawaiian: Kuaihelani, lit. 'the backbone of heaven'; Pihemanu, 'the loud din of birds') [3] [4] is a 2.4 sq mi (6.2 km 2) atoll in the North Pacific Ocean.
Bathymetric map of main Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaiian archipelago is 2,000 mi (3,200 km) southwest of the contiguous United States. [46] Hawaii is the southernmost U.S. state and the second westernmost after Alaska. Like Alaska, Hawaii borders no other U.S. state.
Lihue (Hawaiian: Līhuʻe, [liːˈhuʔe]) is an unincorporated community, census-designated place (CDP) and the county seat of Kauai County, Hawaii, United States. Lihue is the second-largest town on the Hawaiian island of Kauaʻi, following Kapaʻa. As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a population of 6,455, [2] up from 5,694 at the 2000 census.