Kailua
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census designated place in Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Hawaii
- County
- Honolulu
- Total
- 10.59 sq mi (27.44 km )
- Land
- 7.77 sq mi (20.13 km )
- Water
- 2.82 sq mi (7.31 km )
- Elevation
- 16 ft (5 m)
- Density
- 5,212.8/sq mi (2,012.67/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−10 ( Hawaii–Aleutian )
- Fips code
- 15-23150
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Kailua
- Population
- 40514
- Area
- 27.404526
- Elevation
- 5
- Image
- Kailua Aerial.jpg
- Households
- 12387
- Dialing code
- 808
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- postal code
- 96734
- Commons category
- Kailua, Honolulu County, Hawaii
- water as percent of area
- 26.6236
- per capita income
- 51260
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Kailua ( English: /kaɪˈluːə/; Hawaiian: [kɐjˈluwə]) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States. It lies in the Koʻolaupoko District of the island of Oʻahu on the windward coast at Kailua Bay. It is in the judicial district and the ahupua'a named Ko'olaupoko. It is 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Honolulu – over Nu‘uanu Pali.
In the Hawaiian language Kailua means "two seas" or "two currents", a contraction of the words kai (meaning "sea" or "sea water") and ʻelua (meaning "two"); it is so named because of the two former fishponds in the district (Kawainui and Kaʻelepulu) or the two currents that run through Kailua Bay.