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'Kohala' is the name of two districts — ''North Kohala'' and ''South Kohala'' — on the northwest portion of the island of Hawai‘i in the Hawaiian Archipelago. Both the northern and southern portions of the district that lines the western shore is commonly known as the 'Kohala Coast', homes to the area's premier golf courses and seaside resorts.
Locals commonly use the name singularly when referring to the area surrounding the towns of Hāwī and Kapa‘au.
King Kamehameha I, the first King of the unified Hawai‘ian Islands, was born in North Kohala near [Hāwī]. The original Kamehameha Statue stands in front of the community centre in Kapa‘au, and duplicates are found at Ali‘iolani Hale in Honolulu, and in the US Capitol in Washington, D.C.. (see Kamehameha Statue).
Kohala can also refer to the Kohala Mountains, the oldest of Hawai‘i Island's five volcanic mountains.