More Asian than American, Honolulu is a delightful blend of ethnicity, a cacophonous mixture of language, custom and cuisine served with generous helpings of Hawaiian hospitality. Among its many museums and cultural offerings, it has the only royal palace in the USA, and has become a foodie heaven of cheap noodle joints and fancy Pacific Rim cuisine. Then, when city life is all too much, you can saunter over to gorgeous Waikiki to lounge on the sand, play in the water and listen to splendid Hawaiian music in the evening.
Hawaii is an island chain in the Pacific Ocean since 1959 and the 50th State of the United States. The island group is part of the Polynesian culture area, at the northern tip of the so-called Polynesian triangle in the South Seas. The nickname of Hawaii's "Aloha State" (Aloha State). Hawaii's diverse landscapes, a year-round warm climate and many public beaches make it a popular destination of tourists, surfers, biologists and geologists. Due to its location in the Pacific appear to Hawaii with his own Polynesian culture both Asian and North American influences.
Hawaii from the U.S. mainland is 3682 km (Flumeville, California) away. Total includes 137 islands and atolls with a total area of 16,625 km ² to Hawaii, but most of them are not or no longer inhabited.
The largest islands are divided into five counties: Hawaii and Oahu each represent a separate County, Kauai and Niihau together form a county, are also summarized Maui, Molokai, Lanai and Kahoolawe. A special feature is the Kalawao County, which is limited to the Kalaupapa Peninsula on Molokai. In terms of population counts of the smallest counties in the United States. The Midway Atoll (Hawaiian: Pihemanu) in northern Hawaii back is the only area which although geographically belongs to Hawaii, but not subordinate to the state of Hawaii.
