Editing ʻEwa Beach, Hawaii

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[[File:EwaBeach2.jpg|thumb|Ewa Beach Park]]
'''{{okina}}Ewa Beach''' ({{IPAc-en|ɛ|v|ə}})<ref>{{Cite news |title=Hawaii Place Names As Spoken by Native Hawaiians |url=http://hawaiian-words.com/hawaii-place-names/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20180712001545/http://hawaiian-words.com:80/hawaii-place-names/ |archive-date=2018-07-12 |access-date=2025-03-07 |work=Hawaiian Words |language=en-US}}</ref> or simply '''{{okina}}Ewa''' ({{IPA|haw|ˈʔɛvə}}; {{audio|LL-Q33569 (haw)-Noaius Paticus-ʻEwa.wav|}}) is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) located in {{okina}}Ewa District and the [[Honolulu County, Hawaii|City & County of Honolulu]] along the coast of [[Māmala Bay]] on the leeward side of [[Oahu|O{{okina}}ahu]] in [[Hawaii]]. As of the [[United States 2010 Census|2010 Census]], the CDP had a total population of 14,955. The U.S. [[postal code]] for {{okina}}Ewa Beach is 96706.

== History and etymology ==
The word ''{{okina}}ewa'' means "stray" in Hawaiian.<ref>{{cite book |title=Hawaiian Dictionary: Hawaiian-English, English-Hawaiian |last1=Pukui |first1=Mary Kawena |last2=Elbert |first2=Samuel H. |author-link2=Samuel Hoyt Elbert|publisher=University of Hawaii Press |page=42 |year=1986 |isbn=978-0-8248-0703-0 }}</ref> The name comes from the myth that the gods [[Kāne]] and [[Kanaloa]] threw a stone to determine the boundaries, but it was lost and later found at Pili o Kahe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wehewehe.org/gsdl2.5/cgi-bin/hdict?e=q-0hdict--00-0-0--010---4----den--0-000lp0--1haw-Zz-1---Zz-1-home-Ewa--00031-0000escapewin-00&a=q&d=D46876|title=Place Names of Hawaiʻi: ʻEwa}}</ref> Hawaiian settlement on the {{okina}}Ewa Plain dates back at least to the 12th century C.E., at which time [[kanaka maoli]] expanded the main channel of Pu{{okina}}uloa ([[Pearl Harbor]]) before creating fishponds and terraced agricultural fields in the surrounding area. Scholars have recognized {{okina}}Ewa's ancient fishponds as exemplary evidence of Native Hawaiian ingenuity.<ref>Jan Becket and Joseph Singer, eds., ''Pana O{{okina}}ahu: Sacred Stones, Sacred Land'' (Honolulu: the University of Hawai{{okina}}i Press, 1999), 37.</ref>

Before Ewa Beach became a town, it was first a huge plantation farm. With {{convert|11000|acres}} of land sublet by [[Benjamin Franklin Dillingham|Benjamin Dillingham]], W.R. Lowrie became the first plantation manager in 1891, when Hawaiʻi was under the rule of Queen [[Liliuokalani|Liliʻuokalani]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.hawaii.edu/~speccoll/p_ewa.html |title=Ewa Plantation Company |date=October 10, 2012 |website=University of Hawaii at Manoa |access-date=September 14, 2019 |publisher=Hawaii Sugar Planters' Association }}</ref>  Ewa Beach is significant for its association with Ewa Sugar Plantation. Throughout the twentieth century, it played a very influential role in Hawaii's culture, economy, and politics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://historichawaii.org/2014/02/28/91-1209-alanui-mauka-streetewa-sugar-plantation-villages/|title=91-1209 Alanui Mauka Street/Ewa Sugar Plantation Villages|last=HistoricHawaii|date=February 28, 2014|website=Historic Hawaii Foundation|access-date=November 17, 2016 }}</ref>

Along much of the South Shore of [[Oahu|O{{okina}}ahu]], {{okina}}Ewa is a reference to the direction of {{okina}}Ewa Beach, roughly westwards along the shore. Related terms are "mauka" (towards the mountains, roughly northwards), "makai" (towards the ocean, roughly south), and Diamond Head or Koko Head, roughly eastwards along the shore.

