Lawai

Lāwaʻi is a census-designated place in Kauaʻi County in the U.S. state of . The population was 2,718 at the 2024 census, up from 1,984 at the 2000 census.
  • Village with 2,360 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 162 metres (531 feet)
  • Description: human settlement in Kauai County, Hawaii, United States of America
  • Postal code: 96765
  • Also known as
    “Lāwaʻi, Hawaii”
    “Lawai, HI”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kalāheo and ‘Ōma‘o.
is an unincorporated community and…
ʻŌmaʻo is a census-designated place in Kauaʻi County, , United States.
Kōloa is an unincorporated community and… is situated 5 km southeast of Lawai.

Lawai

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Latitude
21.92624° or 21° 55′ 34″ north
Longitude
-159.50799° or 159° 30′ 29″ west
Open location code
73H2WFGR+FR
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Urdu—“Lawai” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Lawai”
  • Catalan: “Lawai”
  • Cebuano: “Lāwa‘i”
  • Chechen: “Лаваи (Гавай)”
  • Chechen: “Лаваи”
  • Chinese: “拉懷”
  • Chinese: “拉瓦伊”
  • Dutch: “Lawai”
  • French: “Lawai”
  • Gilaki: “لاوای (هاوايي)”
  • Gilaki: “لاوای”
  • Hawaiian: “Lāwaʻi”
  • Irish: “Lawai”
  • Italian: “Lawai”
  • Ladin: “Lawai”
  • Mazanderani: “لووایی”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lawai”
  • Newari: “लावाइ, हवाई”
  • Newari: “लावाइ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lawai (Hawaii)”
  • Norwegian: “Lawai”
  • Persian: “لووایی، هاوایی”
  • Persian: “لووایی”
  • Polish: “Lawai”
  • Portuguese: “Lawai”
  • Russian: “Лаваи”
  • Serbian: “Лавај”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lawai, Hawaii”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lawai”
  • South Azerbaijani: “لووایی، هاوایی”
  • Spanish: “Lawai”
  • Tatar: “Лаваи (Гавай)”
  • Tatar: “Лаваи”
  • Ukrainian: “Лаваї”
  • Urdu: “لاوائی، ہوائی”

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