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Island(s) Population [8] Area [8] Map Hawai'i County: 001: Hilo: 1905: Island of Hawaiʻi, with which the county is coterminous; said to be named for Hawaiʻiloa, a legendary Polynesian navigator. Hawaiʻi: 207,615: 4,028 sq mi (10,432 km 2) Honolulu County: 003: Honolulu: 1905
Hilo International Airport (IATA: ITO, ICAO: PHTO, FAA LID: ITO), formerly General Lyman Field, is a regional airport located in Hilo, Hawaiʻi, United States. [3] Owned and operated by the Hawaii Department of Transportation , the airport serves windward (eastern) Hawaiʻi island including the districts of Hilo, Hāmākua and Kaʻū , and Puna .
It is coextensive with the Island of Hawaii, often called the "Big Island" to distinguish it from the state as a whole. The 2020 Census population was 200,629. [1] The county seat is Hilo. There are no incorporated cities in Hawaii County (see Hawaii Counties). The Hilo Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Hawaii
Hilo is located on the eastern, windward side of the island, enjoying abundance of rainfall, and therefore includes the island's most populated town, also called Hilo. [ 1 ] (3) North Hilo and (2) South Hilo Districts are located in the east coast of Hawaii County ( the Big Island ).
When the airport opened, it helped accelerate a shift of tourism from East Hawaii to West Hawaii. Tourism in Hilo had already taken a hit when a tsunami destroyed all seaside hotels in 1960. [12] The full extent of the airport's impact and shift in tourism can be seen in Hawaii Island Strategic Plan for 2006 to 2015. By 2005 the percentage of ...
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Wildfires are raging in three areas on the Hawaiian island of Maui (Google Maps) ... and 911 services are out indefinitely in the west of the island. Hawaii’s National Guard ... On Big Island, a ...
Hilo, Hawaii, 1907 Hilo Iron Works, 1929. A breakwater across Hilo Bay was begun in the first decade of the 20th century and completed in 1929. On April 1, 1946, an 8.6-magnitude earthquake near the Aleutian Islands created a 46-foot-high (14 m) tsunami that hit Hilo 4.9 hours later, killing 159 total in the islands, [10] with 96 deaths in Hilo ...