Makawao
Makawao is a town on the island of Maui in the state of Hawai'i, United States of America. Pronounced MAH-kah-wow and meaning "Eye of the Forest," Makawao is one of four towns that make up the semi-ambiguous region known as "Upcountry." As Makawao marks the start of a vast expanse of jungle-like rainforests that wrap around the north and east sides of Maui, it is naturally wet and cool.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 7,180 residents
- Description: human settlement in Maui County, Hawaii, United States of America
- Also known as: “Makawao, Hawaii” and “Makawao, HI”
- Postal code: 96768
Places of Interest
Highlights include Piʻiholo and Seabury Hall.
Piʻiholo
Peak
Piʻiholo is a mountain summit on the island of Maui in Hawaii. It is at and has an elevation of 689 meters. Its soils are mostly dark reddish brown silty clays developed on long-weathered volcanic ash which supports ranchland where cattle and horses are raised.
Seabury Hall
School
Seabury Hall is a private college preparatory school in Makawao. It is affiliated with the Episcopal Church. It was founded in 1964 and serves middle and high school students.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pukalani and Haliimaile.
Pukalani
Village
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Pukalani is a census-designated place in Maui County, Hawaiʻi, United States. The population was 8,299 at the 2020 census. The western volcano-slope region of Haleakalā, including nearby Makawao and Kula, is referred to as Upcountry Maui by locals, and is one of the four major population centers on Maui.
Haliimaile
Village
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Hāliʻimaile is a census-designated place in Maui County, Hawaii, United States. The population was 1,074 at the 2020 census. Haliimaile is situated 2 miles northwest of Makawao.
Makawao
- Categories: census-designated place in the United States and locality
- Location: Maui County, Maui, Hawaii, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
20.8539° or 20° 51′ 14″ northLongitude
-156.3104° or 156° 18′ 37″ westPopulation
7,180Elevation
1,578 feet (481 metres)United Nations Location Code
US MK8Open location code
73G5VM3Q+HROpenStreetMap ID
node 150916861OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Makawao” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Makawao”
- Bulgarian: “Макауао”
- Catalan: “Makawao”
- Cebuano: “Makawao”
- Chechen: “Макавао (Гавай)”
- Chechen: “Макавао”
- Chinese: “Makawao”
- Chinese: “馬卡沃”
- Chinese: “馬卡瓦”
- Chinese: “馬卡瓦奧”
- Chinese: “马卡瓦”
- Dutch: “Makawao”
- French: “Makawao”
- German: “Makawao”
- Gilaki: “ماکاوآ (هاوايي)”
- Gilaki: “ماکاوآ”
- Hawaiian: “Makawao”
- Irish: “Makawao”
- Italian: “Makawao”
- Japanese: “マカワオ”
- Korean: “마카와오”
- Ladin: “Makawao”
- Mazanderani: “ماکاوائو”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Makawao”
- Newari: “मकाओवा (हवाई)”
- Newari: “मकाओवा, हवाई”
- Newari: “मकाओवा”
- Persian: “ماکاوائو، هاوایی”
- Persian: “ماکاوائو”
- Polish: “Makawao”
- Portuguese: “Makawao”
- Russian: “Макавао”
- Serbian: “Макавао”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Makawao, Hawaii”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Makawao”
- South Azerbaijani: “ماکاوائو، هاوایی”
- Spanish: “Makawao (Hawái)”
- Spanish: “Makawao”
- Swedish: “Makawao”
- Talysh: “Makavao”
- Tatar: “Макавао (Гавай)”
- Tatar: “Макавао”
- Ukrainian: “Макавао”
- Welsh: “Makawao”
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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 Wikivoyage page “Makawao”. Photo: 293.xx.xxx.xx, CC BY-SA 3.0.