This article is about the biggest city and state capital town/city of Hawaii, inside the county of Honolulu.
Honolulu, Hawaii City and County of Honolulu Clockwise: Aerial view of Downtown Honolulu, Pearl Harbor right outside the city, statue of King Kamehameha I in downtown, Diamond Head, waterfront on Waikiki Beach, and Honolulu Hale (City Hall) Clockwise: Aerial view of Downtown Honolulu, Pearl Harbor right outside the city, statue of King Kamehameha I in downtown, Diamond Head, waterfront on Waikiki Beach, and Honolulu Hale (City Hall) Flag of Honolulu, Hawaii Flag Official seal of Honolulu, Hawaii Town ("Town" is a generally used small-town nickname for Honolulu, in reference to the fact that the Honolulu, or "Town" side of the island is the most urbanized and dense part of Oahu.) Motto: Ha aheo No O Honolulu (The Pride of Honolulu) Location in Honolulu County and the state of Hawaii Location in Honolulu County and the state of Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii is positioned in Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii - Honolulu, Hawaii Location in Honolulu County and the state of Hawaii County Flag of Honolulu, Hawaii.svg Honolulu Honolulu (/ h n lu lu / or / ho no lu lu /; Hawaiian pronunciation: [hono lulu]) is the capital and biggest city of the U.S.
It is an unincorporated part of and the governmental center of county of the City and County of Honolulu on the island of Oahu. The town/city is the chief gateway to Hawaii and a primary portal into the United States.
Honolulu is the most remote town/city of its size in the world and is both the westernmost and the southernmost primary U.S.
Enumeration Bureau recognizes the approximate region commonly referred to as "City of Honolulu" (not to be confused with the "City and County") as a census county division (CCD). Honolulu is a primary financial center of the islands and of the Pacific Ocean.
The populace of the town/city of Honolulu was 337,256 as of the 2010 census, while the Honolulu CCD was 390,738 and the populace of the merged town/city and county was 953,207.
Honolulu means "sheltered harbor" or "calm port". The old name is said to be Kou, a precinct roughly encompassing the region from Nuuanu Avenue to Alakea Street and from Hotel Street to Queen Street which is the heart of the present downtown district. The town/city has been the capital of the Hawaiian Islands since 1845 and attained historical recognition following the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan near the town/city on December 7, 1941.
As of 2015, Honolulu was ranked high on world livability rankings, and was also ranked as the 2nd safest town/city in the U.S. It is also the most populated Oceanian town/city outside Australasia and rates second to Auckland as the most crowded city in Polynesia. These indicate that there was a settlement where Honolulu now stands in the 11th century. However, after Kamehameha I conquered O ahu in the Battle of Nu uanu at Nu uanu Pali, he moved his royal court from the Island of Hawaii to Waikiki in 1804.
His court relocated in 1809 to what is now downtown Honolulu.
In 1794, Captain William Brown of Great Britain was the first foreigner to sail into what is now Honolulu Harbor. More foreign ships followed, making the port of Honolulu a focal point for merchant ships traveling between North America and Asia.
In 1845, Kamehameha III moved the permanent capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom from Lahaina on Maui to Honolulu.
At the same time, Honolulu became the center of commerce in the islands, with descendants of American missionaries establishing primary businesses in downtown Honolulu. Even with the history of the late 19th century and early 20th century, such as the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy in 1893, Hawaii's subsequent annexation by the United States in 1898, followed by a large fire in 1900, and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, Honolulu remained the capital, biggest city, and chief airport and seaport of the Hawaiian Islands. Modern air travel brings, as of 2007, 7.6 million visitors annually to the islands, with 62.3% entering at Honolulu International Airport. Today, Honolulu is a undivided town/city with various high-rise buildings, and Waikiki is the center of the tourism trade in Hawaii, with thousands of hotel rooms.
