8 December 2009 0 Comments

Some Fun Facts About Hawaii

Here are some interesting facts concerning the state of Hawaii: 1. Hawaii is further from any other populated land on earth. It is 2,390 miles from the coast of the mainland of the United States. It is 3,850 miles from Japan. It is 5,280 miles from the Phillipines.
2.The Hawaiian alphabet consists of only 12 letters; A, E, I, O, U, H, K, L, M, N, P, and W.
3.Hawaii has eight main islands: Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Maui, Molokai, Lanai, Kahoolawe, and the Big Island of Hawaii. 4.From the Kure Atoll in the north to the Island of Hawaii in the south, the Hawaiian Archipelago has 130 scattered bits of land, and its length spans about 1,600 miles.
5..Hawaii is the only state in America that grows coffee.
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6.On August 20th, 1959, Hawaii was admitted as the 50th state of the union.
7.Undersea volcanoes formed the Hawaiian Islands. The earth’s plates moved over the “hot spot” in the ocean floor, and the Islands were born from west to east.
8.All minerals below the ocean belong to the state. However, there are few underground minerals.
Bauxite under Kauai happens to be one of them.
9.The average daytime temperature in July is 82′ F. The average daytime temperature in January is 72′ F. The wind blows from east to west. The highest temperature ever recorded is 96′ F. It reaches 92’F normally only once or twice a year. The lowest temperature under 3000 feet altitude is 56′ F. Temperatures under 60′ F occur usually no more than once a year.
10.Hawaii follows Hawaiian Standard Time. There is no daylight savings time. The time follows two hours behind Pacific Standard Time.
11.Everyone is a minority in Hawaii. Caucasians only make up about 34%; Japanese-American about 32%; Filipino-American about 16% and Chinese-American about 5%. However, most of the population is of mixed of ethnicity. So now you know all about the state, including where to rent a Nissan car.

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