Kalawao

Hawaii, United States

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site of leprosarium

  • Kalaupapa Peninsula
    In Kalaupapa Peninsula

    Kalawao village, on the peninsula’s east side, is now abandoned but was the site of the original “leper colony” established by King Kamehameha V in 1866; to effect a quarantine, native Hawaiians were relocated from the area (the remainder were removed in 1895, after the…

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