Kailua-Kona

Kailua-Kona, often referred to as "Kona" by the locals, is nestled at the bottom of the Hualalai Volcano. It is the main town on the western side of the of , but with a population of about 20,000 it is hardly a metropolis.
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  • Type: Town with 12,000 residents
  • Description: census designated place in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States
  • Also known as: “Kailua-Kona, Hawaii”, “Kailua-Kona, HI”, “Kailua, Hawaii County, Hawaii”, “Kairua”, “Kayakakoua”, “Kona”, and “Kona Hawaii”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Huliheʻe Palace and Kamakahonu.

Museum
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The is located in historic Kailua-Kona, , on Ali'i Drive. The former vacation home of Hawaiian royalty, it was converted to a museum run by the Daughters of Hawaiʻi, showcasing furniture and artifacts.

Protected area
Photo: W Nowicki, CC BY 3.0.
, the residence of Kamehameha I, was located at the north end of Kailua Bay in Kailua-Kona on Hawaiʻi Island.

Church
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The is the 70th operating temple of . The intent to build the temple was announced on May 7, 1998, by the church's First Presidency.

Kailua-Kona

Latitude
19.6419° or 19° 38′ 31″ north
Longitude
-155.9969° or 155° 59′ 49″ west
Population
12,000
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
IATA airport code
KOA
United Nations Location Code
US KHH
Open location code
73F6J2R3+Q6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150920781
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5847504
Wiki­data ID
Q627970
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Kailua-Kona” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كايلوا-كونا”
  • Bengali: “কালাোয়া”
  • Catalan: “Kailua-Kona”
  • Catalan: “Kailua”
  • Cebuano: “Kailua-Kona”
  • Chechen: “Кайлуа-Кона”
  • Chinese: “Kailua”
  • Chinese: “凯卢阿”
  • Chinese: “凱盧阿-科納”
  • Chinese: “凱盧阿”
  • Chinese: “凱魯瓦-科納”
  • Chinese: “科納”
  • Danish: “Kailua-Kona”
  • Dutch: “Kailua-Kona”
  • Dutch: “Kailua”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كايلوا كونا”
  • Finnish: “Kailua-Kona”
  • French: “Kailua-Kona”
  • Galician: “Kailua”
  • German: “Kailua-Kona”
  • Greek: “Καϊλούα-Κόνα”
  • Gujarati: “કૈલુઆ”
  • Hawaiian: “Kailua-Kona”
  • Hebrew: “קאילוה”
  • Hindi: “कैलुआ-कोना”
  • Hungarian: “Kailua”
  • Indonesian: “Kailua”
  • Irish: “Kailua-Kona”
  • Italian: “Kailua-Kona”
  • Italian: “Kailua”
  • Japanese: “カイルア・コナ”
  • Japanese: “カイルア＝コナ”
  • Kannada: “ಕೈಲುವ”
  • Korean: “카일루아 코나”
  • Korean: “카일루아코나”
  • Ladin: “Kailua-Kona”
  • Latvian: “Kailua”
  • Lithuanian: “Kailua-Kona”
  • Lithuanian: “Kailua”
  • Malay: “Kailua”
  • Marathi: “कैलुआ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kailua”
  • Newari: “कैलुवा (हवाई)”
  • Newari: “कैलुवा, हवाई”
  • Newari: “कैलुवा”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kailua”
  • Persian: “کایلوا هاوایی کانتی، هاوایی”
  • Persian: “کایلوا، شهرستان هاوایی، هاوایی”
  • Polish: “Kailua”
  • Portuguese: “Kailua-Kona”
  • Portuguese: “Kailua”
  • Romanian: “Kailua-Kona”
  • Russian: “Каилуа-Кона”
  • Russian: “Каилуа”
  • Serbian: “Кајлуа”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kailua, Hawaii County, Hawaii”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kailua”
  • Sinhala: “කයිලුවා”
  • Slovenian: “Kailua-Kona”
  • Somali: “Kailua, Hawaii County, Hawaii”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کایلوا-کونا، هاوایی”
  • Spanish: “Kailua (condado de Hawái, Hawái)”
  • Spanish: “Kailua (Hawái)”
  • Spanish: “Kailua-Kona”
  • Spanish: “Kailua”
  • Swedish: “Kailua-Kona”
  • Talysh: “Kailua Kona”
  • Tamil: “கைல்லுவா”
  • Tatar: “Кайлуа-Кона”
  • Telugu: “కైలుఆ”
  • Thai: “ไครัว”
  • Turkish: “Kailua”
  • Ukrainian: “Кайлуа-Кона”
  • Urdu: “کایلوا کونا، ہوائی”
  • Vietnamese: “Kailua-Kona, Hawaii”
  • Vietnamese: “Kailua-Kona”
  • Vietnamese: “Kailua, Hawaii”
  • Vietnamese: “Kailua”
  • Welsh: “Kailua”

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