Palolo, Hawaii

Neighborhood in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Neighborhood in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
21°17′44.8″N 157°47′48.4″W / 21.295778°N 157.796778°W / 21.295778; -157.796778Country United StatesState HawaiiCounty HonoluluCity HonoluluGovernment
 • MayorRick Blangiardi • Council
Members
  • 1. Kymberly Marcos Pine
  • 2. Ernest Y. Martin
  • 3. Ikaika Anderson
  • 4. Trevor Ozawa
  • 5. Ann Kobayashi
  • 6. Carol Fukunaga
  • 7. Joey Manahan
  • 8. Brandon Elefante
  • 9. Ron Menor
 • State Senate District HI-10Les Ihara Jr. • State House District HI-20Jackson Sayama • Pālolo Neighborhood Board
Members[1]
  • 1. Randolph C. Hack (Chair)
  • 2. Beverly K.S. Mau (Vice Chair)
  • 3. Darlene H. Nakayama (Secretary)
  • 4. Earl Shiraki (Sergeant-at-Arms)
  • 5. Barbra J. Armentrout (Treasurer)
  • 6. Paul Holtrop
  • 7. Rusti J. Onishi
  • 8. Mark Leo
  • 9. Bradley T. Rentz
  • 10. Joshua Robert Frost
Population
 (2010)
 • Total12,620 • Density1,242/km2 (3,220/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−10 (Hawaiian (HST))Zip Code
96816
Area code808

Pālolo is the name of a valley, stream, and residential neighborhood in Honolulu, Hawaii, the United States.[2] The area lies approximately four miles east and inland from downtown Honolulu, less than a mile from Diamond Head. Like many of Hawaii's neighborhoods, Pālolo consists of an entire valley. The mauka (mountain-side) of the valley is agricultural in nature. The makai (ocean-side) of the valley ends approximately at Waiʻalae Avenue and is densely settled, mostly with single-family homes.

In the Hawaiian land use system, Pālolo is an ʻili of the Waikīkī ahupuaʻa in moku of Kona (Honolulu).[3]

Pālolo includes the Kaʻau Crater, an extinct volcano in the mountains at the back of the valley.

Pālolo Stream runs through the valley before joining Manoa stream to form the Mānoa-Pālolo drainage canal, which flows into the Ala Wai Canal.[4] In the Hawaiian language, pālolo means "clay".[2]

Jarrett Middle School[5] and Pālolo Elementary School[6] are located in Pālolo.

Pālolo Valley is bordered on the mauka end by the Koʻolau Range, to the Koko Head (approximately East) side by Wilhelmina Rise, on the makai end by the neighborhood of Kaimuki, and on the ʻEwa (approximately west) side by Waʻahila Ridge.

References

  1. ^ "PALOLO NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD NO. 6". City and County of Honolulu. 2017. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
  2. ^ a b Mary Kawena Pukui; Samuel Hoyt Elbert; Esther T. Mookini (2004). "lookup of Pālolo ". in Place Names of Hawai'i. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, University of Hawaii Press. Retrieved November 12, 2010.
  3. ^ Final Rules of Practice and Procedure Department of Land and Natural Resources ʻAha Moku Advisory Committee (PDF) (Report). 2016.
  4. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pālolo Stream
  5. ^ Jarrett Middle School Website Archived April 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Pālolo Elementary School Website Archived July 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

External links

  • Watanabe, June (September 26, 1996). "Palolo Pride - Discover the richness of the valley". The Honolulu Star-Bulletin on the Web. Retrieved June 25, 2010.
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