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QUICK FACTS ABOUT HAWAII |
HAWAI‘I ALMANAC
Nickname: “The Aloha State”
Capital: Honolulu
Governor: Linda Lingle (R) (term expires Dec. 2006)
Lt. Governor: James “Duke” Aiona (R) (term expires Dec. 2006)
Senators: Daniel K. Inouye (D) (term expires Dec. 2005; Daniel K. Akaka (D) (term expires January 2007)
Total Land Area:
Population: 1,244,898 (2002)
Organized as a Territory: 1900
Entered Union: August 21, 1959
State Motto: “Ua mau ke ea o ka aina I ka pono” (“The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness”)
State Flower: Yellow Hibiscus
State Song: “Hawai‘i Pono‘i”
State Bird: Nene (Hawaiian goose)
State Tree: Kukui (candlenut)
State Mammal: Humpback whale ©2003-2004 Media-HI, Inc. All rights reserved. |
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