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Place Name
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Kaneohe
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Pronunciation
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KAH-nei-O-hei
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Population
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35,448 (1990)
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Location
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Honolulu County, Hawaii (HI), United States, North America
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Latitude
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21°24'N
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Longitude
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157°47'W
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Kaneohe
(KAH-nei-O-hei), uninc. city (1990 pop. 35,448),
Honolulu co., Hawaii (HI), on the E coast of Oahu,
8 mi/12.9 km NE of Honolulu, across Koolau
Range, on Kaneohe Bay; 21°24'N 157°47'W. Once the site of a
pineapple plantation and cannery, it is a residential seaside
community. Mfg. (printing and publishing, jewelry). Windward Community
Col.; Hawaii Loa campus of Hawaii Pacific Univ. The U.S. Kaneohe Marine
Corps Base is nearby; it was attacked by the Japanese on Dec. 7, 1941.
Many anc. fishponds built by Hawaiian chiefs are in the area. Kaneohe
Bay Marine Corps Base to NE on Mokapu Peninsula; Haiku Naval Reserve to
SW; Heeia State Park to N, on coast; Kaneohe Beach County Park to E;
Valley of Temples to NW.
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