page_title: Kahoʻolawe
section_title: Traditional subdivisions
hierarchical_section_title: Kahoʻolawe / Traditional subdivisions
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Traditionelle Gliederung der acht ʻili der Insel Kahoʻolawe (Hawaii) English: Traditional subdivision of the eight ʻili of the Kahoolawe Island (Hawaii)
context_page_description: Kahoʻolawe anglicized as Kahoolawe is the smallest of the eight main volcanic islands in the Hawaiian Islands. Kahoʻolawe is located about seven miles southwest of Maui and also southeast of Lānaʻi, and it is 11 mi long by 6.0 mi wide, with a total land area of 44.97 sq mi. The highest point on Kahoʻolawe is the crater of Lua Makika at the summit of Puʻu Moaulanui, which is about 1,477 feet above sea level. Kahoʻolawe is relatively dry because the island's low elevation fails to generate much orographic precipitation from the northeastern trade winds, and Kahoʻolawe is located in the rain shadow of eastern Maui's 10,023-foot-high volcano, Haleakalā. More than one quarter of Kahoʻolawe has been eroded down to saprolitic hardpan soil, largely on exposed surfaces near the summit.
  Kahoʻolawe has always been sparsely populated, due to its lack of fresh water. During World War II, Kahoʻolawe was used as a training ground and bombing range by the Armed Forces of the United States. After decades of protests, the U.S. Navy ended live-fire training exercises on Kahoʻolawe in 1990, and the whole island was transferred to the jurisdiction of the state of Hawaii in 1994.
context_section_description: Traditionally, Kahoʻolawe has been an ahupuaʻa of Honuaʻula, one of the twelve moku of the island (mokupuni) of Maui, and was subdivided into twelve ʻili that were later combined to eight. The eight ʻili are listed below, in counterclockwise sequence, and original area figures in acres, starting in the northeast:
  The boundaries of all but the two westernmost ʻili converge on the crater rim of Lua Makika, but do not include it. The crater area of Lua Makika is not considered an ʻili and does not belong to any ʻili.
  According to other sources, the island was subdivided into 16 ahupuaʻa that belonged to three moku, namely Kona, Ko’olau and Molokini.
caption: Topographical map of Kahoʻolawe with traditional ʻili subdivisions
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