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Important State Facts

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State Capital

Honolulu

State Flag

Established 1845

State Seal

Established 1959

State Motto

Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono ("The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness") (1959)

State Nickname

"The Aloha State" (1959)

State Song

"Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī" (1967)

State Bird

Nēnē / Hawaiian Goose (Branta sandvicensis) (1957)

State Fish

Humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa / Reef Triggerfish (Rhinecanthus rectangulus) (1985)

State Insect

Pulelehua / Kamehameha Butterfly (Vanessa tameamea) (2009)

State Flower

Pua ʻŌhiʻa Lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha) (1959)

State Tree

Kukui / Candlenut (Aleurites moluccanus) (1959)

State Dance

Hula (1999)

State Marine Mammal

Hawaiian Monk Seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) (2008)

State Land Mammal

Hawaiian Hoary Bat (Lasiurus cinereus semotus) (2024)

State Gem

Black Coral (Antipathes sp.) (1987)

State Individual Sport

Surfing (1998)

State Team Sport

Outrigger Canoe Paddling (1986)