Aiea, Hawaii Aiea is a town and census-designated place (CDP) located in Honolulu County, Hawaii. As of the 2000 Census, the CDP had a total population of 9,019. The people of Aiea pronounce it "I-ay-uh." Some residents of Aiea claim that their town is the only town in the world spelled with only vowels. This claim may or may not be valid, depending on whether or not one regards the okina to be part of the name "Aiea" or not. Because the okina is considered a consonant in the Hawaiian language, this claim is technically incorrect. However, when people outside of Hawaii speak of Aiea, they usually don't include the okina (for example, the title of this article does not include an okina). In this context, claims that Aiea is the only town in the world spelled with only vowels are valid. However there is one other town in the world spelled with only vowels and that would be Ea, Spain, and also a village, forest and valley in Scotland called Ae. Geography Aiea is located at 21°23'9" North, 157°55'51" West (21.385900, -157.930927)GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4.5 km sq. (1.8 mi sq.). 4.3 km sq. (1.6 mi sq.) of it is land and 0.3 km sq. (0.1 mi sq.) of it is water. The total area is 5.71% water. Although Aiea as a census district may be only the small 4.5 km sq. noted above, most residents, when describing "Aiea," are referring to most of the northern shore of East Loch of Pearl Harbor to Aiea Bay, including the associated uplands rising to the north into the Koolau Mountains. Kamehameha Highway (State Rte. 90) divides most of Aiea from the shore of Pearl Harbor (mostly US government property), and the parallel major thoroughfare, interstate freeway H-1, further cuts the town's commercial district into two distinct areas. These east-west routes (and other streets) connect Aiea to Pearl City immediately adjacent on the west and the Halawa adjacent on the east. The residential area known as Aiea Heights extends up the ridgeline above the town. History Aiea was originally the name of an ahupuaa, or Hawaiian land division. It stretched from Aiea Bay (part of Pearl Harbor) into the mountains to the north. At the end of the 19th century, a sugar cane plantation was opened in the district by the Honolulu Plantation Company. As Aiea has several miles of shoreline on Pearl Harbor, the focus of the 7 December 1941 attack by the Japanese on military installations there greatly impacted the town. For example, one damaged ship, the USS Vestal, beached at Aiea Bay to prevent sinking. Many photographers photographed the battle from the hills in Aiea. After World War II the plantation shut down and the mill was converted into a sugar refinery. Meanwhile, developers started extending the town into the surrounding former sugar cane fields. In the years since then, Aiea has grown into an important suburb of Honolulu. The town's sugar history came to a close in 1996, when C&H Sugar closed the refinery. Then in 1998, the 99-year old sugar mill was torn down by the owners, amid protests from town residents and the County government. The above article in gray is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License It is from Wikipedia article Aiea   New! Hometown USA Photo Sharing Photo Galleries These photo galleries are available for you to share, view and post pictures such as: Pictures depicting what life is like in your hometown> Photos of scenes or scenery in your hometown Pictures that you want to share with your friends and family Commercial photos - real estate, store fronts, etc. Birthdays, Anniversaries, Vacation photos to share School academic and sporting event photos Deployed military personal photos to share with friends and family back home. Much more...

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