Kahului Hawaii
Kahului, city, Maui county, on the northern coast of Maui island, Hawaii, U.S. Situated on Kahului Bay, it lies 2 miles (3 km) east of Wailuku Beginning in the late 19th century, the area became a centre for sugar and pineapple production. Until the 1950s Kahului had a small, transitory population. The Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Company then sponsored a large planning project, and modern business and residential sectors were developed. Kahului is Maui’s principal airport and its only deepwater port. With nearby Wailuku it is the commercial-transportation centre and the outlet for the products of the island’s fertile central plain. Protected by breakwaters, Kahului Harbor has bulk sugar-loading and container freight facilities and is connected by rail with nearby pineapple canneries and sugar plantations.
