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Molokai (mō`lōkī`), island (1990 pop. 6,587), 261 sq mi (676 sq km), Maui co., Hawaii, between Oahu and Maui islands. Molokai is generally mountainous, with Mt. Kamakou (4,970 ft/1,515 m) the highest peak. On the north coast, separated by a rocky mountain wall from the rest of the island and accessible only over a 2,000-ft (610-m) pass, is the Kalaupapa peninsula, on which a government leper colony exists (est. 1860). Molokai has many cattle ranches and pineapple plantations; the poor soil is unfit for the cultivation of sugarcane. The chief port is Kaunakakai (1990 pop. 2,658), from which the island's products are shipped to Honolulu for export. Molokai an island in central Hawaii. Pop.: 7404 (2000). Area: 676 sq. km (261 sq. miles) Molokai Hawaiian island; site of government leper colony. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 1807] See : Disease How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Trendy Hawaiian shirt maker Reyn Spooner has come out with a limited edition aloha shirt depicting the life of Blessed Damien de Veuster, a Belgian Sacred Heart missioner who served those afflicted with leprosy on the island of Molokai, Hawaii. was transferred to the city of Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation; and the Molokai Lighthouse in Molokai, Hawaii, will be transferred to the National Park Service. Water samples from the dry, south coast of Molokai, Hawaii, had estrone concentrations only 2-fold higher than those of the open-ocean samples (52 vs. |
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