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Kailua-Kona is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States.It's most commonly referred to simply as Kona (a name it shares with the district to which it belongs), but also as Kona Town, and occasionally as Kailua (a name it shares with a community on the windward side of Oʻahu), thus its less frequent use.
Kona District, Hawaii, USA; on the western coast of the island of Hawaiʻi. Kona means "Leeward" in Hawaiian. In Ancient Hawaii each island had a "Kona" district. Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, USA; sometimes called Kona Town; Kona, Kentucky, USA; Kona, North Carolina, USA; Kona Department, a department in Mouhoun Province, Burkina Faso
Kona is a moku or district on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi in the State of Hawaii, known for its Kona coffee and the Ironman World Championship Triathlon. [1] In the administration of Hawaiʻi County , the moku of Kona is divided into North Kona District ( Kona ‘Akau ) and South Kona District ( Kona Hema ).
Hawaii's Big Island is also home to Kailua-Kona, a town on the western side of the island. Meanwhile, "low" r ... the term "Kona" is a Hawaiian word that means leeward and describes winds with a ...
The Hawaiian voyaging canoe, Hokuleʻa, arrives off Kailua Beach Kailua Bay Sunset Kaʻōhao ( pronounced [kəʔˈoːhao] ) is the earliest known Hawaiian name for the place known as "Lanikai." Kaʻōhao means "the tying" and is derived from an old story in which "two women were tied together here with a loincloth after being beaten in a ...
All the counties were created in 1905 from unorganized territory, seven years after the Territory of Hawaii was created. [2] [3] The county of Kalawao was historically exclusively used as a leper colony, and does not have many of the elected officials the other counties do. [4] Many services for Kalawao County are provided by Maui County.
This week we have Kona Stories in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii! What’s your store’s story? Established in 2006 by Brenda McConnell and Joy Vogelgesang, Kona Stories is a women-owned general interest ...
Kealakekua Bay is located on the Kona coast of the island of Hawaiʻi about 12 miles (19 km) south of Kailua-Kona.Settled over a thousand years ago, the surrounding area contains many archeological and historical sites such as religious temples and also includes the spot where the first documented European to reach the Hawaiian islands, Captain James Cook, was killed.