Maui County, Hawaii
| Maui County, Hawaii | |||
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 Location in the U.S. state of Hawaii |
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 Hawaii's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | 1905 | ||
| Seat | Wailuku | ||
| Largest city | Kahului | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 2,398 sq mi (6,211 km2) | ||
| • Land | 1,162 sq mi (3,010 km2) | ||
| • Water | 1,237 sq mi (3,204 km2), 51.6% | ||
| Population (est.) | |||
| • (2015) | 164,637 | ||
| • Density | 133/sq mi (51/km²) | ||
| Congressional district | 2nd | ||
| Time zone | Hawaii-Aleutian: UTC-10 | ||
| Website | www |
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Maui County, officially County of Maui, is a county located in the U.S. state of Hawaii. It consists of the islands of Maui, Lanai, Molokai (except for a portion of Molokai that comprises Kalawao County), Kahoolawe, and Molokini. The latter two islands are uninhabited. As of the 2010 census, the population was 154,834. The county seat is Wailuku.
Maui County is included in the Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Maui County has a quasi-mayor-council form of municipal government. Unlike traditional municipal governments, the county government is established by the state legislature by statute and is not chartered. Executive authority is vested in the mayor, elected by the voters on a non-partisan basis to a four-year term (with a limit of two consecutive full terms). Legislative authority is vested in the nine-member county council. All seats in the county council have residency requirements; however, all voters in Maui County may vote in elections for all nine seats regardless of residence. Members of the county council are elected on a non-partisan basis to two-year terms (with a limit of five consecutive full terms).
The current mayor of Maui County is Alan Arakawa since January 2, 2011. Arakawa had served a previous term as mayor from 2002 to 2006.
Maui County was the only county in the United States won by Dennis Kucinich during his unsuccessful campaign for the Democratic Party nomination to the presidency in 2004.
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