Honolulu

Honolulu  Honolulu (info • help) 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.

State capital city
City and County of Honolulu
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Flag Official seal of Seal
Urban Honolulu and East Honolulu CDPs (combined) in Honolulu County and the state of Hawaii
Coordinates: 21°18′25″N 157°51′30″W
Country	United States
State	Hawaii
County	Honolulu
Incorporated	April 30, 1907 (1907-04-30)
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  (2020)
• 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 (US: 54th)
Time zone	UTC−10:00 (Hawaiian (HST))
ZIP Codes	96801–96850
FIPS code	15-17000
GNIS feature ID	366212
Website	www.honolulu.gov

Etymology

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.

History

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.

Notable people

• Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States, was born in Honolulu
• Bette Midler, actress and singer, was born in Honolulu
• Nicole Kidman, actress and singer, was born in Honolulu
• Nicole Scherzinger, singer, was born in Honolulu
• Jason Momoa, actor, was born in Honolulu, currently lives in Honolulu
• Bruno Mars, singer, was born in Honolulu

Honolulu Media

• With symbolic native-styled architectural features, First Hawaiian Center is the tallest office building in Hawaii and home to a Honolulu Museum of Art Spalding House gallery.

• Exterior of the original Bishop Museum building in Kalihi, Hawaii.

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  Aerial view of Diamond Head

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  Completed in 1928, Honolulu Hale is the city and county seat.

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  University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa campus

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  The Hawaii State Library — 478 S. King St., Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii.* * Originally a Carnegie library built in 1913. * Contributing property in the Hawaii Capital Historic District, on National Register of Historic Places.

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  8R "Reef Runway" of Daniel K. Inouye International Airport

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  Aerial view of H-1 (looking east) from Daniel K. Inouye International Airport heading into downtown Honolulu

• A Skyline train departing Hālawa station