== Geography ==
{{okina}}Ewa Beach is located at 21°18'56" North, 158°0'26" West.<ref name=gnis>{{cite gnis|358767|{{okina}}Ewa Beach}}</ref> The main thoroughfare is [[Fort Weaver Road]] (State Rte. 76) which runs north (away from the coast) past [[Ewa Villages, Hawaii|{{okina}}Ewa]] to [[Waipahu, Hawaii|Waipahu]], connecting there to Farrington Highway (State Rte. 90) and the [[Interstate H-1|H-1 freeway]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|1.9|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|1.4|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.4|sqmi|km2}} is water. The total area is 24.06% water, consisting entirely of the Pacific Ocean off the island shore.

The {{okina}}Ewa Beach CDP does not include [[Ocean Pointe, Hawaii|Ocean Pointe]], [[Ewa Gentry, Hawaii|{{okina}}Ewa Gentry]], [[Iroquois Point, Hawaii|Iroquois Point]], or [[Ewa Villages, Hawaii|{{okina}}Ewa Villages]], though these are included within the postal service's [[ZIP code]] for the area.<ref name=CDPmap>{{cite web |url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st15_hi/place/p1507450_ewa_beach/DC10BLK_P1507450_001.pdf |title=Ewa Beach CDP Place Map |access-date=November 29, 2011 |work=census.gov }}<br>2000 map: {{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk2000/st15_Hawaii/Place/1507450_EwaBeach/CBP1507450_001.pdf|title=CENSUS 2000 BLOCK MAP: EWA BEACH CDP|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2020-10-09}} – Compare the maps to the addresses of schools.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.zipdatamaps.com/96706 |title=Zip Code 96706, Ewa Beach, Hawaii Zip Code Boundary Map |access-date=November 30, 2018 |work=zipdatamaps.com }}</ref>

== Climate ==

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|location = Ewa Beach
|single line = Y
|Jan high F = 80.5
|Feb high F = 80.6
|Mar high F = 81.4
|Apr high F = 83.0
|May high F = 84.4
|Jun high F = 86.6
|Jul high F = 87.6
|Aug high F = 88.3
|Sep high F = 88.3
|Oct high F = 86.7
|Nov high F = 84.2
|Dec high F = 81.6
|year high F = 84.4
|Jan low F = 63.2
|Feb low F = 62.7
|Mar low F = 64.4
|Apr low F = 66.2
|May low F = 67.4
|Jun low F = 69.8
|Jul low F = 71.1
|Aug low F = 71.4
|Sep low F = 70.4
|Oct low F = 69.6
|Nov low F = 67.9
|Dec low F = 65.3
|year low F = 67.4
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|Jan precipitation inch = 3.1
|Feb precipitation inch = 2.2
|Mar precipitation inch = 2.2
|Apr precipitation inch = 1.2
|May precipitation inch = 1.0
|Jun precipitation inch = 0.4
|Jul precipitation inch = 0.5
|Aug precipitation inch = 0.4
|Sep precipitation inch = 0.7
|Oct precipitation inch = 1.9
|Nov precipitation inch = 2.8
|Dec precipitation inch = 3.3
|year precipitation inch = 19.8
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{{cite web
|url =http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=819115&refer=wikipedia |title =Weatherbase: Historical Weather for ʻEwa Beach, Hawaii
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Retrieved on November 24, 2011.
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|date=November 2011
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== Demographics ==
{{US Census population
|2000= 14650
|2010= 14955
|2020= 16415
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
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[[File:Ewa beach outlook..JPG|thumb|Ewa beach view to southwest]]
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/ewabeachcdphawaii |title=QuickFacts: Ewa Beach CDP, Hawaii |website=United States Census Bureau |access-date=September 14, 2024}}</ref> there were 16,415 people forming 3,415 households in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|10,682.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 6.1% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.0% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.0% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 54.5% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 11.6% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]] 11.6% [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race, and 27.6% from two or more races.

