Editing Hawaii (section)

===Political subdivisions and local government===
{{See also|List of counties in Hawaii}}
[[File:Washington Place Honolulu HI.jpg|thumb|The [[Governor of Hawaii]] officially resides at [[Washington Place]], an old American-built residence]]

The movement of the Hawaiian royal family from Hawai{{okina}}i Island to Maui, and subsequently to O{{okina}}ahu, explains the modern-day distribution of population centers. [[Kamehameha III]] chose the largest city, Honolulu, as his capital because of its natural harbor—the present-day [[Honolulu Harbor]]. Now the state capital, Honolulu is located along the southeast coast of O{{okina}}ahu. The previous capital was [[Lahaina, Hawaii|Lahaina]], Maui, and before that [[Kailua-Kona]], Hawai{{okina}}i. Some major towns are [[Hilo, Hawaii|Hilo]]; [[Kaneohe, Hawaii|Kaneohe]]; [[Kailua, Honolulu County, Hawaii|Kailua]]; [[Pearl City, Hawaii|Pearl City]]; [[Waipahu, Hawaii|Waipahu]]; [[Kahului, Hawaii|Kahului]]; [[Kailua, Hawaii County, Hawaii|Kailua-Kona]]. [[Kihei, Hawaii|Kīhei]]; and [[Lihue, Hawaii|Līhu{{okina}}e]].

Hawaii has five counties: the [[Honolulu County, Hawaii|City and County of Honolulu]], [[Hawaii County, Hawaii|Hawaii County]], [[Maui County, Hawaii|Maui County]], [[Kauai County, Hawaii|Kauai County]], and [[Kalawao County, Hawaii|Kalawao County]].

Hawaii has the fewest local governments among U.S. states.<ref name="USCensus2010">{{cite web | url=http://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2010/compendia/statab/130ed/tables/11s0427.pdf | title=Number of Local Governments by Type | publisher=U.S. Census Bureau | access-date=December 4, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208152305/http://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2010/compendia/statab/130ed/tables/11s0427.pdf | archive-date=December 8, 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="USCensus2007">{{cite web | url=http://www2.census.gov/govs/cog/2007/hi.pdf | title=Hawaii | publisher=U.S. Census Bureau | access-date=December 4, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304202644/http://www2.census.gov/govs/cog/2007/hi.pdf | archive-date=March 4, 2016 | url-status=live }}</ref> Unique to this state is the lack of [[Municipal corporation|municipal governments]]. All local governments are generally administered at the [[County (United States)|county]] level. The only incorporated area in the state is [[Honolulu County, Hawaii|Honolulu County]], a [[consolidated city–county]] that governs the entire island of Oahu. County executives are referred to as mayors; these are the [[Mayor of Hawaii County]], [[Mayor of Honolulu]], [[Mayor of Kauai|Mayor of Kaua{{okina}}i]], and the [[Mayor of Maui]]. The mayors are all elected in [[Non-partisan democracy|nonpartisan]] elections. Kalawao County has no elected government,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chem.hawaii.edu/uham/counties.html|title=Hawaii's 4 (or 5) Counties|access-date=January 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070805013928/http://www.chem.hawaii.edu/uham/counties.html|archive-date=August 5, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> and as [[#Education|mentioned above]] there are no local [[school district]]s; instead, all local public education is administered at the state level by the [[Hawaii Department of Education]]. The remaining local governments are [[Special-purpose district|special districts]].<ref name="USCensus2010"/><ref name="USCensus2007"/>