Place:Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, Hawaii, United States

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NameKailua-Kona
Alt namesKailua-Kona (census-designated place)source: from redirect
Kailausource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS15001627
Kailuasource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Kailuasource: AAA: Hawaii (1987); Times Atlas of the World (1994) p 94
Kailua Konasource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS15001627
Kairuasource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS15001627
Kayakakouasource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS15001627
TypeInhabited place
Coordinates19.717°N 155.983°W
Located inHawaii, Hawaii, United States
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Kailua-Kona is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States. It is also known as Kailua (a name it shares with a community located on the windward side of ), as Kona (a name it shares with the district to which it belongs) and as Kona Town. Kailua-Kona is the second-largest settlement on the island of Hawaii (after Hilo) and the largest settlement on the west side of the island, where it is the center of commerce and the tourist industry. Kailua-Kona is served by Kona International Airport, located just to the north in the adjacent CDP of Kalaoa. The population was 19,713 at the 2020 census, up from 11,975 at the 2010 census.

Kailua-Kona was the closest major settlement to the epicenter of the 2006 Kiholo Bay earthquake.

Kailua-Kona's boundaries were altered significantly for the 2020 census. The eastern portion of Kailua-Kona became part of the neighboring Holualoa CDP, while the western portion of Holualoa became part of Kailua-Kona.

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