Holualoa, Big Island

Holualoa at a Glance

Holualoa is a small village situated in the slope of Mount Hualalai, Big Island, Hawaii with an elevation of 1,372 feet above sea level. It is located 19°36'N latitude and 155°58'W longitude and three miles off Kailua. The people of Holualoa are proud of its art and Kona coffee. The town is primarily a single road called Mamalahoa Highway with galleries exhibiting the works of local artists along the cool mountain breeze interlacing the coffee plantations.

Holualoa got its name from the ancient Hawaiian practice of sledding the long "loa" mountain slopes using "holua" or wooden sleds. This sledding site is now known as the Mamalahoa Highway. In 1778, when Europeans started coming to Hawaii for trade, coffee cuttings from Brazil was brought in to Holualoa by Samuel Reverend Ruggles. Late in the century, coffee became the prime product of Holualoa until its market value dropped. Landowners leased their coffee lands to their mostly Japanese tenants who grew quality coffee in small quantity for local consumption. Planting coffee as family crops was continued with the arrival of Filipino, European and American migrants. Until now, the coffee aroma is smelled as one drives down the slope of Mount Hualalai where fields after fields of coffee could be seen in combination with numerous galleries along the way.

With a land area of 15.2 square miles, the population of 6,107 as of 2000 is comprised of people with American, African American, Asian, Native American, Hispanic, and Pacific Islander origin. This mixed cultures offer a lot to tourists and visitors of Holualoa.

Holualoa’s zip code is 96725.

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