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Kahului is a census-designated place (CDP) in Maui County, on the island of Maui, in the U.S. state of Hawaii. Kahului hosts Maui's main airport (Kahului Airport), deep-draft harbor, light industrial areas, and commercial shopping centers. The population was 26,337 at the 2010 census. The retail center for Maui residents, Kahului has several malls and major stores (including department stores in the Queen Kaahumanu Center); other significant groupings of stores are in Lāhainā such as the Lahaina Cannery Mall, the Happy Valley area of Wailuku, Maui Market Place and Maui Mall, which are both also located in Kahului; and The Shops at Wailea in Wailea. Kahului is not generally considered a tourist destination. It does feature the Alexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum, Kanaha Pond State Wildlife Sanctuary, Kanaha Beach County Park, and the Maui Arts and Cultural Center. Kahului is served by Kahului Airport, located outside of the CDP.〔"(Kahului CDP, Hawaii )." ''U.S. Census Bureau''. Retrieved on May 21, 2009.〕 ==History== Kahului was initiated by European Americans during the 1850s with the acquisition of the land between Makawao and Paia by Henry Baldwin and Samuel Alexander. They were planning a sugar plantation and mills. After the two realized their source of water was miles away, they built an irrigation ditch 17 miles long from Haleakalā to their plantation. The project took two years to complete. The plantation flourished and the owners bought more land for additional sugar mills. Many people started to move to Kahului to work in the plantations. As the population increased, related housing and retail services were slowly developed. Kahului was the first planned community in Hawaii and the Western United States when Alexander and Baldwin began construction of the town in the 1940s. The need for the community was significant as there was a lack of housing for plantation workers, who had to live in camps spread out throughout the sugar fields on Central Maui. Soon, roads were paved, subdivisions emerged, and markets prospered. Kahului was established as "Maui's major city." The founding of the harbor port and international airport strengthened the status of the city. Today, Kahului is known as the shopping capital of the island. Among its various shopping centers are Queen Ka'ahumanu Center, Home Depot and the island's only Walmart. Numerous bakeshops, fruit and vegetable stores, and souvenir shops cater to local residents and tourists 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kahului, Hawaii」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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