Palolo, Hawaii Explained

Official Name:Pālolo
Settlement Type:Neighborhood
Pushpin Map:USA Hawaii#Pacific Ocean
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Hawaii, United States & Pacific Ocean
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Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2: Honolulu
Subdivision Type3:City
Subdivision Name3: Honolulu
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Title1:Council
Leader Title2:State Senate District HI-10
Leader Name2:Les Ihara Jr.
Leader Title3:State House District HI-20
Leader Name3:Jackson Sayama
Leader Title4:Pālolo Neighborhood Board
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:12,620
Population Density Km2:1,242
Timezone:Hawaiian (HST)
Utc Offset:−10
Coordinates:21.2958°N -157.7968°W
Postal Code Type:Zip Code
Postal Code:96816
Area Code:808

Pālolo is the name of a valley, stream, and residential neighborhood in Honolulu, Hawaii, the United States. 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).[1]

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.In the Hawaiian language, pālolo means "clay".

Jarrett Middle School[2] and Pālolo Elementary School[3] 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.

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Notes and References

  1. Final Rules of Practice and Procedure Department of Land and Natural Resources ʻAha Moku Advisory Committee. 2016.
  2. http://jarrett.k12.hi.us/ Jarrett Middle School Website
  3. http://palolo.hidoe.us/ Pālolo Elementary School Website