Waimea
Waimea is a census-designated place in Kauaʻi County, Hawaiʻi, United States. It is on the southwest coast of the island of Kauai and had a population of 2,057 at the 2020 census. The first Europeans to reach Hawaii landed in Waimea in 1778.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 1,860 residents
- Description: census-designated place in Kauaʻi County, Hawaiʻi, United States
- Also known as: “Owaimea”, “Waimea, HI”, “Waimea, Kauaʻi County, Hawaii”, “Waimea, Kauai County”, “Whymea”, and “Wymoa”
- Postal code: 96796
Places of Interest
Highlights include Russian Fort Elizabeth and Hofgaard Park.
Russian Fort Elizabeth
Protected area
Photo: Mel29, Public domain.
Pāʻulaʻula State Historical Park is a National Historic Landmark and is administered as the Pāʻulaʻula State Historical Park just southeast of present-day Waimea on the island of Kauaʻi in Hawaiʻi.
Hofgaard Park
Park
Hofgaard Park is a narrow park between Kaumualiʻi Highway and Waimea Road in the town of Waimea. The park was named after Judge Christopher Blom Hofgaard who was a resident in Waimea.
Cook Landing Site
Protected area
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Cook Landing Site in Waimea on Kauaʻi island in Hawaii, is where Captain James Cook landed at the mouth of the Waimea River on January 20, 1778. Cook was the first European reported to have sighted the Hawaiian Islands, and the January 20 landfall on southwestern Kauaʻi was his first arrival upon Hawaiian soil.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pākalā Village and Kekaha.
Pākalā Village
Hamlet
Photo: Polihale, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pākalā Village is a census-designated place in Kauaʻi County, Hawaiʻi, United States. The population was 286 at the 2020 census. Pākalā Village is situated 2½ miles southeast of Waimea.
Kekaha
Town
Photo: Polihale, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kekaha is a census-designated place in Kauaʻi County, Hawaiʻi, United States. The population was 3,715 at the 2020 census, up from 3,175 at the 2000 census. Kekaha is situated 3 miles west of Waimea.
Kaumakani
Hamlet
Photo: Polihale, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kaumakani is a census-designated place in Kauaʻi County, Hawaiʻi, United States. The population was 749 at the 2010 census, up from 607 at the 2000 census. Kaumakani is situated 4½ miles southeast of Waimea.
Waimea
- Categories: census-designated place in the United States and locality
- Location: Kauai, Hawaii, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
21.95861° or 21° 57′ 31″ northLongitude
-159.67083° or 159° 40′ 15″ westPopulation
1,860Elevation
23 feet (7 metres)United Nations Location Code
US WM3Open location code
73H2X85H+CMOpenStreetMap ID
node 150917839OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Waimea” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Waimea”
- Cebuano: “Waimea”
- Chechen: “Ваймеа (Кауаи гуо, Гавай)”
- Chechen: “Ваймеа”
- Chinese: “懷梅阿 (夏威夷州考艾縣)”
- Chinese: “懷梅阿”
- French: “Waimea”
- Galician: “Waimea”
- Hawaiian: “Waimea”
- Irish: “Waimea”
- Italian: “Waimea”
- Japanese: “ワイメア”
- Korean: “와이메아”
- Ladin: “Waimea”
- Mazanderani: “وایمیا، کائوآئی کانتی”
- Newari: “वैमिया (हवाई)”
- Newari: “वैमिया, हवाई”
- Newari: “वैमिया”
- Persian: “وایمیا، کائوآئی کانتی، هاوایی”
- Persian: “وایمیا”
- Polish: “Waimea”
- Russian: “Ваимеа (округ Кауаи)”
- Russian: “Ваимеа”
- Serbian: “Ваимеа”
- Serbian: “Вајмија (округ Кауаји, Хаваји)”
- Serbian: “Вајмија”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Waimea, Kauai County, Hawaii”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Waimea”
- South Azerbaijani: “وایمیا، کائوآئی کانتی، هاوایی”
- Spanish: “Waimea”
- Talysh: “Vaimea”
- Tatar: “Ваймеа (Кауаи округы, Гавай)”
- Tatar: “Ваймеа”
- Ukrainian: “Ваймеа”
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