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Lihue, Hawaii
Līhuʻe | |
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Coordinates: 21°58′29″N 159°21′56″W / 21.97472°N 159.36556°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Hawaii |
County | Kauai |
Area | |
• Total | 8.24 sq mi (21.33 km2) |
• Land | 7.46 sq mi (19.32 km2) |
• Water | 0.78 sq mi (2.01 km2) |
Elevation | 220 ft (67 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 8,004 |
• Density | 1,072.92/sq mi (414.27/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−10 (Hawaii-Aleutian) |
ZIP code | 96766 |
Area code | 808 |
FIPS code | 15-45200 |
GNIS feature ID | 0361837 |
Lihue (Hawaiian: Līhuʻe, [liːˈhuʔe]) is an unincorporated community, census-designated place (CDP) and the county seat of Kauai County, Hawaii, United States. Lihue is the second-largest town on the Hawaiian island of Kauaʻi, following Kapaʻa. As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a population of 6,455,[2] up from 5,694 at the 2000 census.