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This airticle is aboot the U.S. state o Hawaii. For the island for which it is named, see Hawaii (island).
Coordinates: 21°18′41″N 157°47′47″W / 21.31139°N 157.79639°W
State of Hawaii Mokuʻāina o Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian) | |||||
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Nickname(s): The Aloha State (offeecial), Paradise o the Paceefic,[1] The Islands o Aloha | |||||
Motto(s): Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono ("The Life o the Laund is Perpetuatit in Richteousness")[2] | |||||
State sang(s): "Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī (Hawaiʻi's Ain True Sons)[3]" | |||||
Offeecial leid | Inglis, Hawaiian | ||||
Demonym | Hawaiian[lower-alpha 1] | ||||
Caipital | Honolulu | ||||
Lairgest ceety | capital | ||||
Lairgest metro | Oahu metropolitan aurie | ||||
Aurie | Ranked 43rd | ||||
• Tot |
10,931 sq mi (28,311 km2) | ||||
• Width | n/a miles (n/a km) | ||||
• Lenth | 1,522 miles (2,450 km) | ||||
• % watter | 41.2 | ||||
• Latitude | 18° 55′ N tae 28° 27′ N | ||||
• Longitude | 154° 48′ W tae 178° 22′ W | ||||
Population | Ranked 40t | ||||
• Tot | 1,431,603 (2015 est)[4] | ||||
• Density |
214/sq mi (82.6/km2) Ranked 13t | ||||
• Median hoosehauld income | $64,514[5] (12th) | ||||
Elevation | |||||
• Heichest pynt |
Mauna Kea[6][7][8][9] 13,796 ft (4205.0 m) | ||||
• Mean | 3,030 ft (920 m) | ||||
• Lawest pynt |
Paceefic Ocean[7] sea level | ||||
Afore statehuid | Territory o Hawaii | ||||
Admission to Union | August 21, 1959 (50t) | ||||
Govrenor | David Ige (D) | ||||
Lieutenant Governor | Shan Tsutsui (D) | ||||
Legislatur | State Legislature | ||||
• Upper hoose | Senate | ||||
• Lawer hoose | Hoose o Representatives | ||||
U.S. Senators |
Brian Schatz (D) Mazie Hirono (D) | ||||
U.S. Hoose delegation |
1: Colleen Hanabusa (D) 2: Tulsi Gabbard (D) (leet) | ||||
Time zone |
Hawaii: UTC −10 (na DST) | ||||
ISO 3166 | US-HI | ||||
Abbreviations | HI, | ||||
Wabsteid |
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Hawaii is the airchipelago o the Hawaiian Islands in the Paceefic Ocean. Acceptit on 21 August, 1959, Hawaii constitutes the 50t state o the Unitit States. As o the 2010 U.S. Census it haes 1.4 million indwallers. Honolulu is the lairgest ceety an the state caipital. It was an independent kinrick frae 1819 tae 1893.
Notes[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Local uisage generally reserves Hawaiian as an ethnonym referrin tae Native Hawaiians. Hawaii resident is the preferred local form tae refer tae state residents in general regairdless o ethnicity. Hawaii mey an aa be uised adjectivally. The Associated Press Stylebook, 42nt ed. (2007), an aa prescribes this uisage (p. 112).
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Brodie, Carolyn S; Goodrich, Debra; Montgomery, Paula Kay (1996). [Hawaii at Google Books The Bookmark Book] Check
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value (help). Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited. ISBN 9781563083006. OCLC 34164045. Retrieved August 5, 2015. - ↑ Hawaii State Legislature. "Haw. Rev. Stat. § 5–9 (State motto)". Retrieved December 9, 2013.
- ↑ Hawaii State Legislature. "Haw. Rev. Stat. § 5–10 (State song)". Retrieved December 9, 2013.[deid airtin]
- ↑ "Table 1. Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015" (CSV). U.S. Census Bureau. December 26, 2015. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
- ↑ "Median Annual Household Income". The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
- ↑ "Summit USGS 1977". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Elevations and Distances in the United States". United States Geological Survey. 2001. Archived frae the oreeginal on October 15, 2011. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
- ↑ Elevation adjuistit tae North American Vertical Datum o 1988.
- ↑ The summit o Mauna Kea is the heichest pynt in Oceania. Mauna Kea is an aa the tawest moontain on Yird when measured frae base tae summit. The shield volcano sits on the fluir o the Paceefic Ocean at a depth o 5,998 meters (19,678 ft) for a tot hicht o 10,205.3 meters (33,482 ft)
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