Kailua, Hawaii County, Hawaii

Kailua-Kona, Hawaii Kailua, Big Island Time zone Hawaii Aleutian (UTC 10) Kailua is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States, in the North Kona District of the Island of Hawaii. The populace was 11,975 at the 2010 census.

Its postal service is designated Kailua-Kona to differentiate it from Kailua positioned on windward side of O ahu island, and it is sometimes referred to as Kona in everyday speech.

The town/city is served by Kona International Airport, positioned just to the north in the adjoining Kalaoa CDP. Kailua-Kona was the closest primary settlement to the epicenter of the 2006 Hawaii earthquake.

The improve was established by King Kamehameha I to be his seat of government when he was chief of Kona before he merged rule of the archipelago, and it later it became the capital of the newly unified Kingdom of Hawaii.

Kailua is positioned at 19 39 0 N 155 59 39 W (19.649973, 155.994028), along the shoreline of Kailua Bay and up the southern slope of Hualalai volcano.

There are no primary rivers or streams in Kailua or on the Kona side of Hawaii. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the CDP has a total region of 39.8 square miles (103 km2), of which, 35.5 square miles (92 km2) of it is territory and 4.3 square miles (11 km2) of it is water.

It is the warmest place in the United States of America in January on average.

The coolest month is February, with a daily average temperature of 74.6 F (23.7 C), while the warmest is August, with a daily average of 81.0 F (27.2 C).

In addition to being the warmest place in the United States in January, it is also the is the town/city with the highest record low in the United States with an all-time low temperature of 56 - F.

Humidity is generally between 50% and 70%. Kona is generally dry, with an average annual rain of 32.05 inches (814.07 mm.) Mornings are typically clear while thermal clouds created in the day raise the temperature amid the day. Climate data for Kailua Kona, Hawaii (1981 2010 normals) Vog can cover parts of the Kona coast from time to time depending on the activeness of the Kilauea volcano and the island winds.

The average homehold size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.26.

In the CDP the populace was spread out with 27.3% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 28.8% from 25 to 44, 24.9% from 45 to 64, and 10.0% who were 65 years of age or older.

Kailua-Kona saw an economic downturn amid the 2008 nationwide financial crisis but in the early 2010s has seen momentous growth and economic development. Tourism also saw a downturn in the late 2000s but has since seen some resurgence. University of Hawaii has plans for its Hawaii Community College Palamanui Campus. Since the early 2000s the Kona side has seen momentous amounts of vog from Pu u O o and Kilauea via wind patterns up the South Kona Coast around Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea. Visitor trade statistics show the vog has little effect on tourism traffic to the Kona area. Kailua is the start and finish of the annual Ironman World Championship triathlon, the annual Kona Coffee Festival, and the Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament.

Kona coffee is the range of Coffea arabica cultivated on the slopes of Hualalai and Mauna Loa in the North and South Kona Districts.

Ali'i Drive, Kailua's oceanfront downtown street, starts at Kailua Pier.

It has also been given the designation as a Hawaii Scenic Byway called the "Royal Footsteps Along the Kona Coast". This byway offers archaeological sites that have railwayover hundreds of years.

Kailua Pier is the starting and finishing point for the Ironman World Championship Triathlon in October. North of the pier is the Kamakahonu royal residence and Ahu ena Heiau.

Another royal residence is Hulihe e Palace, used by members of the Hawaiian royal family until 1914. The Historic Kona Inn and other shops are on the street.

Parks include La aloa Bay (also known as Magic Sands or White Sands Beach) and Kahalu u Bay, which has some of Hawaii's best snorkeling.

Old Airport Beach, north of Kailua Kailua-Kona is served by the journal West Hawaii Today which is owned by the Black Press. Hawaii Department of Education operates enhance schools.

Michael Dell owns a home in North Kona Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kailua Enumeration Designated Place "Kalaoa CDP, Hawaii." Hawaii The Big Island Revealed: The Ultimate Guidebook, 4th ed, p.

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"Station Name: HI KAILUA KONA KE-AHOLE AP".

"Monthly Normals Kailua Kona Int'l AP, Hawaii".

"Hawaii's Big Island economy grade despite tourism slowdown".

"UH heads lay out vision for Hawaii Community College Palamanui".

West Hawaii Today.

Hawaii Scenic Byway Royal Footsteps Along the Kona Coast Kona Historical Society, 1997, A Guide to Old Kona, University of Hawaii Press, ISBN 978-0-8248-2010-7 "Kailua CDP, Hawaii." Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.

Kona Historical Society web site Hawaii Scenic Byways Kona Kohala Chamber of Commerce web site North Kona shoreline access map at Hawaii County web site Islands, municipalities, and communities of Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States

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