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== Geography == [[Image:kailua bay.JPG|thumb|upright=1|Kailua Bay]] Kailua is located at {{Coord|21|23|51|N|157|44|22|W|type:city}} (21.397370, −157.739515).<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> Nearby towns include [[Kaneohe, Hawaii|Kāne{{okina}}ohe]], [[Maunawili, Hawaii|Maunawili]], and [[Waimānalo, Hawaii|Waimānalo]]. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has an area of {{convert|27.4|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|20.1|km2|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|7.3|km2|order=flip}} (26.62%) is water.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.census.gov| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Kailua CDP (Honolulu County), Hawaii| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| access-date=May 18, 2012}}</ref> A significant portion of the water area is [[Kawainui Marsh]], the largest [[wetland]] in the [[Hawaiian Islands]] and a [[Ramsar Convention]] site. ===Kaʻōhao/Lanikai=== [[Image:Hokulea at Kailua.jpg|thumb|The Hawaiian voyaging canoe, ''Hokule{{okina}}a'', arrives off Kailua Beach]] [[File:Sunset Lanikai Beach-Kailua-Bay 01-08-2017.png|thumb|Kailua Bay Sunset]] Kaʻōhao ({{IPA|haw|kəʔˈoːhao|pron}}) is the earliest known Hawaiian name for the place known as "Lanikai." Kaʻōhao means "the tying" and is derived from an old story in which "two women were tied together here with a loincloth after being beaten in a [[Konane|kōnane]] game".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ulukau.org/cgi-bin/hpn?e=&a=d&c=mahele&cl=search&d=HASH01eed8ca2a860971ee02bdfa |title=Hawaiian Place Names |publisher=Ulukau.org |access-date=2014-07-29}}</ref> Kaʻōhao was commercially developed in the 1920s and renamed "Lanikai."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lanikaiassociation.com/history |title=History |publisher=Lanikai Association |access-date=2014-07-29 |archive-date=April 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408211838/http://www.lanikaiassociation.com/history |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is now an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in Kailua on the windward coast at Kailua Bay. [[Lanikai Beach]] was rated one of the world's top ten beaches by ''Sherman's Travel Magazine''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10300597/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051208081728/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10300597/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 8, 2005 |title=Top 10 beaches we love |work=[[msnbc.com]] |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |date=February 28, 2006 |access-date=December 21, 2008}}</ref> The area is known for its white, powder-like sandy beach and its hiking trail along the Ka{{okina}}iwa Ridge to the [[World War II]] [[Bunker|military bunkers]] commonly known as the "Lanikai Pillboxes".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/keepingscore_article/a_windward_hike_to_remember/ |title=A Windward Hike To Remember {{!}} Keeping Score {{!}} Midweek.com |access-date=July 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110829004828/http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/keepingscore_article/a_windward_hike_to_remember |archive-date=August 29, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Because of its small community and easy access to its famous beach, Lanikai has one of Hawaii's most expensive real estate markets.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://hawaiirealestateonline.com/areas/Lanikai |title=Lanikai Real Estate |access-date=July 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021045519/http://hawaiirealestateonline.com/areas/Lanikai |archive-date=October 21, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is served by Kailua's zip code, 96734.
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