Editing Wailuku, Hawaii (section)

== Geography ==
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[[File:Edward Bailey painting of Wailuku and Iao Valley.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Pre-1903 Wailuku and Iao Valley by 19th century American artist Edward Bailey]]
Wailuku is located at {{Coord|20|53|31|N|156|30|8|W|type:city}} (20.891923, -156.502177)<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> between the CDPs of [[Waihee-Waiehu, Hawaii|Waihee-Waiehu]] to the north, [[Kahului, Hawaii|Kahului]] to the east, and [[Waikapu, Hawaii|Waikapu]] to the south.

The town is situated at {{convert|249|ft}} above sea level, at the base of [[West Maui Mountains|West Maui Volcano]], known historically as Mauna Kahalawai and Hale Mahina, on the northern edge of the [[isthmus]] of East Maui ([[Haleakalā]]) and West Maui.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|14.8|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|13.8|km2|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|1.1|km2|order=flip}}, or 7.16%, is water.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.census.gov| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Wailuku CDP, Hawaii| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| access-date=December 29, 2011}}</ref>

The three moku or districts of west Maui are Lāhaina, Kāʻanapali, and Wailuku. Wailuku is also known as Pūʻalikomohana, or Nā Wai ʻEhā which means the four waters. The four waters are the ahupuaʻa (smaller land division than district), which are Waikapū, Wailuku, Waiʻehu, and Waiheʻe.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}