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Place Name
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Kona
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Pronunciation
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KO-nah
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Place Status (Type)
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district
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Location
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Hawaii County, Hawaii (HI), United States, North America
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Latitude
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unknown
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Longitude
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unknown
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Kona
(KO-nah), district, S and central part of Hawaii isl.'s W
coast, Hawaii (HI) co., Hawaii (HI); c.50 mi/80 km long.
Includes Hawaii's coffee belt. The Kona coast, with fine
deep-sea fishing offshore, is a favorite tourist spot. Growth
of tourism has led to development of formerly agr.-oriented towns of
Kailua-Kona, Captain Cook, Holualoa, Honaunau, among others. On
Kealakelua Bay stands a monument to Eng. explorer Capt. James Cook,
killed here by natives in 1779. Kailua Bay to the N was the landing
site in 1820 of the 1st U.S. missionaries to Hawaii.
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