Category:North America/United States of America/Hawaii/Kailua-Kona/

Coordinates: 19°39′00″N 155°59′39″W 19.65, -155.99417

Kailua-Kona

Kailua is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States, in the North Kona District of the Island of Hawaii. The population was 9,870 at the 2000 census. It is the center of commerce and of the tourist industry on West Hawaii. Its post office is designated Kailua-Kona to differentiate it from the larger Kailua located on windward Oahu, although it is sometimes referred to as "Kona" in everyday speech. Many place names in the Hawaiian Islands are repeated on several islands, and the two Kailuas are a major confusing conflict in this regard. The city is served by Kona International Airport. Kailua-Kona was the closest major settlement to the epicenter of the 2006 Hawaii Earthquake.^[1]

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