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Hanalei

A crescent bay below green cliffs.

Population
444 (2020 census)
Kalākaua's visit
1874

Then

  1. 1817

    Russian forts near Hanalei are briefly part of Russian America.

  2. 1874

    King Kalākaua visits the bay and is welcomed with a 21-gun salute.

  3. Early 1900s

    Rice fields cover nearly the whole coastal plain.

Now

Hanalei is usually translated "lei making," and also "crescent bay."

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