city in and county seat of Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States, that is also the capital city of Hawaii From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Honolulu is the capital city of the U.S. state of Hawaii. It is also the largest city in Hawaii and it has the most important harbor. It is on the south-east shore of the island of Oahu.
Honolulu | |
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City and County of Honolulu | |
Clockwise from top: downtown; Pearl Harbor; statue of King Kamehameha I in front of Aliʻiolani Hale downtown; Diamond Head; waterfront on Waikīkī Beach; and Honolulu Hale (city hall) | |
Nickname(s): Crossroads of the Pacific, Sheltered Bay, HNL, The Big Pineapple, Paradise | |
Motto: | |
![]() Urban Honolulu and East Honolulu CDPs (combined) in Honolulu County and the state of Hawaii | |
![]() Interactive map of Honolulu | |
Coordinates: 21°18′25″N 157°51′30″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Hawaii |
County | Honolulu |
Incorporated | April 30, 1907[2] |
Area | |
• City | 68.4 sq mi (177.2 km2) |
• Land | 60.5 sq mi (156.7 km2) |
• Water | 7.9 sq mi (20.5 km2) |
• Urban | 145.0 sq mi (375.5 km2) |
Elevation | 16 ft (5 m) |
Population | |
• City | 350,964 (US: 56th) |
• Density | 5,791/sq mi (2,236.1/km2) |
• Urban | 853,252 (US: 54th) |
• Urban density | 5,885/sq mi (2,272.4/km2) |
• Metro | 1,016,508[6] (US: 54th) |
Demonym | Honolulan |
Time zone | UTC−10:00 (Hawaiian (HST)) |
ZIP Codes | 96801–96850 |
Area code | 808 |
FIPS code | 15-17000 |
GNIS feature ID | 366212[7] |
Website | www |
Honolulu means "sheltered harbor" in the Hawaiian language. No one knows for sure when Honolulu was first settled or when the name was first used.
Honolulu harbor was called Kulolia before foreigners came. The first foreigner was Captain William Brown of the English ship Butterworth, in 1794. He named the harbor Fair Haven. Other foreign captains started calling it Brown's Harbor. The name Honolulu was used some time after that.
Honolulu quickly became the most important harbor of Hawaii. At that time, sandalwood was a big export. Honolulu was also an important supply point for whalers.
Kamehameha III made Honolulu the capital city of the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1850. It was also the capital of the Republic of Hawaii and the Territory of Hawaii. It stayed the capital when Hawaii became a state in 1959.
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