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Hawaii County, Hawaii
Location in the state of Hawaii
Hawaii's location in the U.S.
Seat	Hilo
Largest city	Hilo
Area  - Total  - Land  - Water	5,087 sq mi (13,175 km²) 4,028 sq mi (10,432 km²) 1,059 sq mi (2,743 km²), ?%
Population  - (2000)  - Density	148,677 36/sq mi (14/km²)
Founded	1905
Congressional district	2nd
Time zone	Hawaii-Aleutian: UTC-10
Website	co.hawaii.hi.us

Hawaii County is a county located in the U.S. state of Hawaii in the Hawaiian Islands. It is coterminous with the Island of Hawaii (sometimes called the Big Island). As of 2000 Census the population was 148,677. The county seat is Hilo. There are no incorporated cities in Hawaii County (see Hawaii Counties). The Hilo Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Hawaii County.

Hawaii County has a mayor-council form of government. Executive authority is vested in the Mayor, elected by the voters on a non-partisan basis to a four-year term. Legislative authority is vested in the nine-member County Council, each of whose members represent a district. Members of the County Council are elected on a non-partisan basis to two-year terms.

The current Mayor of Hawaii County is William "Billy" Kenoi.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Adjacent counties 3 County administrative districts 4 Localities 4.1 Census-designated places 4.2 Other communities 4.3 National protected areas 5 Economy 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Geography

Hawaii County has a total area of 5,087 square miles (13,174 km²); 4,028 square miles (10,433 km²) of it is land and 1,059 square miles (2,742 km²) is water (mostly all off the ocean shoreline but counted in the total area by the U.S. Census Bureau, making these numbers unreliable for most purposes). The county's land area comprises 62.7 percent of the state's land area. It is the highest percentage by any county in the United States. (Delaware's Sussex County comes in second at 48.0 percent, while Rhode Island's Providence County is third at 39.55 percent.)

[edit] Adjacent counties

• Maui County - northwest

[edit] County administrative districts

A county council member is elected from each of the 9 administrative districts. The districts were originally based on the Moku of Ancient Hawaii. The more heavily populated districts have been split into North and South districts to make council representation more equal on a population basis. The number following each district is the Tax Key Map number, used to locate state property information. They are assigned in counter-clockwise order.

• Puna 1 Southeast
• Hilo city on eastern side
  • South Hilo 2
  • North Hilo 3
• Hamakua 4 Northeast
• Kohala Northwest
  • North Kohala 5
  • South Kohala 6
• Kona West side
  • North Kona 7
  • South Kona 8
• Kau 9 South side

[edit] Localities

[edit] Census-designated places

Ainaloa Captain Cook Eden Roc Fern Acres Fern Forest Halaula Hawaiian Acres Hawaiian Beaches Hawaiian Ocean View Hawaiian Paradise Park Hawi

Hilo Holualoa Honalo Honaunau-Napoopoo Honokaa Honomu Kahaluu-Keauhou Kailua Kalaoa Kapaau Keaau

Kealakekua Keokea Kukuihaele Kurtistown Laupahoehoe Leilani Estates Mountain View Naalehu Nanawale Estates Orchidlands Estates Paauilo

Pahala Pahoa Papaikou Pepeekeo Paukaa Puako Volcano Waikoloa Village Waimea Wainaku

[edit] Other communities

• Ahualoa
• Hakalau
• Waiohinu

[edit] National protected areas

• Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail
• Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge
• Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
• Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park
• Kona Forest National Wildlife Refuge
• Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park
• Puʻukoholā Heiau National Historic Site

[edit] Economy

Mokulele Airlines is headquartered in the Kalaoa CDP.^[1][2]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• County website
• Mayor's office
• Volcanoes National Park

v • d • e Municipalities and communities of Hawaii County, Hawaii County seat: Hilo CDPs Ainaloa | Captain Cook | Eden Roc | Fern Acres | Fern Forest | Halaula | Hawaiian Acres | Hawaiian Beaches | Hawaiian Ocean View | Hawaiian Paradise Park | Hawi | Hilo | Holualoa | Honalo | Honaunau-Napoopoo | Honokaa | Honomu | Kahaluu-Keauhou | Kailua | Kalaoa | Kapaau | Keaau | Kealakekua | Kukuihaele | Kurtistown | Laupāhoehoe | Leilani Estates | Mountain View | Naalehu | Nanawale Estates | Orchidlands Estates | Paauilo | Pahala | Pahoa | Papaikou | Pepeekeo | Paukaa | Puako | Volcano | Waikoloa Village | Waimea | Wainaku Unincorporated communities Ahualoa | Hakalau | Hōnaunau | Kawaihae | Keauhou | Keokea | Milolii | Nīnole | ʻŌʻōkala | Pāpaʻaloa | Waiohinu Districts Hamakua | Hilo | Ka'u | Kohala | Kona | Puna

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Coordinates: 19°35′N 155°30′W / 19.583°N 155.5°W / 19.583; -155.5