Honolulu

Honolulu
State Caipital
The Ceety an Coonty o Honolulu
Clockwise frae tap: aerial view o Downtown Honolulu, Pearl Harbor richt ootside the ceety, statue o Keeng Kamehameha I in front o Aliʻiolani Hale in ceety centre, Diamond Head, watterfront on Waikīkī Beach an Honolulu Hale (Ceety Haw)
Banner Seal
Eik-name(s):  Crossroads o the Paceefic, Sheltered Bay, Toun, HNL, The Big Pineapple, Paradise
Motto(s):  Haʻaheo No ʻO Honolulu (The Pride o Honolulu)
Location in Honolulu Coonty an the state o Hawaii
Honolulu Location in Honolulu Coonty an the state o Hawaii
Coordinates: 21°18′32″N 157°49′34″W
Kintra	Unitit States
State	Hawaii
Coonty	Honolulu
Incorporatit	Aprile 30, 1907
Govrenment
• Mayor	Kirk Caldwell
• Cooncil	Members (2013) 1. Kymberly Marcos Pine 2. Ernest Y. Martin 3. Ikaika Anderson 4. Stanley Chang 5. Ann Kobayashi 6. Carol Fukunaga 7. Joey Manahan 8. Breene Harimoto 9. Ron Menor
Area
• State Caipital	177.2 km2 (68.4 sq mi)
• Laund	156.7 km2 (60.5 sq mi)
• Water	20.5 km2 (7.9 sq mi)
Elevation	6 m (19 ft)
Population  (2010)
• State Caipital	390,738 (46t)
• Density	2152.2/km2 (5,574/sq mi)
• Metro	953,207
Demonym(s)	Honolulan
Time zone	UTC−10 (Hawaiian (HST))
Zip Code	96801-96850
Area code(s)	808
FIPS code	15-17000
GNIS featur ID	0366212

Honolulu (US Inglis: [ˌhoʊnəˈluːluː]; Hawaiian: [honoˈlulu]) is the caipital o an the maist populous census-designatit place (CDP) in the U.S. state o Hawaii. Although the name "Honolulu" refers tae the urban aurie on the sootheastren shore o the island o Oahu, the city an the coonty are consolidatit, kent as the Ceety an Coonty o Honolulu, an the city an coonty are designatit as the entire island.

The Ceety an Coonty o Honolulu is the ae incorporatit ceety in Hawaii, as aw ither local govrenment entities are admeenistered at the coonty level. Honolulu is an aa referred tae as the business an trade caipital o the Paceefic, an it is the lairgest ceety in the Sooth Paceefic alang wi bein the Unitit States maist soothwasterly lairge city. The population o the CDP wis 371,657 at the 2000 census, whiles the population o the City an Coonty wis 909,863, makkin it the 57t-lairgest metropolitan area in the Unitit States. Honolulu is an aa the maist populous state caipital relative tae state population.

In the Hawaiian leid, Honolulu means "sheltert bay" or "place o shelter". Honolulu haes been the caipital o the Hawaiian islands syne 1845 an gained historical recognition follaein the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor naur the ceety on 7 December 1941.

Sister an twin ceeties

Amang the sister an twin ceeties are:

• Baku, Azerbaijan
• San Juan, Puerto Rico
• Manila, Philippines
• Zhongshan, Guangdong, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
• Bruyères, Fraunce
• Iloilo Ceety, Philippines
• Bursa, Turkey
• Hiroshima, Japan