Kalawao
Kalawao is a location on the eastern side of the Kalaupapa Peninsula of the island of Molokai, in Hawaii, which was the site of Hawaii's leper colony between 1866 and the early 20th century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Austin McGee, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: locality in Hawaii, United States
- Also known as: “Kala-wao”, “Kalawao, Hawaii”, and “Kalawao, HI”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kalaupapa National Historical Park and Saint Philomena Church.
Kalaupapa National Historical Park
Photo: Djzanni, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kalaupapa National Historical Park is on Molokai in Hawaii of the United States of America. Kalaupapa National Historical Park was established on 22 Dec 1980.
St. Francis Catholic Church
Church
Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.
St. Francis Catholic Church is situated 2½ miles west of Kalawao.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kauhakō Crater and Kalaupapa.
Kauhakō Crater
Locality
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 us.
Kauhakō Crater is a volcanic crater located in Kalawao County, Hawaii, United States. The crater was formed between 230,000 and 300,000 years ago, as the result of the eruption of volcano Pu'u' 'Uao.
Kalaupapa
Village
Photo: Sanba38, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Kalaupapa is a small unincorporated community and Hawaiian home land on the island of Molokaʻi, within Kalawao County in the U.S. state of Hawaii. In 1866, during the reign of Kamehameha V, the Hawaii legislature passed a law that resulted in the designation… Kalaupapa is situated 2½ miles west of Kalawao.
Kualapuʻu
Village
Photo: Sanba38, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kualapuʻu is a census-designated place on the island of Molokai in Maui County, Hawaiʻi, United States. The population was 2,110 at the 2020 census. Kualapuʻu can be literally translated as "hill overturned", but is thought to be a corruption of Puʻuʻuala: "sweet potato hill". Kualapuʻu is situated 6 miles west of Kalawao.
Kalawao
- Categories: ghost town, unincorporated community in the United States, and locality
- Location: Maui County, Hawaii, United States, North America
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Latitude
21.17738° or 21° 10′ 39″ northLongitude
-156.94838° or 156° 56′ 54″ westElevation
98 feet (30 metres)Open location code
73H553G2+XJOpenStreetMap ID
node 150918999OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Kalawao” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “卡拉瓦歐”
- Dutch: “Kalawao”
- Hebrew: “קאלאוואו”
- Indonesian: “Kalawao, Hawaii”
- Indonesian: “Kalawao”
- Irish: “Kalawao”
- Italian: “Kalawao”
- Japanese: “カラワオ”
- Ladin: “Kalawao”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kalawao”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kalawao”
- Persian: “کلوا، هاوایی”
- Persian: “کلوا”
- Slovenian: “Kalawao”
- South Azerbaijani: “کلوا، هاوایی”
- Spanish: “Kalawao (Hawái)”
- Spanish: “Kalawao”
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