Hawaii baby!
When people talk about Hawaii will immediately think of white sand beaches, light blue water, Palm trees and girls dressed in coconut bikini. Hawaii has become a popular destination for people from all over the world. The archipelago of Hawaii is in the Pacific Ocean, North of the equator, 320 km west of California. It runs in an arc from Northwest to Southeast. The archipelago consists of eight major islands and hundreds of smaller ones. The eight largest islands are: Hawaii (often called Big Iceland), Maui, Oahu, Kauai, Molokai, Lanai, Niihau and Kahoolawe. It is only the seven former Islands that are inhabited.
The island group was formed by a volcanic chain that grew up out of the sea and its lava. In 1959 Hawaii became the 50th state of the United States. Hawaii (Big Iceland): Hawaii's highest and youngest among the Islands. It is the only island that still have active volcanoes; Here are the volcanoes Mauna Loa, Kilauea, with its famous lavasjö Hale mau mau and the extinct Mauna Kea, which rises 4200 meters above sea level and is the island's highest point. The island is known for its contrasts in nature. Here are both black and white beaches, snow-capped volcanoes, vast areas covered by lava and lush valleys.
Maui: Maui is the second largest island. This is the dormant volcano Halekala. Oahu: Oahu is the third largest island. Here is located the capital Honolulu is an important point for shipping and air traffic. Oahu means gathering place, and in the past the island was a meeting place for their kings. Today, Honolulu is a gathering place for tourists, it is to the Oahu most tourists come. In Honolulu, the famous Waikiki Beach is 500 meters long. It is on Oahu, Pearl Harbor is located.
Kauai: the fourth-largest island – Kauai — are nature lovers ' favorite. It is called "the Green Island" and has lush steep mountains and valleys, huge waterfalls and long sandy beaches. In Hawaii, it's pleasant temperatures all year round, thanks to the island's tropical marine climate. It is just a few degrees between summer and winter. Rainfall, however, strongly. At the Bergen östsidor falls at most 10 000 mm per year, while in Honolulu just fall on average 600 mm per year. Hawaii has about 1.2 million people, just over 2/3 living on the island of Oahu, with the capital Honolulu. The population is mixed, but the majority are of Asian descent (mostly from Japan and the Republic of the Philippines with even from China and Korea). Just over a third are white and about 10% are Polynesians, i.e. they are descended from the indigenous population. The Polynesians were the first who came to Hawaii, the first Polynesians came as early as the 5th century. They founded hövdingedömen and built great stone temples that still today remains in Hawaii. When James Cook's 1778 landed on Hawaiian Islands (of him called the Sandwich Islands), there were several småriken in Hawaii. These agreed 1795 by King Kamehameha i. His lineage reigned for hundred years. In the 19th century was an important choice captures Hawaii and United States, United Kingdom and France fought for supremacy over the Islands. United States won and in 1898 they took Hawaii and established military installations there. During World War II, the Japanese attacked the American naval base Pearl Harbor (which is located on the island of Oahu in Hawaii). The attack was totally unexpected and several thousand people died. This was why the United States's entry into the war.

By: Mustafe Osman SA2EF