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Hawaiʻi Kai is located approximately 12 miles (19 km) east of the Central Business District (CBD) of Honolulu. In the 2000 U.S. Census the U.S. Census Bureau defined Hawaiʻi Kai as being in the urban Honolulu census-designated place. [2] For the 2010 U.S. Census the bureau created a new census-designated place, East Honolulu. [3]
English: Locator map showing Honolulu County — which includes the island of Oʻahu and the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, in the state of Hawaiʻi. Credits David Benbennick made this map.
The name Maunalua (from Mauna = mountain and [ʻe]lua = two, in the native Hawaiian language) refers to the designation of the area what is now referred to as "Hawaii Kai." The mountains, located inland from Portlock Point, are the 645 feet (197 meters) high Koko Head , and about 2.2 miles (3.5 kilometers) east thereof, close to Hanauma Bay the ...
Route 72, commonly known as Kalanianaʻole Highway, is the main highway serving southeast Oʻahu.Beginning at the eastern terminus of Interstate H-1 (H-1), the east–west highway travels along the southeastern shore of Oʻahu through various residential neighborhoods, including Hawaiʻi Kai.
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The United States Postal Service operates the Kailua Post Office. [25] The Hawaii Department of Public Safety operates the Women's Community Correctional Center; [26] it was defined in the Maunawili CDP as of the 2000 U.S. Census, [27] but was redefined as being in the Kailua CDP as of the 2010 U.S. Census. [28] NBC News stated that the prison ...
Historically, Kalihi Kai was the site of the former Leprosy Receiving Station, where those suspected of leprosy were examined prior to treatment or being sent to Kalaupapa on the island of Molokaʻi. Kalihi was also known for its fishponds – ʻĀpili, Pahouiki, Pahounui, ʻAuiki, and Ananoho – near the present Sand Island Access Road (Route ...
On its western slope is the community of Portlock, a part of Hawaiʻi Kai. Koko Head (at 642 ft or 196 m) is an ancient tuff cone that is somewhat dwarfed by its neighboring tuff cone, Koko Crater , with its peak, Kohelepelepe (or Puʻu Mai ), rising to 1208 ft or 368 m.