Editing Kailua-Kona, Hawaii (section)

== History ==
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[[File:Entrevue de l'expedition de M. Kotzebue avec le roi Tammeamea dans l'ile d'Ovayhi, Iles Sandwich.jpg|thumb|200px|left|King Kamehameha's court at Kailua-Kona, receiving [[Otto von Kotzebue]] in 1816]]
The community was established by King [[Kamehameha I]] to be his seat of government when he was chief of Kona before he consolidated rule of the archipelago in 1795. It was later designated as the capital of the newly unified [[Kingdom of Hawaii|Kingdom of Hawai{{okina}}i]]. The capital was later moved to [[Lāhainā, Hawai'i|Lāhainā]], and then to [[Honolulu]].

[[Ancient Hawaiian aquaculture|Royal fishponds]] at [[Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park]] were the hub of unified [[Hawaiian culture]]. The town later functioned as a retreat of the Hawaiian royal family. Up until the late 1800s, Kailua-Kona was primarily a small fishing village.<ref name="Doughty">Doughty, Andrew. ''Hawaii the Big Island Revealed: The Ultimate Guidebook'', 4th ed. Lihu{{okina}}e: Wizard. {{ISBN|978-0-9717279-4-6}}. {{ISBN|0-9717279-4-5}}.</ref>{{rp|58}} In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, the region has undergone a real estate and construction boom fueled by tourism and investment.

In 2014, the [[Pālamanui Community Forest]] preserve was created in Kailua-Kona with a goal of preserving and protecting the native trees of Hawai’i.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pālamanui Dry Forest Preserve – Hawaii Forest Institute |url=https://hawaiiforestinstitute.org/our-projects/palamanui-dry-forest-preserve/ |access-date=2024-04-05 |language=en-US}}</ref>