The UK consulting firm Mercer, in a 2009 assessment "conducted to help governments and primary companies place employees on global assignments", ranked Honolulu 29th around the world in character of living; the survey factored in political stability, personal freedom, sanitation, crime, housing, the natural surrounding, recreation, banking facilities, availability of consumer goods, education, and enhance services including transportation. Astronaut photograph of Honolulu, HNL Airport, and Pearl Harbor taken from the International Space Station Honolulu is the most remote primary city in the world. The closest locale on the mainland to Honolulu is the Point Arena Lighthouse in California, at 2,045 nautical miles (3,787 km). (Nautical vessels require some additional distance to circumnavigate Makapu u Point.) However, part of Mexico and part of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska are slightly closer to Honolulu than the mainland.
Honolulu as seen from the International Space Station Downtown Honolulu is the financial, commercial, and governmental center of Hawaii.
The Arts District Honolulu in downtown/Chinatown is on the easterly edge of Chinatown.
The Capitol District is the easterly part of Downtown Honolulu.
It is the current and historic center of Hawaii's state government, incorporating the Hawaii State Capitol, Iolani Palace, Honolulu Hale (City Hall), State Library, and the statue of King Kamehameha I, along with various government buildings.
Also in Ala Moana is the Honolulu Design Center and Ala Moana Beach Park, the second biggest park in Honolulu.
Waikiki is the tourist precinct of Honolulu, positioned between the Ala Wai Canal and the Pacific Ocean next to Diamond Head.
Nu uanu and Pauoa are upper-middle-class residentiary districts positioned inland of downtown Honolulu.
Waialae and Kahala are upper-class districts of Honolulu positioned directly east of Diamond Head, where there are many high-priced homes.
East Honolulu includes the residentiary communities of Aina Haina, Niu Valley, and Hawaii Kai.
Salt Lake and Aliamanu are (mostly) residentiary areas assembled in extinct tuff cones along the end of the Honolulu District, not far from the Honolulu International Airport.
Moanalua is two neighborhoods and a valley at the end of Honolulu, and home to Tripler Army Medical Center.
Honolulu experiences a hot semi-arid climate (Koppen classification BSh), with a mostly dry summer season, due to a precipitation shadow effect. Temperatures vary little throughout the months, with average high temperatures of 80 90 F (27 32 C) and average lows of 65 75 F (18 24 C) throughout the year.
Honolulu has an average of 278 sunny days and 90 rainy days per year.
Honolulu falls under the USDA 12a Plant Hardiness zone. Climate data for Honolulu International Airport (1981 2010 normals, extremes 1877 present) Climate data for Honolulu Panorama of Honolulu's waterfront in February 2007.
Map of ethnic distribution in Honolulu, 2010 U.S.
The populace of Honolulu was 390,738 as stated to the 2010 U.S.
Hispanics and Latinos of any race made up 5.4% of the population. In 1970, the Enumeration Bureau reported Honolulu's populace as 33.9% white and 53.7% Asian and Pacific Islander. Asian Americans represent the majority of Honolulu's population.
Honolulu's urban region was the fourth most populated in the United States as stated to the 2010 U.S.
Honolulu viewed from Diamond Head crater The biggest city and airport in the Hawaiian Islands, Honolulu acts as a natural gateway to the islands' large tourism industry, which brings millions of visitors and contributes $10 billion annually to the small-town economy.
Honolulu's locale in the Pacific also makes it a large company and trading hub, especially between the East and the West.
Among the companies based in Honolulu are: Hawaiian Airlines, Island Air, and Aloha Air Cargo are headquartered in the city. Prior to its dissolution, Aloha Airlines was headquartered in the city. At one time Mid-Pacific Airlines had its command posts on the property of Honolulu International Airport. In 2009, Honolulu had a 4.5% increase in the average price of rent, maintaining it in the second most expensive rental market ranking among 210 U.S.
First Hawaiian Bank is the biggest and earliest bank in Hawaii and their command posts are at the First Hawaiian Center, the tallest building in the State of Hawaii.
With symbolic native-styled architectural features, First Hawaiian Center is the tallest building in Hawaii and home to a Honolulu Museum of Art Spalding House loggia The Bishop Museum is the biggest of Honolulu's exhibitions.
