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Lāhainā is the largest town and census-designated place (CDP) in West Maui, Maui County, Hawaiʻi, United States, and the gateway to the famous Kaʻanapali and Kapalua beach resorts north of town. As of the 2000 Census, the CDP had a resident population of 9,118. Lāhainā encompasses the coastal along State Highway 30 from tunnel at the south, through Olawalu up the CDP of Nāpili-Honokōwai is to the north. During the heavy tourist seasons, the population can swell to nearly 40,000 people. Before Hawaiʻi's annexation by the United States, Lāhainā was the "Royal Capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom" as city signs proclaim. The name means "cruel sun" in the Hawaiian language, describing droughts that affect the area. In the 1800s, Lāhainā was the center of the global whaling industry with many sailing ships anchored in front of town; today a score of pleasure craft make their home there.

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