Place:Koloa, Kauai, Hawaii, United States

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NameKoloa
TypeCensus-designated place
Coordinates21.907°N 159.466°W
Located inKauai, Hawaii, United States
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Kōloa is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in , , United States. The population was 2,231 at the 2020 census, up from 1,942 at the 2000 census. The first successful sugarcane plantation in the Hawaiian Islands was started here in 1835. It became a part of Grove Farm in 1948.

The name Kōloa is often incorrectly translated as "native duck", which is the correct translation for the similar-looking koloa (without the macron). Kōloa means "a long cane with a crook." According to one account, the district of Kōloa was named for a steep rock called Pali-o-kō-loa which was found in Waikomo Stream.

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