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Puʻunēnē

Puʻunēnē is an unincorporated community in the central part of , , , with a population of approximately 50. Although the land is fairly level, the Hawaiian name for the area means "goose hill", in reference to the endemic nēnē.
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  • Type: Hamlet with 50 residents
  • Description: unincorporated community in Hawaii
  • Also known as: “Pu‘unene”, “Pu’unene”, “Puʻunene”, “Puʻunēnē, Hawaii”, and “Puʻunene, HI”
  • Postal code: 96784

Places of Interest

Highlights include Alexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum and Kahului Airport.

Museum
Photo: Joel Bradshaw, Public domain.
Alexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum is located in the small sugarcane growing and milling community of Puʻunene, Hawaii, Kahului, . The museum exhibits the history of Hawaiian sugarcane plantations and Alexander & Baldwin and its role in the sugarcane industry in Hawaii.

Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.
is the main airport of in the , United States, located east of . It has offered full airport operations since 1952. is situated 2½ miles northeast of Puʻunēnē.

School
Photo: Moises de la vera, CC0.
is a public high school founded in 1913 in Hamakuapoko, a sugarcane plantation town on the island of in . In 1972, the school moved to its new location in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kahului and Waikapu.

Photo: ideatrendz, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place in Maui County in the U.S. state of . It hosts the county's main airport, a deep-draft harbor, light industrial areas, and commercial shopping centers.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.
is a small town in the center of between and .

Photo: 293.xx.xxx.xx, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, on , is the seat of Maui County. Unlike the commercial center of , has a small-town plantation feel centered around its Main Street.

Puʻunēnē

Latitude
20.86794° or 20° 52′ 5″ north
Longitude
-156.45512° or 156° 27′ 18″ west
Population
50
Elevation
75 feet (23 metres)
Open location code
73G5VG9V+5X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150918544
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
5853356
Wiki­data ID
Q7262744
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In Other Languages

From French to Spanish—“Puʻunēnē” goes by many names.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Puʻunēnē”. Photo: Outdoorhighadventure, CC BY 3.0.