Summer States No. 50 - Hawaii (FINALE!!!)

     Hello everybody and welcome back to another edition of Nations Made Fun! I'll be your tour guide, Mr. Nations, your tour guide to the wacky world of international history! Today we'll be taking a look at the fiftieth state admitted into the United States, Hawaii. This will be our final Summer States post, so what are we waiting for? Let's get straight into it!

     Hawaii Facts

• Date of Statehood: August 21, 1959
• Capital: Honolulu
• Population: 1,360,301 (2010)
• Size: 10,926 square miles
• Motto: Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ‘Ä€ina i ka Pono (“The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness”)
• Tree: Kukui (Candlenut)
• Flower: Pua Aloalo (Yellow Hibiscus)
• Bird: Nene

     Fun Facts:

• In 1866, after leprosy had begun to quickly spread among the Hawaiian population without a cure, more than 100 victims were forcefully shipped to Kalaupapa on the island of Molokai to live in complete isolation. 
• Mount Waialeale on Kauai is one of the wettest places on earth. It receives 460 inches of rain a year.
• With rich volcanic soil and ideal farming conditions, Hawaii is the only U.S. state that grows coffee.

     Hawaii on a map:

     

     Sources: https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/hawaii