Hawaii

Daniel Akaka (D) Hawaii (Hawaiian/Hawaiian English: Hawaiʻi, with the ʻokina; also, historically, the Sandwich Islands) is the archipelago of the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Admitted on August 21, 1959, Hawaii constitutes the 50th state of the United States and is situated 2500 miles from the mainland. It is the southernmost part of that country. As of the 2000 U.S. Census it had a population of 1,211,537 people. Honolu ...

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Hawaii: Encyclopedia II - Hawaii County Hawaii - Demographics As of 2000, there were 148,677 people, 52,985 households, and 36,877 families residing in the county. The population density was 14/km² (37/mi²). There were 62,674 housing units at an average density of 6/km² (16/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 31.55% White, 0.47% African American, 0.45% Native American, 26.70% Asian, 11.25% Pacific Islander, 1.14% from other races, and 28.44% from two or more races. 9.49% o ...

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Hawaii: Encyclopedia - Chinese in Hawaii

The Chinese in Hawaii constitute about 4.7% of the state's population, most of whom (75%) have ancestors from Zhongshan in Guangdong. This number does not include people of mixed Chinese and Hawaiian descent. If all people with Chinese ancestry in Hawaii (including the Chinese-Hawaiians) are included, they form about 1/3 of Hawaii's entire population. Being U.S citizens, they are a group of Chinese Americans. Chinese in Hawaii - Origins. Historical records indicated that the earliest of the Chinese from Gua ...

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Hawaii: Encyclopedia - Blue Hawaii

Blue Hawaii is a 1961 musical film set in the state of Hawaii and starring Elvis Presley. It was one of his most popular films. Blue Hawaii - Plot. Chad Gates has just gotten out of the Army, and is happy to be back in Hawaii with his surfboard, his beach buddies, and his girlfriend. His father wants him to go to work at the Great Southern Hawaiian Fruit Company, but Chad is reluctant. So Chad goes to work as a tour guide at his girlfriend's agency. Much of the film was shot on location at the ...

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Hawaii: Encyclopedia - Constitution of Hawaii

The Constitution of Hawaii refers to various legal documents throughout the history of the Hawaiian Islands that defined the fundamental principles of authority and governance within its sphere of jurisdiction. Numerous constitutions have been promulgated for the Kingdom of Hawaii, Republic of Hawaii, Territory of Hawaii and State of Hawaii. The first constitution was drafted by Kamehameha III. A few constitutions have become historically infamous like the Bayonet Constitution of 1887 which stripped native Hawaiians of their rights in ...

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Hawaii: Encyclopedia - Honolulu Hawaii

Location of Honolulu within the City & County of Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. Honolulu is the capital and largest community of the U.S. State of Hawaiʻi. In the Hawaiian language, honolulu means "sheltered bay" or "place of shelter." The census-designated place (CDP) is located along the southeast coast of the island of Oʻahu. The term also refers to the District of Honolulu (see Geography below). As of July 1, 2004, the U.S. Censu ...

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Hawaii: Encyclopedia - Honolulu, Hawaii

Location of Honolulu within the City & County of Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. Honolulu is the capital and largest community of the U.S. State of Hawaiʻi. In the Hawaiian language, honolulu means "sheltered bay" or "place of shelter." The census-designated place (CDP) is located along the southeast coast of the island of Oʻahu. The term also refers to the District of Honolulu (see Geography below). As of July 1, 2004, the U.S. Censu ...

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Hawaii: Encyclopedia - Ancient Hawaii

Ancient Hawaiʻi refers to the period of Hawaiian history preceding the unification of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi by Kamehameha the Great in 1810. Ancient Hawaii - Polynesian Triangle. To understand Hawaiian native history and culture, one must understand the greater Polynesian phenomenon. Hawaiʻi is the apex of the Polynesian Triangle, a region of the Pacific Ocean anchored by three island groups: Hawaiʻi, Rapa Nui (Easter Island) and Aotearoa (New Zealand). The many island cultures within the Polynesian Tr ...

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Hawaii: Encyclopedia - University of Hawaii at Manoa

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is a public, co-educational university and is the main campus of the greater University of Hawaiʻi System. The school is located in Mānoa, an urban neighborhood community of Honolulu, USA, app ...

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Hawaii: Encyclopedia - University of Hawaii at Hilo

The University of Hawai'i at Hilo is one of ten branches of the University of Hawai'i System anchored by the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa in Honolulu, Hawai'i. The University of Hawai'i at Hilo is a public, co-educational university located in Hilo, Hawai'i in the United States. It was founded as Hawaii Vocational College (Hawaii College) in 1941. In 1970 it was reorganized into its present unit by an act of the Hawai'i State Legislature. Until the early 1990's UH Hilo and Hawaii Community College operated almost as a single ...

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Hawaii: Encyclopedia - Customs and etiquette in Hawaii

Because of its unique location, history, and ethnically diverse population, Hawai‘i residents observe a variety of different customs from the various ethnic groups that make up the Islands' population. Most of these customs come from its large percentage of people of Asian ancestry. Nevertheless, these customs are widely observed by the people in Hawai‘i, regardless of individual ethnicity. What is considered proper etiquette there is often different from that observed on U.S. mainland. People who move to Hawai‘i from elsewhere sometimes run into di ...

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Hawaii: Encyclopedia - Brigham Young University Hawaii

Brigham Young University Hawai‘i Laie, HI 96762 September 26, 1955 Rural Private coeducational Owned by the LDS Church 2,400 183 Eric B. Shumway Seasiders Kimo the Gecko Crimson and Gold "Enter to learn, go forth to serve" Ke Alaka'i BYU-Hawaii Brigham Young University Hawai‘i, is a private co-educational university in the town of Lā‘ie thirty-five miles from Honolulu, Hawai‘i on the windward coast of ...

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Hawaii: Encyclopedia II - Hawaii County Hawaii - Tourist information

The Big Island is famous for its volcanoes. Kilauea, the most active, has been erupting almost continuously for more than two decades. At the coast where the lava meets the ocean, one can sometimes see billows of white steam rising from off the shoreline. At night, the lava lights up the steam to give an orange glow. When the molten lava makes contact with the ocean, the sea water turns into steam, and the sudden cooling of the lava causes the newly formed lava rocks to explode and crack into small pieces. The broken up lava is further ground into black sands along the shore by the o ...

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