Waimea

Waimea is a census-designated place in Kauaʻi County, , United States. It is on the southwest coast of the island of and had a population of 2,057 at the 2020 census. The first Europeans to reach Hawaii landed in Waimea in 1778.
Wikipedia
Photo: Bob Linsdell, CC BY 3.0.
  • 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.

Protected area
Photo: Mel29, Public domain.
Pāʻulaʻula State Historical Park is a National Historic Landmark just southeast of present-day Waimea on the island of Kauaʻi in . It is the last remaining Native Hawaiian fort on the , built in the early 19th century by natives with an Italian-based design provided by a German traveler who arrived on a Russian-American Company ship, as a project of High Chief Kaumualiʻi.

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.

Protected area
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The in Waimea on island in , 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 , 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.

Hamlet
Photo: Polihale, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a census-designated place in Kauaʻi County, , United States. The population was 286 at the 2020 census. is situated 3½ km southeast of Waimea.

Town
Photo: Polihale, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a census-designated place in Kauaʻi County, , United States. The population was 3,715 at the 2020 census, up from 3,175 at the 2000 census. is situated 5 km west of Waimea.

Hamlet
Photo: Polihale, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a census-designated place in Kauaʻi County, , United States. As of the 2020 census, had a population of 672. is situated 7 km southeast of Waimea.

Waimea

Latitude
21.95861° or 21° 57′ 31″ north
Longitude
-159.67083° or 159° 40′ 15″ west
Population
1,860
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
United Nations Location Code
US WM3
Open location code
73H2X85H+CM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150917839
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5854564
Wiki­data ID
Q2989567
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Urdu—“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”
  • Urdu: “وائمیا، کوائی کاؤٹی، ہوائی”

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