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ID: 7013718
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Record Type: administrative |
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Honolulu (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 21 18 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 21.3000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 157 51 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -157.8500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Tourist destination and important transport point for north Pacifc ports, including San Francisco, Panama and Sydney; missed by Captain Cook, harbor was entered by Captain William Brown in 1794; occupied by Russians, British and French in the 19th century; has many institutes for Hawaiian culture. |
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| Honolulu (preferred,C,V)
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............ | name means "protected bay" |
| Anorourou (C,V)
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| Honoruru (C,V)
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Oahu (island) (P) |
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Honolulu (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled as early as 1100 CE; became outpost for European traders in 1820s |
| city (C) |
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incorporated in 1909 |
| state capital (C) |
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| county seat (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| tourist center (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| cultural center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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| military center (H) |
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was staging area for Second World War after bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941 |
| capital (H) |
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of the kingdom of King Kamehameha II, officially declared on August 31, 1850 |
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