- Pu'unene, Hawaii
Pu'unene is an unincorporated town in the central part of
Maui ,Hawaii , nearKahului . Although the land in that area is fairly level, the words "pu'u nene" mean ""nene" goose hill" in Hawaiian. With a population of around 50, Pu'unene's primary industry is growing, harvesting and processingsugar cane .The
nonprofit Alexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum is housed in the former residence of the superintendent of Pu'unene Sugar Mill, which the Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company has operated across the street since 1901. Its mission is "to preserve and present the history and heritage of Hawaii's sugar industry, and the multi-ethnicplantation life which it engendered."Pu'unene is the former site of the Pu'unene
Naval Air Station (1940-1947).Pu'unene's
Zip code is 96784. The town's population is included in Kahului's total in theUS Census decennial count.See also
*Maui
*Sugar cane External links
* [http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=puunene,+hi&ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1&z=13&ll=20.874531,-156.453381&spn=0.074744,0.172005 Google Map showing the location of Pu'unene.]
* [http://www.sugarmuseum.com/ Alexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum]
* [http://www.mauihumane.org/ Maui Humane Society (based in Pu'unene)]
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