Hawaii County, Hawaii
Map
Location in the state of Hawaii
Hawaii's location in the U.S.
Statistics
Founded	1905
Seat	Hilo
Largest city	Hilo
Area  - Total  - Land  - Water	5,087 sq mi (13,175 km²) 4,028 sq mi (10,432 km²) 1,059 sq mi (2,743 km²), ?%
Population  - (2000)  - Density	148,677 36/sq mi (14/km²)
Time zone	Hawaii-Aleutian time zone: UTC-10
Website: co.hawaii.hi.us

Hawaiʻi County is a county located in the U.S. state of Hawaiʻi in the Hawaiian Islands. The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A county seat is a term for an Administrative center for a County, primarily used in the United States. Hilo (ˈhiːlo is a coastal town in the State of Hawai{{okina}}i. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume The Hawaii-Aleutian Time Zone observes Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time (HST by subtracting ten hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC-10) A county is a Land area of Regional Government within a larger State. A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the The Hawaiian Islands, once known as the Sandwich Islands, form an Archipelago of 19 Islands and Atolls numerous smaller It is coterminous with the Island of Hawaiʻi (sometimes called the Big Island). The Island of Hawaii, also called the Big Island or Hawaii Island, is a volcanic Island in the U As of 2000 Census the population was 148,677. The county seat is Hilo. A county seat is a term for an Administrative center for a County, primarily used in the United States. Hilo (ˈhiːlo is a coastal town in the State of Hawai{{okina}}i. There are no incorporated cities in Hawaiʻi County (see Hawaiʻi Counties). A municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to cities, counties, Towns The five counties of Hawai{{okina}}i on the Hawaiian Islands enjoy somewhat greater status than many counties on the United States mainland

Hawaiʻi County has a mayor-council form of municipal government. The Mayor-Council government system sometimes called the Mayor-Commission government system is one of two variations of Government used for the most part in modern Executive authority is vested in the Mayor, elected by the voters on a non-partisan basis to a four-year term. Legislative authority is vested in the nine-member County Council, each of whose members represent a district. Members of the County Council are elected on a non-partisan basis to two-year terms.

The current Mayor of Hawaiʻi County is Harry Kim. For other uses of the name Harry Kim see the disambiguation page Harry Kim.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Adjacent counties 3 County administrative districts 4 Localities 4.1 Census-designated places 4.2 Unincorporated towns 4.3 National protected areas 5 Transportation 6 Media 7 External links

Geography

Hawaiʻi County has a total area of 5,087 square miles (13,174 km²); 4,028 square miles (10,433 km²) of it is land and 1,059 square miles (2,742 km²) is water (mostly all off the ocean shoreline but counted in the total area by the U. S. Census Bureau, making these numbers unreliable for most purposes). The county's land area comprises 62. 7 percent of the state's land area. It is the highest percentage by any county in the United States. (Delaware's Sussex County comes in second at 48. Delaware ( is a state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Sussex County is a county located in the southern part of the U 0 percent, while Rhode Island's Providence County is third at 39. Rhode Island ( officially named the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States Providence County is a County located in the US state of Rhode Island. 55 percent. )

Adjacent counties

• Maui County, Hawaiʻi - northwest

County administrative districts

Including the Tax Key Map numbers:

• Puna 1
• Hilo
  • South Hilo 2
  • North Hilo 3
• Hāmākua 4
• Kohala
  • North Kohala 5
  • South Kohala 6
• Kona
  • North Kona 7
  • South Kona 8
• Kaʻū 9

Localities

Census-designated places

Ainaloa Captain Cook Eden Roc Fern Acres Fern Forest Halaʻula Hawaiian Acres Hawaiian Beaches Hawaiian Ocean View Hawaiian Paradise Park Hāwī

Hilo Hōlualoa Honalo Hōnaunau-Nāpoʻopoʻo Honokaʻa Honomū Kahaluʻu-Keauhou Kailua-Kona Kalaoa Kapaʻau Keaʻau

Kealakekua Keokea Kukuihaele Kurtistown Laupāhoehoe Leilani Estates Mountain View Nāʻālehu Nānāwale Estates Orchidlands Estates Paʻauilo

Pāhala Pāhoa Pāpaʻikou Pepeʻekeo Paukaʻa Puakō Volcano Waikoloa Village Waimea Wainaku

Unincorporated towns

• Ahualoa
• Hakalau
• Waiohinu

National protected areas

• Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge
• Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
• Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park
• Kona Forest National Wildlife Refuge
• Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park
• Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic Site

