Territorial change

Hawaii: Non-state territory → United States (annexation)

1898 · Hawaii

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When
1898
Kind
Territorial change
Where
Hawaii
Coordinates
20.60° N, 157.00° W
Process
annexation
Type
Annexation (unilateral)
Pop
109020
Area km2
16638
Gaining
United States

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Hawaii

U.S. state

Hawaii is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about 2,000 miles (3,200 km) southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, it is the only state not on the North American mainland, the only state that is an archipelago, the only state south of the Tropic of Cancer, one of only two states, along with Florida, with regions that have a tropical climate, and one of the two…

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