🏚️ Kalawao, Hawaii

United States · Americas · 21.18°N, 156.95°W

Kalawao is a location on the eastern side of the Kalaupapa Peninsula of the island of Molokai, in Hawaii, which was the site of Hawaii's leper colony between 1866 and the early 20th century. Thousands of people in total came to the island to live in quarantine. It was one of two such settlements on Molokai, the other being Kalaupapa. Administratively Kalawao is part of Kalawao County. The placename means "mountain-side wild woods" in Hawaiian.

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Country	United States
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	21.18°N, 156.95°W · view on map

Kalawao, Hawaii is located in United States, in Americas.

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