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| Capital
City: |
Honolulu |
| Location: |
25.00201 N, 167.99880 W |
| Area: |
10,932 sq. mi. |
| Population: |
1,187,000 (7/97) |
| Statehood: |
August 21, 1959; 50th
State |
| Song: |
Hawaii
Ponoi - Hawaii's Own |
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words by: Kalakaua |
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music by: Henri Berger |
| Nickname: |
Aloha State, Paradise
of the Pacific; |
| Origin of states
name: |
Could be based on native Hawaiian word
for |
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homeland "Owhyhee" |
| Time
zone: |
Hawaii |
| Other Cities: |
Wahiawa, Hilo; |
| Border
States: |
None |
| Geographic Center: |
Hawaii, off Maui Islands |
| Coastline: |
750 miles |
| Highest Point: |
Mauna Kea; 13796 feet |
| Agriculture: |
Sugarcane,
pineapples, livestock, macadamia nuts. |
| Industry: |
Tourism, food processing, apparel,
stone, clay, |
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and glass products; |
| National
Park: |
Haleakala, Hawaii
Volcanoes, |
| Topography: |
Eight main islands, which are the tops
of a chain of |
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submerged volcanic mountains; active
volcanoes; |
| Temperature
Summer: |
F° 79 to 90 |
| Temperature
Winter: |
F° 70 to 78 |
| Flower: |
Pua Aloalo |
| Tree: |
Kukui - Candlenut |
| Newspapers: |
Hawaii
Tribune-Herald |
| Attractions: |
Hawaii
Attractions. Roadside America |
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