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Kalaupapa

Kalaupapa is a small unincorporated community and Hawaiian home land on the of Molokaʻi, within in the U.S. state of . In 1866, during the reign of Kamehameha V, the Hawaii legislature passed a law that resulted in the designation…
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  • Type: Village with 122 residents
  • Description: unincorporated community in Kalawao County, Hawaii, United States
  • Also known as: “Ka-laupapa”, “Kalaupapa Leper Settlement”, “Kalaupapa, Hawaii”, “Kalaupapa, HI”, and “Lalaupapa”
  • Postal code: 96742

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kalaupapa National Historical Park and St. Francis Catholic Church.

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is on in of the United States of America. was established on 22 Dec 1980.

Church
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Aerodrome
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is a regional public use airport of the , located on the northern peninsula of the island of Molokaʻi, two nautical miles north of Kalaupapa Settlement, in . is situated 1½ miles north of Kalaupapa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kauhakō Crater and Kualapuʻu.

Locality
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is a volcanic crater located in Kalawao County, , . The crater was formed between 230,000 and 300,000 years ago, as the result of the eruption of volcano Pu'u' 'Uao.

Village
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is a census-designated place on the island of Molokai in , , United States. The population was 2,110 at the 2020 census. can be literally translated as "hill overturned", but is thought to be a corruption of Puʻuʻuala: "sweet potato hill". is situated 4½ miles southwest of Kalaupapa.

Hamlet
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is an unincorporated community and Hawaiian home land on the island of Molokaʻi in , , United States. It lies just off Hawaii Route 460, next to the . is situated 6 miles west of Kalaupapa.

Kalaupapa

Latitude
21.19023° or 21° 11′ 25″ north
Longitude
-156.98277° or 156° 58′ 58″ west
Population
122
Elevation
66 feet (20 metres)
IATA airport code
LUP
United Nations Location Code
US LUP
Open location code
73H552R8+3V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150920651
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5847785
Wiki­data ID
Q2544383
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Spanish—“Kalaupapa” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Kalaupapa”
  • Basque: “Kaulapapa”
  • Chinese: “Kalaupapa”
  • Chinese: “卡劳帕帕”
  • Dutch: “Kalaupapa”
  • Indonesian: “Kalaupapa, Hawaii”
  • Indonesian: “Kalaupapa”
  • Irish: “Kalaupapa”
  • Italian: “Kalaupapa”
  • Japanese: “カラウパパ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kalaupapa”
  • Persian: “کالائوپاپا، هاوایی”
  • Persian: “کالائوپاپا”
  • Russian: “Калаупапа”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کالائوپاپا، هاوایی”
  • Spanish: “Kalaupapa”
  • Spanish: “Kaulapapa (Hawái)”
  • Spanish: “Kaulapapa”

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