Kohala is the name of the northwest portion of the island of Hawai?i in the Hawaiian Archipelago. In ancient Hawaii it was often ruled by an independent High Chief called the Ali?i Nui. In modern times it is divided into two districts of Hawaii County: North Kohala and South Kohala. Locals commonly use the name Kohala to refer to the census-designated places of Hala?ula, H?w?, and Kapa?au collectively. The dry western shore is commonly known as the Kohala Coast, which has golf courses and seaside resorts.
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Description
The area was named after the dominating geological feature Kohala Mountain, the oldest of Hawai?i Island's five major volcanic mountains. The current districts cover the north and western sides of the mountain, 20°7?55?N 155°47?38?W. It was one of the five ancient divisions of the island called moku.
The natural habitats in Kohala range across a wide rainfall gradient in a very short distance - from less than 5 inches (130 mm) a year on the coast near Kawaihae to more than 150 inches (3,800 mm) year near the summit of Kohala Mountain, a distance of just 11 miles (18 km). Near the coast are remnants of dry forests, and near the summit is a cloud forest, a type of rainforest that obtains some of its moisture from "cloud drip" in addition to precipitation.
This precipitation allowed the northeast coast to be developed into sugarcane plantations, including one founded by Rev. Elias Bond used to fund his church and girls' seminary.
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History
Kohala Historical Sites State Monument
The Kohala Historical Sites State Monument includes Mo?okini Heiau, a National Historic Landmark. King Kamehameha I, the first King of the unified Hawai?ian Islands, was born in North Kohala west of H?w?, at the ancient site called the Mo?okini Heiau. The heiau is a living spiritual temple, and not just an historic artifact of the Hawaiian culture.
The original Kamehameha Statue stands in front of the community center in Kapa?au, and duplicates are found at Ali?iolani Hale in Honolulu, and within the U.S. Capitol building's statue gallery in Washington, D.C.
Bond Historic District
The Bond Historic District is located in the North Kohala District, with structures from the Bond family's 19th century missionary and homesteading period on the Kohala peninsula. The Bond District has three sections:
- Bond Homestead -- the Bond House was built in the 1840s by the missionaries and later Kohala landowners Ellen and Reverend Elias Bond, and expanded by descendants through c. 1900.
- Kalahikiola Church
- Kohala Seminary
Attractions
Points of interest within Kohala include Hapuna Beach State Recreation Area, Samuel Spencer Beach, Pu?ukohol? Heiau National Historic Site, Lapakahi State Historical Park and Keokea Beach Park.
Transportation
Major thoroughfares within Kohala include Akoni Pule Highway (Hawaii state route 270) which provides access to Polol? Valley. The Hawaii Belt Road which connects in the southern end of the Akoni Pule Highway to Kona in the south and H?m?kua to the east. The Kohala Mountain Road (250) provides a link between Waimea and the Kohala CDP's of Hala?ula, H?w?, and Kapa?au.
Kohala has two small airports. Upolu Airport is on Upolu Point at the northern tip of the island. Waimea-Kohala Airport is south of the town of Waimea, Hawaii County, Hawaii. Neither has commercial flights.
Populations of Kohala
Census-designated places of North and South Kohala
- Hala?ula
- H?w?
- Kapa?au
- Puako
- Waikoloa Village
- Waimea
Unincorporated towns of Kohala
- Kawaihae
See also
- The Fairmont Orchid
- Mauna Kea Beach Hotel
References
External links
- Kohala Gallery
Source of article : Wikipedia
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