Waimea

Waimea is a landlocked community in , United States. Waimea is the center for ranching activities and paniolo culture. The name Waimea means reddish water.
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  • Type: Town with 9,210 residents
  • Description: census-designated place in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States
  • Also known as: “Kamuela”, “Kamuela (USPS)”, “Waimea - Bis Island”, “Waimea (condado de Hawái, Hawái)”, “Waimea (Hawái)”, “Waimea, Hawaiʻi County, Hawaii”, “Waimea, Hawaii County, Hawaii”, “Waimea, HI”, and “威美亞 (夏威夷縣)”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Isaacs Art Center and Waimea-Kohala Airport.

Museum
Photo: HawaiiCalls, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is an art museum and retail gallery in Waimea on the Island of Hawaii.

Aerodrome
is a state-owned public-use…

School
is an independent, co-educational day…

Waimea

Latitude
20.0217° or 20° 1′ 18″ north
Longitude
-155.6686° or 155° 40′ 7″ west
Population
9,210
Elevation
813 metres (2,667 feet)
IATA airport code
MUE
Open location code
73G628CJ+MH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150920117
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5854571
Wiki­data ID
Q1318641
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Waimea” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Waimea”
  • Catalan: “Waimea”
  • Cebuano: “Waimea”
  • Chechen: “Ваймеа (Гавай гуо, Гавай)”
  • Chechen: “Ваймеа”
  • Chinese: “怀梅阿”
  • Chinese: “懷梅阿”
  • Dagbani: “Waimea”
  • Dutch: “Waimea”
  • French: “Waimea”
  • German: “Waimea”
  • Irish: “Waimea”
  • Italian: “Waimea”
  • Japanese: “ワイメア”
  • Ladin: “Waimea”
  • Mazanderani: “وایمیا”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Waimea”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Waimea (Hawaii)”
  • Norwegian: “Waimea”
  • Persian: “وای‌می هاوایی‌کانتی، هاوایی”
  • Persian: “وایمیا”
  • Polish: “Waimea”
  • Portuguese: “Waimea”
  • Russian: “Ваимеа”
  • Serbian: “Ваимеа”
  • Serbian: “Вајмеа”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Waimea, Hawaii”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Waimea”
  • Silesian: “Waimea”
  • Slovenian: “Waimea”
  • Spanish: “Waimea”
  • Swedish: “Waimea”
  • Talysh: “Vaimea”
  • Tatar: “Ваймеа (Гавай округы, Гавай)”
  • Tatar: “Ваймеа”
  • Ukrainian: “Ваймеа”
  • Urdu: “وائمیا، ہوائی کاؤٹی، ہوائی”
  • Welsh: “Waimea”

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