Lihue
Kauai is the most northwestern of Hawaii's major islands and is the 4th largest by size and population. Nicknamed the Garden Island, it is covered with lush greenery and tropical plants, watered regularly by abundant rainfall.
- Type: Town with 6,460 residents
- Description: census-designated place in Hawaii, United States
- Also known as: “Lihu‘e”, “Lihu’e”, “Lihue (Hawái)”, “Līhuʻe”, “Līhuʻe, Hawaii”, “Līhuʻe, HI”, “लिहुए (हवाई)”, and “लिह्यु (हवाई)”
- Postal code: 96766
Places of Interest
Highlights: Wilcox Medical Center and Immaculate Conception Catholic Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hanamaulu and Puhi.
Puhi
Village
Puhi is a census-designated place in Kauaʻi County, Hawaiʻi, United States. Puhi is situated 3 km southwest of Lihue.
Wailuā Homesteads
Suburb
Wailua Homesteads is a census-designated place in Kauaʻi County, Hawaii. Wailuā Homesteads is situated 9 km north of Lihue.
Lihue
- Categories: census-designated place in the United States and locality
- Location: Kauai, Hawaii, Polynesia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
21.97696° or 21° 58′ 37″ north
Longitude
-159.36877° or 159° 22′ 8″ west
Population
6,460
Elevation
65 metres (213 feet)
IATA airport code
LIH
UN/LOCODE
US LIU
Open location code
73H2XJGJ+QF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Lihue” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Līhuʻe”
- Catalan: “Lihue”
- Cebuano: “Lihue”
- Chechen: “Лигуе (Гавай)”
- Chechen: “Лигуе”
- Chinese: “利胡埃”
- Czech: “Lihue”
- Danish: “Lihue”
- Dutch: “Lihue”
- Finnish: “Lihue”
- French: “Lihue”
- German: “Līhuʻe”
- Gilaki: “لیهوی (هاوايي)”
- Gilaki: “لیهوی”
- Hawaiian: “Līhuʻe”
- Hebrew: “ליהואה”
- Hungarian: “Lihue”
- Indonesian: “Lihue, Hawaii”
- Indonesian: “Lihue”
- Interlingua: “Lihue”
- Irish: “Līhuʻe”
- Italian: “Lihue”
- Japanese: “リフエ”
- Korean: “리후에”
- Korean: “리휴”
- Ladin: “Lihue”
- Ladin: “Līhuʻe”
- Lithuanian: “Lihue”
- Lithuanian: “Lihuė”
- Mazanderani: “لیهو”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Lihue”
- Newari: “लिह्यु, हवाई”
- Newari: “लिह्यु”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lihue”
- Norwegian: “Lihue”
- Persian: “لیهو”
- Polish: “Lihue”
- Polish: “Līhuʻe”
- Portuguese: “Lihue”
- Russian: “Лихуэ”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Lihue, Hawaii”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Lihue”
- Serbian: “Лихуе”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lihue, Hawaii”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lihue”
- Slovak: “Lihue”
- Slovenian: “Lihue”
- South Azerbaijani: “لیهو، هاوایی”
- Spanish: “Lihue”
- Swedish: “Lihue”
- Talysh: “Lihue”
- Tatar: “Лигуе (Гавай)”
- Tatar: “Лигуе”
- Ukrainian: “Лігуе”
- Urdu: “لیہوے، ہوائی”
- Urdu: “لیہوے”
- Welsh: “Līhuʻe”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Pua Loke and Ulu Mahi.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses and Civic Center.
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