KAHULUI

city, Maui county, on the northern coast of Maui Island, Hawaii, U.S., on Kahului Bay. Until the 1950s Kahului had a small, transitory population. The Hawaiian and Commercial Sugar Company then sponsored a large planning project, and modern business and residential sectors were developed. Kahului has Maui's principal airport and its only deepwater port. With nearby Wailuku (to the west), it is the commercialtransportation centre and the outlet for the products of the island's fertile central plain. Protected by breakwaters, Kahului Harbor has bulk sugar-loading and container freight facilities and is connected by rail with nearby pineapple canneries and sugar plantations. Kahului is the seat of Maui Community College (1931). Pop. (1990) 16,889.