Kualapuʻu

Kualapuʻu is a census-designated place on the island of Molokai in , , 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".
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  • Type: Village with 2,030 residents
  • Description: census-designated place in Maui County, Hawaii, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Kualapu’u”, “Kualapuʻu, Hawaii”, “Kualapuu”, “Kualapuu, HI”, and “कुआलापू (हवाई)”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Molokai and Molokaʻi High School.

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Molokaʻi or is the fifth most populated of the…

School
is a public high school in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hoʻolehua and Kalaupapa.

Hamlet
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is an unincorporated community and Hawaiian… is situated 3½ km west of Kualapuʻu.

Village
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is a small unincorporated community and… is situated 7 km northeast of Kualapuʻu.

Town
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is a census-designated place in , , United States. is situated 7 km south of Kualapuʻu.

Kualapuʻu

Latitude
21.1555° or 21° 9′ 20″ north
Longitude
-157.03884° or 157° 2′ 20″ west
Population
2,030
Elevation
263 metres (863 feet)
Open location code
73H45X46+5F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150921349
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5849718
Wiki­data ID
Q2020849
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Kualapuʻu” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كوالابو”
  • Basque: “Kualapuu”
  • Catalan: “Kualapuu”
  • Cebuano: “Kualapu‘u”
  • Chechen: “Куалапу (Гавай)”
  • Chechen: “Куалапу”
  • Chinese: “庫阿拉普”
  • Dutch: “Kualapuu”
  • French: “Kualapuu”
  • Gilaki: “کوالاپوو (هاوايي)”
  • Gilaki: “کوالاپوو”
  • Hawaiian: “Kualapu‘u”
  • Hawaiian: “Kualapuʻu”
  • Irish: “Kualapuu”
  • Italian: “Kualapuu”
  • Ladin: “Kualapuu”
  • Mazanderani: “کوالاپیو”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kualapuu”
  • Newari: “कुआलापू, हवाई”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kualapuu (Hawaii)”
  • Norwegian: “Kualapuu”
  • Persian: “کوالاپیو، هاوایی”
  • Persian: “کوالاپیو”
  • Polish: “Kualapuu”
  • Portuguese: “Kualapuu”
  • Russian: “Куалапуу”
  • Serbian: “Куалапу’у”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kualapuu, Hawaii”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kualapuu”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کوالاپو، هاوایی”
  • Spanish: “Kualapuu”
  • Talysh: “Kualapuu”
  • Tatar: “Куалапу (Гавай)”
  • Tatar: “Куалапу”
  • Ukrainian: “Куалапу”
  • Urdu: “کوالاپو، ہوائی”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Kala‘e and Kahualelepulu.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Kualapuu Park & Community Center and Kualapu‘u Reservoir.

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