The center of this entire region, as stated by our ancestors in statements that they made to Sam Manaiaokalani Kamakau in the 1800s, was that the largest heiau and the most sacred place in this entire region was Puuokapolei, from which our city gets its name.

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In defining the land area of Honouliuli we can start at the mouth or entrance of Pearl Harbor and travel along the coastline past Keoneula, Kalaeloa and Ko Olina all the way to Pili ‘O Kahi. Then follow the ridge of the Waianae Mountains up past Palehua, Mauna Kapu, Pohakea all the way to Pu’u Hapapa adjacent to Schofield Barracks. Then follow a line east beyond Kunia Road and then return to Kunia Road at a point where the Oahu Country Club is located. Follow Kunia Road past Village Park and Waipahu to a point at the top of Kaihuopala’ai or West Loch. Then continue your line bisecting West Loch to the start at the entrance to Pearl Harbor. Honouliuli is also the name of the flood plain in the area of West Loch Golf Course.

Honouliuli is one of 13 ahupua’a or traditional land divisions of the Moku of ‘Ewa.

Tags: Honouliuli, Pu’uokapolei

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