Hawaii became the 50th state on August 21, 1959.
The state of Hawaii consists of eight main islands: Niihau, Kauai, Oahu,
Maui, Molokai, Lanai, Kahoolawe and the Big Island of Hawaii.
Hawaii is the most isolated population center on the face of the earth.
Hawaii is 2,390 miles from California; 3,850 miles from Japan; 4,900 miles
from China; and 5,280 miles from the Philippines.
Major Industries are tourism, agriculture (bananas, pineapples, macadamia
nuts, taro).
Hawaii may have been named for the traditional home of the Polynesians,
Hawaii or Hawaiki, called "Owhyhee".
Stats:
Capital - Honolulu
Population 2002 Census - 1,244,898 Est.
Total mass - 10,932
sq. miles
Land mass - 6,423 sq. miles
Water - 4,508 sq. miles
Coastline - 750 miles
Shoreline - 1,052 miles
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