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Honolulu is the largest city and the capital of the U.S. state of Hawai‘i. In the Hawaiian language, honolulu means "sheltered bay" or "place of shelter." The city is located along the southeast coast of the island of O‘ahu. The term also refers to the District of Honolulu (see Geography below). As of the 2000 Census, the population of (mostly) the Honolulu District was 371,657. However, in Hawai‘i, municipal governments operate only at the county level, and the City & County of Honolulu encompasses all of the Island of O‘ahu, having a 2000 Census population of 876,156 (compare with 1,211,537 for the entire state).
1 Geography
Honolulu is located at 21°18'32" North, 157°49'34" West (21.308950, -157.826182) 1. While this is clearly in the tropics, the climate ( temperature and humidity) is moderated by the mid-ocean location and some cooling achieved by the California Current that passes through the islands much of year. The average daily temperature in January is 19-27° C (66-88° F) and in July is 23-31° C (74-88° F). Temperatures only rarely exceed 32° C (90° F)
The Honolulu District is located on the southeast coast of O‘ahu between Makapu‘u and Hlawa. The District boundary follows the Ko‘olau crestline, so Makapu‘u Beach is in the Ko‘olaupoko District. On the west, the district boundary follows Hālawa Stream, then crosses Red Hill and runs just west of Aliamanu Crater, so that Aloha Stadium, Pearl HarborPearl Harbor is a complex embayment on the island of O'ahu, Hawai'i, west of Honolulu. Much of the harbor and surrounding lands is a US Navy deep water naval base: headquarters of the US Pacific Fleet. The attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan on 7 December 194, and Hickam Air Force BaseHickam Air Force Base is a U. Air Force base located in the City & County of Honolulu on the Island of O'ahu, Hawai'i. Hickam AFB consists of 2,850 acres (12 km˛) of land and facilities bordering Pearl Harbor and valued at more than $444 million. Sharing are actually all in the ‘Ewa District.
Most of the city's commercial and industrial developments are located on a narrow but relatively flat coastal plain, while numerous ridges and valleys located inland of the coastal plain divide Honolulu's residential areas into distinct neighborhoods: some spread along valley floors (like Mānoa in Mānoa Valley) and others climbing the interfluvial ridges. Within Honolulu proper can be found a number of volcanic coneVolcanic cones are among the simplest volcano formations. They are built by fragments (called ejecta thrown up (ejected) from a volcanic vent, piling up around the vent in the shape of a cone with a central crater. Volcanic cones are of different types, ds: PunchbowlPunchbowl can refer to many places: Punchbowl, New South Wales, suburb of Sydney, Australia Punchbowl, Tasmania, suburb of Launceston, Australia Punchbowl Crater, Location of National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Hawaii, United States of America A pu, Diamond HeadDiamond Head is the name of a tuff cone on the Hawaiian island of O'ahu and known to Hawaiians as Leahi (photograph at right). Its English name was given by British sailors in the 19th century, who mistook calcite crystals embedded in the rock for diamond, Koko Head (includes Hanauma BayO‘ahu Hanauma Bay (pronounced ha-now-mah) is a marine bay formed within a volcanic cone or crater and located along the southeast coast of the Island of O‘ahu (east of Honolulu) in the Hawaiian Islands. Hanauma is one of the most popular tourist destinati), Koko Crater, Salt Lake, and Āliamanu are most conspicuous.
Honolulu and Juneau, Alaska are the only two US state capitals that cannot be reached by road from the rest of the country, or from the majority of the land area of their respective states.
