Maui

The island of Maui is one of the islands of , a state of the United States of America. It is the second-largest of the eight major islands and the third-most populous.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Lahaina and Kahului.

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is a town on the western end of the island of Maui, that abounds with restaurants, night clubs, and souvenir shops. Because the western end of Maui is a popular vacation destination, tourism is important to .

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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.

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, on Maui, is the seat of Maui County. Unlike the commercial center of , has a small-town plantation feel centered around its Main Street.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Kihei and Paia.

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is a town on Maui's South Shore. Overrun by developers in the 1970s and 80s, it's now a jumble of hotels, condos, shops and houses. While lacking charm, makes amends in its functionality and location.

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is a town on Maui's north shore. With much less concrete, no resorts and a number of beaches known for their huge waves, it has a different look and feel than the resort towns to the west and south.

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is a national park of the United States located on the island of Maui, Hawaii. Named after , a dormant volcano within its boundaries, the park covers an area of 33,265 acres, of which 24,719 acres is a wilderness area.

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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," is one of four towns that make up the semi-ambiguous region known as "Upcountry." As 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.

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Located at the extreme southeast of the island of Maui, the city of is like another island. Travel to or from the region of to any other major population center takes several hours by car.

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is a small town in the center of Maui between and .

Māʻalaea is a census-designated place in , , United States. The population was 310 at the 2020 census. Māʻalaea sits on the southern coast of the isthmus separating West Maui from the island’s Central Valley.

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is a small town on the Island of Maui in . It's located on Maui's Western shore, close to , and is one of Maui's main tourist destinations.

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is a resort community located along the west coast of the island of Maui, . Situated 20 minutes from town and bounded to the North by Honolua Bay.

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, and the smaller Makena to the south, are resort areas on the south side of Maui, , immediately south of the town of . They are known for their luxury resort hotels and condos, upscale restaurants, fancy shopping center and expensive golf courses.

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Haʻikū is an unincorporated community in on the of Maui in the state of . For United States Census purposes, it is part of the census-designated place, which also includes Pauwela.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Haleakalā Park Headquarters Visitor Center and Hosmer’s Grove.

Tourism office
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is a tourism office.

Forest
Hosmer's Grove is an example of experimental forestation from Hawaii's territorial days. Located just inside Haleakala National Park near the summit of Haleakala in Maui, , it includes a campsite and several hiking trails.

Campsite
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is a campsite.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kula.

Village
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is a census-designated place of Maui, . It stretches across Upcountry Maui, the western-facing slopes of . Most residential areas lie between about 500 to 1,100 m in elevation.

Maui

Latitude
20.7702° or 20° 46′ 13″ north
Longitude
-156.2682° or 156° 16′ 5″ west
Population
155,000
Elevation
1,619 metres (5,312 feet)
Geo­Names ID
5850862
Wiki­data ID
Q188705
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Maui” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Maui”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة ماوي”
  • Arabic: “ماوي”
  • Armenian: “Մաուի”
  • Azerbaijani: “Maui adası”
  • Basque: “Maui”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Маўі”
  • Belarusian: “Маўі”
  • Breton: “Maui”
  • Bulgarian: “Мауи”
  • Catalan: “Maui”
  • Cebuano: “Maui”
  • Chinese: “毛伊岛”
  • Chinese: “毛伊島”
  • Chinese: “茂伊島”
  • Chinese: “茂宜岛”
  • Chinese: “茂宜島”
  • Croatian: “Maui”
  • Czech: “Maui”
  • Danish: “Maui”
  • Dutch: “Maui”
  • Esperanto: “Maui”
  • Estonian: “Maui”
  • Finnish: “Mau’i”
  • Finnish: “Maui”
  • French: “Île de Maui”
  • French: “Maui”
  • Galician: “Maui”
  • Georgian: “მაუი”
  • German: “Maui”
  • Greek: “Μάουι”
  • Hawaiian: “Maui”
  • Hebrew: “מאווי”
  • Hindi: “माउइ”
  • Hindi: “मावी”
  • Hungarian: “Maui”
  • Icelandic: “Maui”
  • Ido: “Maui”
  • Indonesian: “Maui”
  • Interlingue: “Maui”
  • Irish: “Maui”
  • Italian: “Maui”
  • Japanese: “マウイ”
  • Japanese: “マウイ島”
  • Korean: “마우이 섬”
  • Korean: “마우이”
  • Korean: “마우이섬”
  • Latin: “Isla Mauia”
  • Latin: “Maui”
  • Latvian: “Maui”
  • Lithuanian: “Maui”
  • Macedonian: “Мауи”
  • Malay: “Maui”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “ماوي”
  • Nepali: “माउइ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Maui”
  • Norwegian: “Maui”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Maui”
  • Persian: “مائوئی”
  • Polish: “Maui”
  • Portuguese: “Maui”
  • Romanian: “Insula Maui”
  • Romanian: “Maui”
  • Russian: “Мауи”
  • Scots: “Maui”
  • Serbian: “Мауи”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Maui”
  • Slovak: “maui”
  • Slovenian: “Maui”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ماوویی”
  • Spanish: “Isla de Maui”
  • Spanish: “Maui”
  • Swedish: “Mau’i”
  • Swedish: “Maui”
  • Thai: “Maui”
  • Thai: “เกาะเมาอี”
  • Thai: “เมาวี”
  • Turkish: “Maui Adası”
  • Turkish: “Maui”
  • Ukrainian: “Мауі”
  • Ukrainian: “Мауї”
  • Urdu: “ماوئی”
  • Uzbek: “Maui”
  • Vietnamese: “Maui”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Maui”
  • Welsh: “Maui”
  • Welsh: “Ynys Maui”
  • Western Frisian: “Maui”
  • Wu Chinese: “茂宜岛”
  • Yue Chinese: “茂伊島”
  • “ma lili Mawi”

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