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Hilo, Hawaii County, Hawaii, USAi
Regional Level Types
HiloCensus-designated Place
Hawaii CountyCounty
HawaiiState
USACountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Hilo43,263 (2015)
Museums in region:
Mindat Locality ID:
311925
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:311925:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Hilo, Comté d'Hawaï, Hawaï, États-Unis
German:
Hilo, Hawaii County, Hawaii, Vereinigte Staaten
Italian:
Hilo, Contea di Hawaii, Hawaii, Stati Uniti d'America
Russian:
Хило, Гавайи, Гавайи, Соединённые Штаты Америки
Simplified Chinese:
希洛, 夏威夷縣, 夏威夷州, 美国
Spanish:
Hilo, Condado de Hawái, Hawái, Estados Unidos
Afrikaans:
Hilo, Hawaii, Verenigde State van Amerika
Arabic:
هيلو, مقاطعة هاواي, هاواي, الولايات المتحدة
Armenian:
Հիլո, Հավայի շրջան, Հավայի, Ամերիկայի Միացյալ Նահանգներ
Basque:
Hilo, Hawaii konderria, Hawaii
Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa):
Гіла, Гаваі, Злучаныя Штаты Амэрыкі
Bengali:
হিলো, হাওয়াই, মার্কিন যুক্তরাষ্ট্র
Bulgarian:
Хило, Хаваи, Хаваи, Съединени американски щати
Catalan:
Hilo, Hawaii, Estats Units d’Amèrica
Cebuano:
Hilo, Hawaii County, Hawaii
Chechen:
Гило, Гавайи, Америкин Цхьаьнатоьхна Штаташ
Czech:
Hilo, Havaj, Spojené státy americké
Danish:
Hilo, Hawaii County, Hawaii, USA
Dutch:
Hilo, Hawaii County, Hawaï, Verenigde Staten
Egyptian Arabic:
هيلو, هاواى, امريكا
Estonian:
Hilo, Hawaii osariik, Ameerika Ühendriigid
Faroese:
Hilo, Hawaii
Farsi/Persian:
هیلو، هاوایی, شهرستان هاوایی، هاوایی, هاوایی, ایالات متحده آمریکا
Finnish:
Hilo, Havaijin piirikunta, Havaiji, Yhdysvallat
Galician:
Hilo, Hawai, Estados Unidos de América
Greek:
Χίλο, Χαβάη, Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες Αμερικής
Gujarati:
હિલો, યુનાઇટેડ સ્ટેટ્સ ઓફ અમેરિકા
Hawaiian:
Hilo, Hawai‘i, ‘Amelika Hui Pū ‘ia
Hebrew:
הילו, מחוז הוואי, הוואי, ארצות הברית
Hindi:
हीलो, हवाई, संयुक्त राज्य
Hungarian:
Hilo, Hawaii megye, Hawaii, Amerikai Egyesült Államok
Indonesian:
Hilo, Hawaii County, Hawaii, Amerika Serikat
Interlingua:
Hilo, Stato Hawaii, Statos Unite de America
Irish Gaelic:
Hilo, Contae Hawaii, Haváí, Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá
Japanese:
ヒロ, ハワイ郡, ハワイ州, アメリカ合衆国
Kannada:
ಹಿಲೋ, ಹವಾಯಿ, ಅಮೇರಿಕ ಸಂಯುಕ್ತ ಸಂಸ್ಥಾನ
Korean:
힐로, 하와이 군, 하와이주, 미국
Ladin:
Hilo
Latvian:
Hilo, Havajas, Amerikas Savienotās Valstis
Lithuanian:
Hilas, Havajai, Jungtinės Amerikos Valstijos
Malagasy:
Hilo, Hawaii, Etazonia
Malay:
Hilo, Hawaii, Amerika Syarikat
Marathi:
हीलो, हवाई, अमेरिकेची संयुक्त संस्थाने
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Hilo
Nauruan:
Hilo, Hawaii, Eben Merika
Newar / Nepal Bhasa:
हिलो, हवाइ, संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका
Norwegian:
Hilo, Hawaii County, Hawaii, USA
Polish:
Hilo, Hrabstwo Hawaiʻi, Hawaje, Stany Zjednoczone
Portuguese:
Hilo, Condado de Hawaii, Havaí, Estados Unidos
Romanian:
Hilo, Comitatul Hawaii, Hawaii, Statele Unite ale Americii
Scots:
Hilo, Hawaii
Scottish Gaelic:
Hilo, Hawaii, Na Stàitean Aonaichte
Serbian:
Хило, Хаваји, Сједињене Америчке Државе
Serbo-Croatian:
Hilo, Havaji, Sjedinjene Američke Države
Sinhalese:
හිලෝ, එක්සත් ජනපදය
Slovenian:
Hilo, Havaji, Združene države Amerike
South Azerbaijani:
هیلو، هاوایی, هاوائی ایالتی, آمریکا بیرلشمیش ایالتلری
Swedish:
Hilo, Hawaii County, Hawaii, USA
Tamil:
ஹீலோ, ஹவாய், அமெரிக்க ஐக்கிய நாடு
Tatar:
Гило, Гавайлар (штат), Америка Кушма Штатлары
Telugu:
హైలో, హవాయి, అమెరికా సంయుక్త రాష్ట్రాలు
Thai:
ฮีโล, รัฐฮาวาย, ประเทศสหรัฐอเมริกา
Traditional Chinese:
希路, 夏威夷州, 美國
Turkish:
Hilo, Hawaii County, Hawaii, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Ukrainian:
Гіло, Гаваї, Гаваї, Сполучені Штати Америки
Urdu:
ہیلو، ہوائی, ہوائی کاؤنٹی، ہوائی, ہوائی, ریاستہائے متحدہ امریکا
Vietnamese:
Hilo, Hawaii, Chủng Quốc Hoa Kỳ
Waray:
Hilo, Condado han Hawaii, Hawaii, Estados Unidos
Welsh:
Hilo, Hawaii, Unol Daleithiau America


Hilo /ˈhiːloʊ/ (Hawaiian pronunciation: [ˈhilo]) is a census-designated place (CDP) and the largest settlement in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States, which encompasses the Island of Hawaiʻi. It is the fourth-largest settlement in the state of Hawaii and largest settlement in the state outside of Oahu.

Hilo is the county seat of the County of Hawaiʻi and is in the District of South Hilo. The city overlooks Hilo Bay and has views of two shield volcanoes, Mauna Loa, an active volcano, and Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano. Mauna Kea is the site of some of the world's most important ground-based astronomical observatories. The Hilo bay-front has been destroyed by tsunamis twice. The majority of human settlement in Hilo stretches from Hilo Bay to Waiākea-Uka, on the flanks of the volcanoes.

Hilo is home to the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, ʻImiloa Astronomy Center. Hilo is served by Hilo International Airport.

"Near Hilo on Hawaii, there are also small peridot crystals in secondary deposits on a layer of fine-grained black sand, which is a weathering product of the basaltic rock." [Gübelin & Wolgensinger, 1976]

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Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘForsterite9.AC.05Mg2(SiO4)
ⓘvar. Peridot9.AC.05Mg2SiO4

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OOxygen
Oⓘ ForsteriteMg2(SiO4)
Oⓘ Forsterite var. PeridotMg2SiO4
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ ForsteriteMg2(SiO4)
Mgⓘ Forsterite var. PeridotMg2SiO4
SiSilicon
Siⓘ ForsteriteMg2(SiO4)
Siⓘ Forsterite var. PeridotMg2SiO4

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilo,_Hawaii
Wikidata ID:Q216258
GeoNames ID:5855927

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