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1. HAWAII
Hawaii isthe 50th and mostrecentU.S. state to jointhe UnitedStates,havingjoinedonAugust21,
1959.Hawaii is the onlyU.S. state locatedinOceaniaandthe onlyone composed entirelyof islands.Itis
the northernmostislandgroupinPolynesia,occupyingmostof anarchipelagointhe central Pacific
Ocean.Hawaii isthe onlyU.S. state not locatedinthe Americas.The state doesnotobserve daylight
savingtime.
The state encompassesnearlythe entire volcanicHawaiianarchipelago,whichcompriseshundredsof
islandsspreadover1,500 miles(2,400 km).Atthe southeasternendof the archipelago,the eightmain
islandsare—inorderfromnorthwesttosoutheast:Niʻihau,Kauaʻi,Oʻahu,Molokaʻi,Lānaʻi,Kahoʻolawe,
Maui and the Islandof Hawaiʻi.The lastisthe largestislandinthe group;itis oftencalledthe "Big
Island"or "Hawaiʻi Island"toavoidconfusionwiththe state orarchipelago.The archipelagois
physiographicallyandethnologicallypartof the Polynesiansubregionof Oceania.