| Nickname: |
The Garden Isle |
| Flower: |
okihana (Green Berry) |
| Color: |
Purple |
| Area: |
552.3 sq. miles |
| Average temperature: |
71 - 79 F at Lihu'e Airport |
| Average rainfall: |
The summit of Wai'ale'ale is among the wettest
spots in the world, with an average annual rainfall of 444 inches.
Average rainfall at Po'ipu Beach is 35 inches a year. |
| Population: |
55,603 (the least populated of the 4 state counties) |
| Tourists: |
Kaua'i's resorts and shopping centers have been
renovated since Hurricane Iniki devastated the island in 1992.
With the addition of daily flights direct from the US mainland,
visitors have returned to Kaua'i in the past several years. |
| Major Attractions: |
Waimea Canyon, Hanalei Valley, Koke'e State Park,
Fern Grotto, many stunning beaches and for the intrepid, Kalalau
Valley. |
| Science & Technology: |
The Pacific Missile Range Facility supports a
wide variety of training exercises and developmental tests in
42,000 sq. miles of sea and air space that is virtually encroachment
free. The West Kauai Technology and Visitor Center houses high
technology companies and offer interactive tours of Kauai. |
| Notable Facts: |
Kauai is the oldest of the inhabited Hawaiian
islands (5 million years) as well as the greenest and the wettest.
It is also the site of the first recorded contact between Westerners
and the native inhabitants of Hawai'i (the English captain,
James Cook, came ashore at Waimea Bay in 1778). Many movies
with South Sea and Asian settings have been filmed on the beaches
and Valleys of Kauai. |
