Hawaii: the destination of the rich and one of the most famous tourist destinations around the world. Here are facts and information you may not know about this wonderful place in the Pacific Ocean.
Kyiv. Ukraine. Ukraine Gate – June 19, 2021 – Tourism and Travel
It does not have a common border with the rest of the USA.
The state of Hawaii, along with the state of Alaska, is among the states that do not share a border with any other state of the United States.
It is also the only state surrounded by water from all directions.
Hawaii is the only state in the USA that does not have a straight border.
Its size is constantly increasing.
Due to constant volcanic eruptions, Hawaii is the only state in the country that has an increased land area.
Sunset from the island of Maui in Hawaii
The largest isolated human gathering.
The Hawaiian Islands are among the largest and most isolated population centers on Earth.
1.4 million people live within 2.3 miles of California. 3.4 miles from Japan. 4.9 miles from China. and 5.2 miles from the Philippines.
Barack Obama was born there.
Born in Hawaii, Barack Obama is the only president of the United States to come from outside the continental United States.
It is also the only state in the United States of America where the white population is not a majority.
One of the most expensive coffees is grown in Hawaii
The Hawaiian Islands grow coffee beans from the rarest coffee beans around the world called Kona coffee. The price of a pound of this coffee reaches $34.
You will be surprised to know that this coffee is not 100% from Kona beans, but rather is mixed with other types of coffee.
This coffee contains only 10% of the original Kona beans, and this is due to its rarity, of course.
It has one of the most active volcanoes around the world.
The Kilauea volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii erupted in 1790 and killed more than 5,000 people.
This makes it one of the worst eruptions of volcanoes in the United States of America and one of the most active volcanoes in the world.
It has the highest life expectancy in the USA.
According to a study, the Hawaiian Islands have the highest life expectancy in the United States of America, where the average lifespan of males is 77.1 years and the average age of females is 82.5 years.
The astronauts trained there before going to the moon.
Back in the 1960s, when NASA was sending astronauts to the moon, astronauts trained at the time in Hawaii by walking on the hardened lava fields of Mauna Loa because they look a lot like the surface of the moon.
Surfing was invented in Hawaii.
Surfing was invented in the Hawaiian Islands by the Polynesians who settled in Hawaii and were skilled sailors.
It is the second rainiest place on Earth.
Mount Waialeale on the island of Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands is the second rainiest place on Earth.
The average rainfall is 450 inches per year.
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