Hawaii

Hawaii (Hawaiian/Hawaiian English: Hawai‘i, with the ‘okina; also, historically, the Sandwich Islands) is the archipelago of the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Admitted on August 21, 1959, Hawaii constitutes the 50th state of the United States. As of the 2000 U.S. Census it had a population of 1,211,537 people. Honolulu is the largest city and the state capital.

External links

• {{wikitravel}}
• Official state homepage
• Hawai‘i Visitors & Convention Bureau
• HawaiiAnswers.com - a FAQ repository for Hawai‘i
• Satellite image of Hawaiian Islands at NASA's Earth Observatory
• Google maps

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