Kaʻū is the southernmost and largest district (922 sq. miles or 2,388 km2)[1] of Hawaii County, Hawaii, located on the island of Hawaiʻi.
Kaʻū was one of the six original districts of ancient Hawaii on the island, known as moku.[2] It includes the areas of South Point (Ka Lae), Hawaiian Ocean View Estates (HOVE), Hawaiian Ocean View Ranchos (HOVR), now together known as Ocean View, Nīnole, Waiʻōhinu, Naʻālehu and Pāhala.[3]
The district contains much of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, including the volcanoes Kīlauea and Mauna Loa, and Punaluʻu Black Sand Beach, Papakōlea (Green Sand) Beach and Kamilo Beach.[4] To the east of Kaʻū is the Puna District, and to the west is the South Kona District.[5]
- ^ Area of Districts, Hawaii County hawaiicounty.gov
- ^ Lloyd J. Soehren (2010). "lookup of Kaʻū ". in Hawaiian Place Names. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved September 28, 2010.
- ^ Kaʻū Chamber of Commerce official web site
- ^ John R. K. Clark (2001). Hawai'i place names: shores, beaches, and surf sites. University of Hawaii Press. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-8248-2451-8.
- ^ Juvik and Juvik editors, 1998, Atlas of Hawaii, University of Hawaii Press, ISBN 978-0-8248-2125-8