Māʻili, Hawaii

Māʻili (Hawaiian pronunciation: [maːˈʔili]) is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Waiʻanae District on the island of Oʻahu, City & County of Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States.

In Hawaiian, māʻili means "pebbly", referring to rounded stones at the shore.

Two tall, red antennae near the mouth of the Lualualei Valley are parts of the Navcom Radio Transmitting Facility,[9] and were the tallest man-made structures in the Western Hemisphere at 1,503 feet when they were built in 1972.

[7] Māʻili has among the highest percentage of Native Hawaiians in Hawai’i, with 48.8% of the population in 2009.

[15] It is located on the Waimea Coast of Oʻahu, between the ocean-front Māʻili Beach Park and the Lualualei Valley at the foot of the Waianae Range.

9.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

[19] Leeward Community College operates Wai‘anae Moku in Maili CDP.

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