There were 3,415 households, out of which 19.% had children under the age of 18 and a further 5.1% children under 5 living with them. The average household size was 4.38 people per household.

As of the 2020 census, the median income for a household in the CDP was $114,207 with the [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $32,248. 6.4% of the population were recorded as below the [[poverty line]].

== Government and infrastructure ==
The [[United States Postal Service]] operates the {{okina}}Ewa Beach Post Office in {{okina}}Ewa Beach.<ref>"[http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/ewa-beach-91-760-papipi-rd-ewa-beach-hi-1362886 Post Office Location – Ewa Beach] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609133129/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/ewa-beach-91-760-papipi-rd-ewa-beach-hi-1362886 |date=2012-06-09 }}." [[United States Postal Service]]. Retrieved on May 19, 2010.</ref> The [[Pacific Tsunami Warning Center]] is also headquartered in the CDP.

== Education ==
{{okina}}Ewa Beach is served by the [[Hawai'i Department of Education]].<ref name=CDPmap/>

Elementary schools in the 'Ewa Beach CDP include {{okina}}Ewa Beach,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.k12.hi.us/~ewabeach |title=Pope School<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2007-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070224043544/http://www.k12.hi.us/~ewabeach/ |archive-date=2007-02-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Ka{{okina}}imiloa,<ref>[http://www.kaimiloa.k12.hi.us/ Kaimiloa Elementary]</ref> and Pohakea.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.k12.hi.us/~pohakea |title=Pohakea Elementary School<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2007-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070415105132/http://www.k12.hi.us/~pohakea/ |archive-date=2007-04-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Ilima Intermediate School, and [[James Campbell High School]] are in 'Ewa Beach CDP.<ref>[http://www.k12.hi.us/~ilima/Ilima_Intermediate.html Ilima Intermediate]</ref>

Schools nearby but outside the CDP include Iroquois Point Elementary School (near but not in the [[Iroquois Point, Hawaii|Iroquois Point CDP]]),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://iroquois.k12.hi.us/|title=Home|publisher=Iroquois Point Elementary School|access-date=2020-10-09|quote=5553 Cormorant Avenue, Ewa Beach, HI 96706}}</ref><ref>2010 Map: {{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st15_hi/place/p1519100_iroquois_point/DC10BLK_P1519100_001.pdf|title=2010 CENSUS – CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Iroquois Point CDP, HI|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2020-10-09}}<br>2000 map: {{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk2000/st15_Hawaii/Place/1519100_IroquoisPoint/CBP1519100_001.pdf|title=CENSUS 2000 BLOCK MAP: IROQUOIS POINT CDP|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2020-10-09}}</ref>  Holomua Elementary School, Keone'ula Elementary and 'Ewa Makai Middle.

The [[Hawaii State Public Library System]] operates the Ewa Beach Public & School Library. Established on the property of Campbell High on August 28, 1971, it is a dual purpose school library and community library.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.librarieshawaii.org/branch/ewa-beach-public-and-school-library/|title=Ewa Beach Public and School Library|publisher=[[Hawaii State Public Library System]]|access-date=2020-10-09}}</ref>

== Little League World Series ==
In [[2005 Little League World Series|2005]], the team from {{okina}}Ewa Beach, representing (locally) West O{{okina}}ahu and the United States, captured the [[Little League World Series]] crown, beating [[Curaçao]] 7–6 in an extra inning after a [[walk-off home run]] by Michael Memea.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hawaiian Punch |url=https://www.espn.com/sports/llws05/index |date=August 28, 2005 |publisher=ESPN |access-date=July 19, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602121033/http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/llws05/index |archive-date=June 2, 2009 }}</ref>

==Notable people==
*[[David Alcos]], politician
*[[Bretman Rock]] (born 1998), social media personality
*[[Tua Tagovailoa]] (born 1998), [[American football]] [[quarterback]] for the [[Miami Dolphins]]
*[[Taulia Tagovailoa]] (born 2000), [[American football]] [[quarterback]] for the [[Canadian football]] team [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]

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