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As one of only seven majority-minority states, it has the only Asian American plurality, the largest Buddhist community, [12] and largest proportion of multiracial people in the U.S. [13] Consequently, Hawaii is a unique melting pot of North American and East Asian cultures, in addition to its indigenous Hawaiian heritage.
NELHA (Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority), a 675-acre (273 ha) state developed site, is a green economic development ocean science and technology park on the west side of the island. It provides resources and facilities for energy and ocean-related research, education, and commercial activities in an environmentally sound and ...
[27] In turn, the Legislature of Hawaii created the Kahoʻolawe Island Reserve Commission to exercise policy and management oversight of the Kahoʻolawe Island Reserve. As directed by Title X and in accordance with a required memorandum of understanding between the U.S. Navy and the state of Hawaii, the Navy transferred the title to the land of ...
The history of Hawaii began with the discovery and settlement of the Hawaiian Islands by Polynesian people between 940 and 1200 AD. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The first recorded and sustained contact with Europeans occurred by chance when British explorer James Cook sighted the islands in January 1778 during his third voyage of exploration .
The flag of Hawaii, also known as the Hawaiian flag, [a] is the official flag of the U.S. state of Hawaii. It consists of a field of eight horizontal stripes, in the sequence of white, red, blue, white, red, blue, white, red with a British Union Jack depicted as a canton (placed in the upper-left corner).
The nēnē is Hawaii's state bird and endemic to the islands. ... They have a unique call too, (which) a colleague of mine referred to the call as a ‘rusty robot’ call … it's actually quite ...
Nickname: The Aloha State Capital and largest city: Honolulu Governor: Josh Green (D) Lieutenant Governor: Sylvia Luke (D) Total area: 6,471 miles² Population (2010 census): 1,360,301
And the Instagram page ‘Unbelievable Facts’ is one of the best places to do just that. Every day, they share fascinating trivia, building a collection that now includes over 10,000 unique ...