Ahupuaʻa (pronounced [əhupuˈwɐʔə]) is a Hawaiian term for a large traditional socioeconomic, geologic, and climatic subdivision of land. [1] . It usually extends from the mountains to the sea …

Ahupuaʻa is a Hawaiian term for a large traditional socioeconomic, geologic, and climatic subdivision of land. Some oral history relates that ʻUmi-a-Līloa, son of the great High Chief …

Mar 18, 2024 · Ahupua’a are types of land divisions from ancient Hawai’i that typically ran from the mountains (mauka) towards the sea (makai) containing a cross section of island resources …

Ahupuaa Layer (Historic Land Divisions), including names with diacritical marks. Source: Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA), October, 2009; various corrections made by DLNR, SHPD - 2017, …

Over time, Hawaiians developed a unique land management system. Coinciding with Kirch’s Expansion Period, Māʻilikūkāhi, was said to have established the ahupuaʻa land division in the …

Each ahupua‘a was ruled by an ali‘i and included a lowland mala (cultivated area) and upland forested region. The Hawaiians believed that the land, the sea, the clouds and all living things …

Feb 18, 2021 · When James Cook made landfall on the island of Hawai‘i in 1778, he found a society ruled by the king Kalani‘ōpu‘u. Within this kingdom were six political districts, or moku, …

Aug 19, 2022 · Shown by carbon dating to be more than 1,000 years old, they are part of an ancient ahupua'a, a sophisticated land-management and food-production system that once …

WHAT IS AN AHUPUA‘A? An ahupua'a in ancient Hawai‘i was a section of land from “sky to sea.” It often was a valley, and included mountains, farmland, shore & reef areas. It provided …

Mar 21, 2025 · Located in the ‘Ewa Moku, Hono‘uli‘uli is O ‘ahu's largest ahupua‘a, a traditional Native Hawaiian land division that extends from the Wai‘anae mountains to the sea as a way …