Hawi, Hawaii

Hawi (Hawaiian: Hāwī; pronounced [haː'viː]) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaiʻi County, Hawaii.

The two communities were once busy commercial centers during the operation of the Kohala Sugar plantation.

It is the northernmost point on the bicycle leg, where athletes return to the finish line at Kamakahonu in Kailua-Kona.

[3] According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.1 km2), all of it land.

[citation needed] As of the census[5] of 2000, there were 938 people, 298 households, and 224 families residing in the CDP.

Map of Hawaii highlighting Hawaii County