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Hawaii (Hawaiian/Hawaiian
English: Hawaii, with the okina;
also, historically, the Sandwich
Islands) is located in the archipelago
of the Hawaiian
Islands in the Pacific
Ocean, 19°28′41″N,
155°32′47″W.
Admitted on August
21, 1959,
Hawaii constitutes the 50th state
of the United
States and is situated 2300 miles from the mainland. It is the
southernmost
part of that country. 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. |
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