It is endowed with the state's biggest compilation of natural history specimens and the world's biggest compilation of Hawaiiana and Pacific culture artifacts. The Honolulu Zoo is the chief zoological institution in Hawaii while the Waikiki Aquarium is a working marine biology laboratory.
Established for appreciation and botany, Honolulu is home to a several plant nurseries: Foster Botanical Garden, Lili uokalani Botanical Garden, Walker Estate, among others.
Established in 1900, the Honolulu Symphony is the second earliest US symphony orchestra west of the Rocky Mountains.
Honolulu is also a center for Hawaiian music.
Honolulu also includes a several venues for live theater, including the Diamond Head Theatre.
Various establishments for the visual arts are positioned in Honolulu.
The Honolulu Museum of Art is endowed with the biggest compilation of Asian and Western art in Hawaii.
Since the consolidation of the Honolulu Academy of Arts and The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu (now called the Honolulu Museum of Art Spalding House) in 2011, the exhibition is also the only intact art exhibition in the state.
The intact collections are homed at chief campus (Spalding House) in Makiki and a multi-level loggia in downtown Honolulu at the First Hawaiian Center.
Honolulu also annually holds the Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF).
Diamond Head and Honolulu viewed from Round Top Drive Honolulu Museum of Art Honolulu Zoo Honolulu's climate lends itself to year-round activities.
In 2004, Men's Fitness periodical titled Honolulu the fittest town/city in the United States. Honolulu has three large road competitions: The Honolulu Marathon, held annually on the second Sunday in December, draws more than 20,000 participants each year, about half to two thirds of them from Japan.
The Honolulu Triathlon is an Olympic distance triathlon event governed by USA Triathlon.
Ironman Hawaii was first held in Honolulu, it was the first ever Ironman and is also the World Champs.
Fans of spectator sports in Honolulu generally support the football, volleyball, basketball, rugby union, rugby league and baseball programs of the University of Hawaii at Manoa. High school sporting affairs, especially football, are especially popular.
It was the home of the Hawaii Islanders (Pacific Coast League, 1961 87), The Hawaiians (World Football League, 1974 75), Team Hawaii (North American Soccer League, 1977), and the Hawaiian Islanders (af2, 2002 04).
The NCAA football Hawaii Bowl is played in Honolulu.
After the 2010 and 2015 games were played in Miami Gardens and Glendale, in the order given, the Pro Bowl was once again in Honolulu from 2011 to 2014 with 2016 the most recent. From 1993 to 2008, Honolulu hosted Hawaii Winter Baseball, featuring minor league players from Major League Baseball, Nippon Professional Baseball, Korea Baseball Organization, and autonomous leagues.
Venues for spectator sports in Honolulu include: Completed in 1928, Honolulu Hale is the town/city and governmental center of county Kirk Caldwell was propel mayor of Honolulu County on November 6, 2012, and began serving as the county's 14th mayor on January 2, 2013.
The municipal offices of the City and County of Honolulu, including Honolulu Hale, the seat of the town/city and county, are positioned in the Capitol District, as are the Hawaii state government buildings. The Capitol District is inside the Honolulu census county division (CCD), the urban region commonly regarded as the "City" of Honolulu.
The Honolulu CCD is positioned on the southeast coast of Oahu between Makapuu and Halawa.
The Hawaii Department of Public Safety operates the Oahu Community Correctional Center, the jail for the island of Oahu, in Honolulu CCD. The United States Postal Service operates postal services in Honolulu.
The chief Honolulu Post Office is positioned by the global airport at 3600 Aolele Street. Federal Detention Center, Honolulu, directed by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, is in the CDP. Several countries have consular facilities in Honolulu, due to its strategically meaningful position in the mid-Pacific.
Colleges and universities in Honolulu include Honolulu Community College, Kapiolani Community College, the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Chaminade University, and Hawaii Pacific University. UH Manoa homes the chief offices of the University of Hawaii System. Queen Liliuokalani Building, Hawaii Department of Education command posts in Honolulu CDP Hawaii Department of Education operates enhance schools in Honolulu.
