Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park
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| Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park | |
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| IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape) | |
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| Location: | Hawaiʻi, USA |
| Nearest city: | Kailua Kona, Hawaiʻi |
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| Area: | 1,161 acres (4.7 km²) |
| Established: | November 10, 1978 |
| Total Visitation: | 85,891 (in 2005) |
| Governing body: | National Park Service |
Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park located on the island of Hawaiʻi in the U.S. state of Hawaiʻi. The park was established in 1978 for the preservation, protection and interpretation of traditional native Hawaiian activities and culture.
Early in its history, the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi was governed from several locations including coastal towns on the islands of both Hawaiʻi and Maui. Kailua was chosen by Kamehameha I to be his seat of government, and the capital of the newly unified Kingdom of Hawaiʻi.
(The capital was later moved to Lāhainā, then, to Honolulu.)
Kaloko-Honokōhau is the site of an ancient Hawaiian settlement which encompasses portions of four different ahupuaʻa, or traditional mountain-to-sea land divisions. Resources include fishponds, kahua (house site platforms), kiʻi pōhaku (petroglyphs), hōlua (stone slide) and heiau (religious site).
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- National Park Service: Kaloko-Honokōhau NHP — official website
- Polynesian education programs
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