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During the reign of King Kamehameha I, the island of Kauaʻi was the last of the Hawaiian islands to join Kamehameha's Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. The ruler, Kaumualii, resisted Kamehameha for years, surviving two attempts to invade Kaua'i. Anahola is the site of an ancient surfing area, Ka-nahā-wale, which literally translates to "easily broken". [3]
Līhuʻe, on the island's southeastern coast, is the seat of Kauaʻi County and the island's second-largest town. Kapaʻa, on the "Coconut Coast" (site of an old coconut plantation) about 6 mi (9.7 km) north of Līhuʻe, has a population of over 10,000, or about 50% greater than Līhuʻe.
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.
Kapaʻa (Kauaʻi dialect: Tapaʻa), also spelled Kapaa, is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Kauaʻi County, Hawaiʻi, United States.It is the most populous town in the island of Kauai, with a population of 11,652 as of the 2020 census, [2] up from 9,471 at the 2000 census.
kauai.gov Kauaʻi County ( Hawaiian : Kalana o Kauaʻi ), officially known as the County of Kauaʻi , is a county in the U.S. state of Hawaiʻi . It encompasses the islands of Kauaʻi , Niʻihau , Lehua , and Kaʻula .
The Nā Pali Coast was formed 5 million years ago, when a massive amount of water spilled onto the northwest side of the island, carving its valleys. The first settlers on the Nā Pali Coast were Polynesian navigators around 1200 AD. Soon after, many Tahitian migrants followed, shaping the culture of Kauai and other Hawaiian islands today.
Kalāheo (literally, "the proud day" in Hawaiian [2]) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Kauaʻi County, island of Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, United States. The population was 4,996 at the 2020 census, [3] up from 3,913 at the 2000 census. The National Tropical Botanical Garden is located in Kalāheo.
Route 50 is a 33-mile (53 km) road that stretches from Route 56 at the junction of Rice Street in Lihue to a point approximately 1/5 mile north of the northernmost entrance of the Pacific Missile Range Facility on the western shore of Kauai. It is the longest numbered road on the island of Kauaʻi and is named Kaumualiʻi Highway. [2] [3]