Kapolei, Hawaii
Kapolei or City of Kapolei is the name of the "Second City" on the Island of O'ahu, located in the 'Ewa District and the City & County of Honolulu. The name is derived from that of a nearby cinder cone: Pu'u o Kapolei—in Hawaiian, pu'u meaning 'hill' and kapo lei meaning 'beloved Kapo' (a sister of Pele).The City of Kapolei is being developed as a second city center for O'ahu (after Honolulu), the most densely populated island in the State of Hawai'i. Much of the population growth is occurring, and future population growth is slated for, the 'Ewa Plain and southern slopes of the island's central valley: that is the former agricultural lands of 'Ewa and the gentle slopes between Waipahu on Pearl Harbor and Wahiawa near the center of the island.
Associated with Kapolei are the previously developed communities of Makakilo and Barbers Point Naval Air Station (now Kalaeloa), the industrial area known as Campbell Industrial Park (industrial area of O'ahu) with its deepwater port: Barbers Point Harbor, and the resort community of Ko Olina (West Beach). Located between Ko Olina and Kahe is the landfill for the Island of O'ahu—located in Waimānalo Gulch.
The U.S. postal code for Kapolei is 96707.
Kapolei is located at the southern end of the slopes of the Wai'anae mountain near the city of Makakilo. The Interstate H-1 freeway divides more recently developed Kapolei from Makakilo, and traveling eastward on H-1 connects to Waipahu and Honouliuli. The freeway ends about 1 mile west of Kapolei, merging into Farrington Highway (State Rte. 93) to Kahe and then Nānākuli on the Wai'anae Coast. Exit 1 on H-1 is Kalaeloa Road, the entrance to Barbers Point and Campbell Industrial Park. Less than 1 mile beyond (west of) the merge of H-1 and Farrington Highway is an off ramp and overcrossing to the resort area of Ko Olina.
To the south and east, Renton Road connects Kapolei to Kalaeloa and 'Ewa Villages.Geography