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{bmc 3nick_hp.shg} Nickname
{bmc 3pop_hip.shg} Population
{bmc 3bird_hp.shg} State Bird
{bmc 3flow_hp.shg} State Flower
{bmc 3tree_hp.shg} State Tree

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Population
Pop. (1986 est.) 1,062,000, a 10.1% increase over 1980 pop.

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State Capital
{ewl MVDIB12, MVDIB12, !HONOLULP.BMP}Honolulu

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Highest Point
Mauna Kea, 13,796 ft (4,208 m).

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Lowest Point
{ewl MVDIB12, MVDIB12, !SEALEVEP.BMP}Sea level.

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Nickname
{ewl MVDIB12, MVDIB12, !HI_NICKP.BMP} Aloha State

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State Bird
{ewl MVDIB12, MVDIB12, !HI_BIRDP.BMP}Hawaiian Goose

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State Flower
{ewl MVDIB12, MVDIB12, !HI_FLOWP.BMP}Hibiscus

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State Tree
{ewl MVDIB12, MVDIB12, !HI_TREEP.BMP}Candlenut

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{ewr MVDIB12, MVDIB12, !HI_HISTP.BMP}It is believed that the Polynesians who first settled the islands had arrived by c.750 AD. The first European to discover (1778) the islands was Capt. James Cook. In 1810 King Kamehameha united the islands under his sovereignty, ushering in a prosperous period of agriculture and trade. However, American and European traders introduced devastating infectious diseases that greatly reduced the native population. Missionaries and American planters who arrived in 1820 established sugar plantations and increasingly dominated the islands' economy and government. The monarchy was overthrown in 1893, and Hawaii became a U.S territory in 1900. On Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese aircraft made a surprise attack on the naval base at Pearl Harbor, plunging the U.S. into World War II. Since the war's end and statehood (1959) Hawaii has enjoyed sustained economic and population growth.

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Hawaii, 50th state of the U.S., a group of eight major islands and numerous islets in the central Pacific Ocean, c.2,100 mi (3,380 km) SW of San Francisco.

Area, 6,450 sq mi (16,706 sq km). 

{ewr MVDIB12, MVDIB12, !HI_LANDP.BMP}The islands, of volcanic origin, are ringed with coral reefs. Oahu, site of Honolulu, the capital and only large city, is the most populous and economically important island. On Hawaii Island are Mauna Kea, a huge extinct volcano, and Mauna Loa, a large active volcano in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Haleakala, one of the world's largest volcanic craters, on Maui Island, is part of Haleakala National Park. Other principal islands are Kahoolawe, Kauai, Lanai, Molokai, and Nihau. The islands are generally fertile, are largely covered in luxuriant vegetation, and enjoy a mild climate. About 60% of Hawaii's ethnically diverse population is of Asian descent, including people of Japanese, Chinese, and Filipino origin; there is a small minority of indigenous Hawaiians; nearly 33% of the population is white; and 7% is of other races.

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{ewr MVDIB12, MVDIB12, !HI_ECONP.BMP}Service industries, especially tourism and military installations, dominate the economy of Hawaii. The leading agricultural products are sugar cane and pineapples--both cultivated on large corporate plantations--and cattle and dairy products. Sugar refining and pineapple canning are the basis of the leading industry, food processing, which is supplemented by petroleum refining and printing and publishing.

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{ewr MVDIB12, MVDIB12, !HI_GOVTP.BMP}The constitution (adopted 1950) provides for a governor serving a four-year term. The legislature consists of a senate with 25 members elected to four-year terms and a house with 51 members serving two-year terms. Hawaii sends two representatives and two senators to the U.S. Congress and has four electoral votes.

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