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{{USState

|name=Hawaii

|name=Hawaii

|flag=Hawaii_State_Flag.gif

|flag=Flag of Hawaii.png

|motto="[[Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono|Ua mau ke ea o ka aina I ka pono]]" (The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness)

|motto="[[Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono|Ua mau ke ea o ka aina I ka pono]]" (The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness)

|nick=The Aloha State

|nick=The Aloha State

|date=August 21, 1959 (50th)

|date=August 21, 1959 (50th)

}}

}}

[[Image:NOAA_Hawaii_7.gif‎|right|thumb|350px|Hawaiian Island Chain - from Southeast to Northwest.‎]]  

[[Image:NOAA_Hawaii_7.gif‎|thumb|350px|Hawaiian Island Chain - from Southeast to Northwest.‎]]  

'''Hawaii''' (Hawaiian: Hawai'i), the '''Kingdom of Hawaii''' from 1795–1893 was annexed by the [[United States of America]] in 1894 and a territory from 1900-1959, became the 50th state to join the union on August 21, 1959—it was the fiftieth (and last) state to enter into the union. In 2005 it had a population of 1,275,194 on 6,423 square miles of land.<ref>http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108204.html</ref> It is located in the Pacific Ocean west and south of the mainland of the United States. It is the only American state to have 2 official languages. The main Hawaiian islands are (east to west) Hawai'i (or 'the Big Island'), [[Maui]], Kaho'olawe, [[Molokai|Moloka'i]], [[Lanai|Lana'i]], [[Oahu|O'ahu]], [[Kauai|Kaua'i]] and Ni'ihau. The state capital, [[Honolulu]], and [[Pearl Harbor]] are both on the island of Oahu. The origin of the name ''Hawai'i'' is obscure. It could be derived from the Polynesian ''Owhyii'', 'Place of the Gods', or from ''Hawaiki'' (the former name of Raiatea in the [[Society Islands]]), or may have the meaning 'Homeland'.<ref>Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names (Oxford 2005) p210</ref>

'''Hawaii''' (Hawaiian: Hawai'i), the '''Kingdom of Hawaii''' from 1795–1893 was annexed by the [[United States of America]] in 1894 and a territory from 1900-1959, became the 50th state to join the union on August 21, 1959—it was the fiftieth (and last) state to enter into the union. In 2005 it had a population of 1,275,194 on 6,423 square miles of land.<ref>http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108204.html</ref> It is located in the Pacific Ocean west and south of the mainland of the United States. It is the only American state to have 2 official languages. The main Hawaiian islands are (east to west) Hawai'i (or 'the Big Island'), [[Maui]], Kaho'olawe, [[Molokai|Moloka'i]], [[Lanai|Lana'i]], [[Oahu|O'ahu]], [[Kauai|Kaua'i]] and Ni'ihau. The state capital, [[Honolulu]], and [[Pearl Harbor]] are both on the island of Oahu. The origin of the name ''Hawai'i'' is obscure. It could be derived from the Polynesian ''Owhyii'', 'Place of the Gods', or from ''Hawaiki'' (the former name of Raiatea in the [[Society Islands]]), or may have the meaning 'Homeland'.<ref>Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names (Oxford 2005) p210</ref>