Private schools include Academy of the Pacific, Damien Memorial School, Hawaii Baptist Academy, Iolani School, Lutheran High School of Hawaii, Kamehameha Schools, Maryknoll School, Mid-Pacific Institute, La Pietra, Punahou School, Sacred Hearts Academy, St.
The Hawaii Japanese School Rainbow Gakuen ( Hawai Rainbo Gakuen), a supplementary weekend Japanese school, holds its classes in Kaimuki Middle School in Honolulu and has its offices in another building in Honolulu. The school serves overseas Japanese nationals. In addition Honolulu has other weekend programs for the Japanese, Chinese, and Spanish languages. Honolulu is served by one daily journal (the Honolulu Star-Advertiser), Honolulu Magazine, a several airways broadcasts and tv stations, among other media.
Local news agency and CNN-affiliate Hawaii News Now broadcasts and is headquartered out of Honolulu.
Honolulu and the island of Oahu has also been the locale for many film and tv projects, including Hawaii Five-0 and Lost.
Honolulu International Airport old control fortress 8 - R "Reef Runway" of Honolulu International Airport Aerial view of H-1 (looking east) from Honolulu Airport heading into downtown Honolulu Located at the end of the CDP, Honolulu International Airport (HNL) is the principal aviation gateway to the state of Hawaii.
Drivers waste on average over 58 hours per year on congested roadways. The following freeways, part of the Interstate Highway System serve Honolulu: I-H1.svg Interstate H-1, which, coming into the town/city from the west, passes Hickam Air Force Base and Honolulu International Airport, runs just north of Downtown and continues eastward through Makiki and Kaimuki, ending at Waialae/Kahala.
Other primary highways that link Honolulu CCD with other parts of the Island of Oahu are: Like most primary American cities, the Honolulu urbane region experiences heavy traffic congestion amid rush hours, especially to and from the suburbs of Kapolei, 'Ewa Beach, Aiea, Pearl City, Waipahu, and Mililani.
Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation In November 2010, voters allowed a charter amendment to problematic a enhance transit authority to oversee the planning, construction, operation and future extensions to Honolulu's future rail system.
The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART) presently includes a 10-member board of directors; three members appointed by the mayor, three members chose by the Honolulu City Council, and the town/city and state transit directors. The opening of the Honolulu Rail Transit is delayed until approximately 2018, as HART canceled the initial bids for the first nine stations and intends to rebid the work as three packages of three stations each, and allow more time for assembly in the hope that increased competition on lesser contracts will drive down costs; initial bids ranged from $294.5 million to $320.8 million, far surpassing HART's budget of $184 million. The - Bus (Honolulu) Fasi as the replacement for the Honolulu Rapid Transit Company (HRT), Honolulu's The - Bus fitness was honored in 1994 1995 and 2000 2001 by the American Public Transportation Association as "America's Best Transit System".
The - Bus operates 107 routes serving Honolulu and most primary cities and suburbs on Oahu.
Honolulu is ranked 4th for highest per-capita use of mass transit in the United States. Honolulu Rail Transit Currently, there is no urban rail transit fitness in Honolulu, although electric street stockyards s were directed in Honolulu by the now-defunct Honolulu Rapid Transit Company before to World War II.
Predecessors to the Honolulu Rapid Transit Company were the Honolulu Rapid Transit and Land Company (began 1903) and Hawaiian Tramways (began 1888). The City and County of Honolulu is presently constructing a 20-mile (32 km) rail transit line that will connect Honolulu with metros/cities and suburban areas near Pearl Harbor and in the Leeward and West Oahu regions.
The Honolulu High-Capacity Transit Corridor Project is aimed at alleviating traffic congestion for West Oahu commuters while being integral in the westward expansion of the urbane area.
List of citizens from Honolulu Honolulu presently has 29 sister cities: List of tallest buildings in Honolulu For statistical purposes, the US Enumeration Bureau considers Honolulu to be a Census-designated place (CDP), clean water a city. Official records for Honolulu have been kept at downtown from February 1877 to September 1949, and at Honolulu Int'l since October 1949.
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