Island of Kauai
| Nickname: The Garden Island | |
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August 1989 satellite photo
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Location in Hawaiʻi
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| Geography | |
| Location | 22°05′N 159°30′W / 22.083°N 159.500°W |
| Area | 562.3 sq mi (1,456 km2) |
| Area rank | 4th largest Hawaiian Island |
| Highest elevation | 5,243 ft (1,598.1 m) |
| Highest point | Kawaikini |
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| Flower | Mokihana (Melicope anisata) |
| Color | Poni (Purple) |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 65,689 (2008) |
| Pop. density | 106 /sq mi (40.9 /km2) |
Kauai or Kauaʻi (English: /kəˈwaɪ.i/; Hawaiian: [kɐˈwɐʔi]) is geologically the oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands. With an area of 562.3 square miles (1,456.4 km2), it is the fourth largest of these islands and the 21st largest island in the United States. Known also as the "Garden Isle", Kauaʻi lies 105 miles (169 km) across the Kauaʻi Channel, northwest of Oʻahu. This island is the site of Waimea Canyon State Park.
The United States Census Bureau defines Kauaʻi as census tracts 401 through 409 of Kauai County, Hawaiʻi, which comprises all of the county except for the islands of Ka'ula, Lehua and Niʻihau. The 2010 United States Census population of the island was 67,091. The most populous town was Kapaʻa.
In 1778, Captain James Cook arrived at Waimea Bay, the first European known to have reached the Hawaiʻian islands. He named the archipelago after his patron the 6th Earl of Sandwich, George Montagu.
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