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Kapaʻa, Hawaii
Kapaa (Kauai, Kauai Hawaiian language, dialect: Tapaa) is an Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Kauai County, Hawaii, Kauai County, Hawaii, Hawaii, United States. It is the most populous town in the Kauai, island of Kauai, with a population of 11,652 as of the 2020 census, up from 9,471 at the 2000 census. Kapaʻa is a Hawaiian word meaning "the solid one". It is formed from (the) and (solid). Notable people from Kapaʻa include Lokalia Montgomery. Geography Kapaa is on the east side of Kauai at (22.088281, -159.337706). It is bordered to the south by the communities of Wailua, Kauai County, Hawaii, Wailua and Wailua Homesteads, Hawaii, Wailua Homesteads and to the east by the Pacific Ocean. Hawaii Route 56 passes through the eastern part of the community, leading north to Anahola, Hawaii, Anahola and south to Lihue, Hawaii, Lihue. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Kapaa CDP has an area of , of ...
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A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such as self-governing city (United States), cities, town (United States), towns, and village (United States), villages, for the purposes of gathering and correlating statistical data. CDPs are populated areas that generally include one officially designated but currently unincorporated area, unincorporated community, for which the CDP is named, plus surrounding inhabited countryside of varying dimensions and, occasionally, other, smaller unincorporated communities as well. CDPs include small rural communities, Edge city, edge cities, colonia (United States), colonias located along the Mexico–United States border, and unincorporated resort and retirement community, retirement communities and their environs. ...
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Lihue, Hawaii
Līhue () is an unincorporated community, census-designated place (CDP) and the county seat of Kauai County, Hawaii, United States. Līhue is the second-largest town on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, following Kapaa. As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a population of 6,455, up from 5,694 at the 2000 census. History In ancient times, Līhue was a small village. ''Līhue'' means "cold chill" in the Hawaiian language. Līhue is in the ancient district of Puna, the southeastern coast of the island, and the land division ('' ahupuaa'') of Kalapaki. Royal Governor Kaikioewa officially made it his governing seat in 1837, moving it from Waimea; he named the town after land he owned on Oahu by the same name. With the emergence of the sugar industry in the 1800s, Līhue became the central city of the island with the construction of a large sugar mill. Early investors were Henry A. Peirce, Charles Reed Bishop and William Little Lee. The plantation struggled until William Harr ...
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Anahola, Hawaii
Anahola (literally "deadly winds" in Hawaiian) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kauai County, Hawaii, United States. The population was 2,311 at the 2020 census, up from 1,932 at the 2000 census. History 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".Pukui, Mary Kawena. ''Place Names of Hawaii''. University of Hawaii Press. . Geography Anahola is located at (22.145049, -159.312969). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 9.63%, is water. The community is located on Hawaii Route 56 on the northeast coast of the island of Kauai. It is north of Lihue and southeast of Kilauea. Anahola is adjacent to Anahol ...
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Hawaii Route 56
Route 56, also known as Kuhio Highway, is the main highway on the north and east shore of Kauai island in Kauai County, Hawaii, United States. Route description Route 56 runs , stretching from Hawaii Route 50 at the junction of Rice Street in Lihue to the junction of Hawaii Route 560 in Princeville on the island of Kauai. The road is named for Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana'ole, a territorial delegate to Congress after the U.S. annexed Hawaii. The road is a major thoroughfare for eastern and northern Kauai. Leaving Lihue, the road passes the only Walmart and the major hospital on the island. It connects with Hawaii Route 51 to Lihue Airport. Following the intersection the road briefly passes through some rural patches with the occasional resort before crossing the Wailua River. At the Wailua River, there is a two-lane southbound bridge and a two-lane northbound bridge. A bridge expansion was completed in 2011. Going through Wailua and Kapaa, Hawaii 56 is jammed in the m ...
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Wailua Homesteads, Hawaii
Wailua Homesteads is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kauai County, Hawaii. The population was 5,863 at the 2020 census, up from 4,567 at the 2000 census. Geography Wailua Homesteads is located on the eastern side of the island of Kauai at (22.064507, -159.383875). It is bordered to the north by Kapaa, to the east by Wailua, and to the south by the Wailua River and its north fork. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 1.38%, are water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 4,567 people, 1,655 households, and 1,189 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 1,758 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 39.9% White, 0.4% African American, 0.4% Native American, 24.3% Asian, 7.9% Pacific Islander, 1.0% from other races, and 26.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.8% of the population. There were 1,655 hou ...
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