Kapaau
Kapaʻau is an unincorporated community in Hawaiʻi County, Hawaii, United States. Located at the northern tip of the big island of Hawaiʻi, it is celebrated as the birthplace of Kamehameha I.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 1,730 residents
- Description: human settlement in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States of America
- Also known as: “Kapa‘au”, “Kapa’au”, “Kapaau, HI”, and “Kapaʻau, Hawaii”
- Postal code: 96755
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kohala High School and Kauhola Point Light.
Kohala High School
School
Kohala High School is a public, co-educational high school of the Hawaii State Department of Education. It serves grades nine through twelve and was established in 1926.
Kauhola Point Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Tdoyle, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kauhola Point Light is a lighthouse, which is situated 2 miles northeast of Kapaau.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hala‘ula and Hāwī.
Hala‘ula
Suburb
Halaʻula is a census-designated place in Hawaiʻi County, Hawaiʻi, United States. The population was 773 at the 2020 census.
Hāwī
Village
Photo: KanoaWithington, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hāwī is a census-designated place in Hawaiʻi County, Hawaii. The population was 2,268 at the time of the 2020 United States census. Hāwī is situated to the west of the community of Kapaau. Hāwī is situated 2 miles west of Kapaau.
Kapaau
- Categories: census-designated place in the United States and locality
- Location: Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
20.23073° or 20° 13′ 51″ northLongitude
-155.79878° or 155° 47′ 56″ westPopulation
1,730Elevation
407 feet (124 metres)Open location code
73G666J2+7FOpenStreetMap ID
node 150921064OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
5848308Wikidata ID
Q2981812
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Kapaau” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Kapaau”
- Catalan: “Kapaau”
- Cebuano: “Kapaau”
- Chechen: “Капаау (Гавай)”
- Chechen: “Капаау”
- Chinese: “Kapaau”
- Chinese: “卡波”
- Dutch: “Kapaau”
- French: “Kapaau”
- Gilaki: “کاپائو (هاوايي)”
- Gilaki: “کاپائو”
- Irish: “Kapaau”
- Italian: “Kapaau”
- Japanese: “カパアウ”
- Korean: “카파아우”
- Ladin: “Kapaau”
- Mazanderani: “کاپائو”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kapaau”
- Newari: “कपाओ (हवाई)”
- Newari: “कपाओ, हवाई”
- Newari: “कपाओ”
- Persian: “کاپائو، هاوایی”
- Persian: “کاپائو”
- Polish: “Kapaau”
- Portuguese: “Kapaau”
- Russian: “Капаау”
- Serbian: “Капа’ау”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kapaau, Hawaii”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kapaau”
- South Azerbaijani: “کاپائو، هاوایی”
- Spanish: “Kapaau”
- Talysh: “Kapaau”
- Tatar: “Капаау (Гавай)”
- Tatar: “Капаау”
- Ukrainian: “Капаау”
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