Kauai

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Kauaʻi

Nickname: The Garden Island
March 2003 satellite photo
Location in Hawaiʻi
Geography
Coordinates	22°04′12″N 159°29′51″W / 22.07000°N 159.49750°W / 22.07000; -159.49750
Area	562.3 sq mi (1,456 km2)
Area rank	4th largest Hawaiian Island
Highest elevation	5,243 ft (1598.1 m)
Highest point	Kawaikini
Administration
United States
Symbols
Flower	Mokihana (Melicope anisata)[1]
Color	Poni (Purple)
Largest settlement	Kapaʻa
Demographics
Demonym	Kauaian
Population	73,298 (2020[2])
Pop. density	118/sq mi (45.6/km2)

Kauaʻi (Hawaiian: [kɐwˈwɐʔi]), anglicized as Kauai^[a] (English: /ˈkaʊaɪ/ KOW-eye^[3] or /kɑːˈwɑː.iː/ kah-WAH-ee),^[4] is one of the main Hawaiian Islands.

It has an area of 562.3 square miles (1,456.4 km²), making it the fourth-largest of the islands and the 21st-largest island in the United States.^[5] Kauaʻi lies 73 miles (117 km) northwest of Oʻahu, across the Kauaʻi Channel. The island's 2020 population was 73,298.^[6]

Styling itself the "Garden Isle", Kauaʻi is the site of Waimea Canyon State Park and Na Pali Coast State Park. It forms the bulk of Kauai County, which also includes the small nearby islands of Kaʻula, Lehua, and Niʻihau.

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