Transportation

Hilo International Airport serves the Hilo area. Maui County is a County located in the US state of Hawaii. It consists of the islands of Maui, Kahoolawe, Lānai, Puna is one of the 9 districts on the Island of Hawai{{okina}}i (Big Island (County of Hawaii Hilo (ˈhiːlo is a coastal town in the State of Hawai{{okina}}i. Hāmākua lies on the Northeast coast of the Big Island of Hawai‘i and is approximately fifty miles long ending at Waipi‘o Valley. Kohala is the name of two districts — North Kohala and South Kohala — on the northwest portion of the island of Hawai‘i in the Hawaiian Archipelago Kona is the name of a moku or district on the island of Hawai‘i in the State of Hawai‘i. Kaū is the southernmost district on the island of Hawai{{okina}}i. Ainaloa is a Census-designated place (CDP in Hawai{{okina}}i County Hawai{{okina}}i, United States. Captain Cook is a Census-designated place (CDP in Hawai{{okina}}i County Hawai{{okina}}i, in the United States. Eden Roc is also the name of an album by the Italian pianist Ludovico Einaudi Eden Roc is a Census-designated place (CDP in Fern Acres is a Census-designated place (CDP in Hawai{{okina}}i County Hawai{{okina}}i, United States. Fern Forest is a Census-designated place (CDP in Hawai{{okina}}i County, Hawai{{okina}}i, United States. Halaula is a Census-designated place (CDP in Hawai{{okina}}i County Hawai{{okina}}i, United States. Hawaiian Acres is a Census-designated place (CDP in Hawai{{okina}}i County Hawai{{okina}}i, United States. Hawaiian Beaches is a Census-designated place (CDP in Hawai{{okina}}i County Hawai{{okina}}i, United States. Hawaiian Ocean View is a Census-designated place (CDP in Hawai{{okina}}i County Hawai{{okina}}i, United States. Hawaiian Paradise Park is a Census-designated place (CDP in Hawai{{okina}}i County Hawai{{okina}}i, United States. Hāwī is a Census-designated place (CDP in Hawai‘i County Hawai‘i, United States. Hilo (ˈhiːlo is a coastal town in the State of Hawai{{okina}}i. Hōlualoa is a Census-designated place (CDP in Hawai‘i County Hawai‘i, United States. Honalo is a Census-designated place (CDP in Hawai{{okina}}i County Hawai{{okina}}i, United States. Hōnaunau-Nāpō‘opo‘o is a Census-designated place (CDP in Hawai‘i County Hawai‘i, United States. Honokaa is a Census-designated place (CDP in Hawai{{okina}}i County, Hawai{{okina}}i, United States. Honomū is a Census-designated place (CDP in Hawai‘i County Hawai‘i, United States. Kahalu‘u-Keauhou is a Census-designated place (CDP in Hawai‘i County Hawai‘i, United States. Kalaoa is a Census-designated place (CDP in Hawai{{okina}}i County Hawai{{okina}}i, United States. Kapa‘au is a Census-designated place (CDP in Hawai‘i County Hawai‘i, United States. Keaau is a Census-designated place (CDP in Hawai{{okina}}i County Hawai{{okina}}i, United States. Kealakekua is a Census-designated place (CDP in Hawai{{okina}}i County Hawai{{okina}}i, United States. Kēōkea is an unincorporated populated place in Hawai‘i County, Hawaii, United States. Kukuihaele is a Census-designated place (CDP in Hawai{{okina}}i County Hawai{{okina}}i, United States. Kurtistown is a Census-designated place (CDP in Hawai{{okina}}i County Hawai{{okina}}i, United States. Laupāhoehoe is a Census-designated place (CDP in Hawai{{okina}}i County, Hawai{{okina}}i, United States. Leilani Estates is a Census-designated place (CDP in Hawai{{okina}}i County Hawai{{okina}}i, United States. Mountain View is a Census-designated place (CDP in Hawai{{okina}}i County Hawai{{okina}}i, United States. Nāālehu (literally "the volcanic ashes" in Hawaiian) is a Census-designated place in Hawai{{okina}}i County Hawai{{okina}}i. Nānāwale Estates is a Census-designated place (CDP in Hawai{{okina}}i County Hawai{{okina}}i, United States. Orchidlands Estates is a Census-designated place (CDP in Hawai{{okina}}i County Hawai{{okina}}i, United States. Paauilo is a Census-designated place (CDP in Hawai{{okina}}i County Hawai{{okina}}i, United States. Pāhala is a Census-designated place (CDP in Hawai{{okina}}i County Hawai{{okina}}i, United States. Pāhoa is a Census-designated place (CDP in Hawai‘i County Hawai‘i, United States. Pāpaikou is a Census-designated place (CDP in Hawai{{okina}}i County Hawai{{okina}}i, United States. Pepeekeo is a Census-designated place (CDP in Hawai{{okina}}i County Hawai{{okina}}i, United States. Paukaa is a Census-designated place (CDP in Hawai{{okina}}i County Hawai{{okina}}i, United States. Puakō is a Census-designated place (CDP in Hawai{{okina}}i County Hawai{{okina}}i, United States. Volcano is a Census-designated place (CDP in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States. Waikoloa Village is a Census-designated place (CDP in Hawai{{okina}}i County Hawai{{okina}}i, United States. Waimea is a Census-designated place (CDP in Hawai{{okina}}i County Hawai{{okina}}i, United States. Wainaku is a Census-designated place (CDP in Hawai{{okina}}i County, Hawai{{okina}}i, United States. Āhualoa is an unincorporated rural area on the Island of Hawai{{okina}}i, Hawai{{okina}}i County, Hawaii, United States. Hakalau is a small unincorporated village located along the Hamakua coast about north of Hilo on the Big Island of Hawaii in the U Waiohinu ( Hawaiian translation "Shiny Water" is an unincorporated town in the district of Ka'u on the island of Hawaii in the Protected areas are locations which receive protection because of their environmental cultural or similar value Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, established in 1916 is a United States National Park located in the U Puuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park located on the west coast of the island of Hawai{{okina}}i in Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic Site is a United States National Historic Site located on the northwestern coast of the island of Hawai'i. Hilo International Airport, formerly General Lyman Field, is a public Airport of the state of Hawai'i in Hawai'i County two miles (3 km Kona International Airport serves western Hawaii Island. Kona International Airport at Keahole is an Airport on the Island of Hawai‘i, in Hawai‘i County, Hawai‘i, United States

Media

• Hawaii Tribune-Herald
• West Hawaii Today

External links

• Hawaiʻi County's Website
• Volcanoes National Park

Hawaii Tribune-Herald is a newspaper published daily in Hilo Hawaii by the Stephens Media Group. West Hawaii Today is a Kailua-Kona Hawai'i based daily newspaper

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