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The island of Lanai is another island that makes up the chain of islands in Hawaii. However, Lanai
is considerably different than the other islands. Lanai is not very large and has just over 141 square miles with coastline
making up 41 miles, although it is the sixth largest of the eight islands. The island is 18 miles wide and 13 miles long and
there are very few paved roads on the island. In addition, Lanai island receives very little rain each year, approximately
37 inches, so it is dryer than some of the other islands. Lanai used to be the biggest pineapple plantation in the world,
however today the pineapple plantation is made up of less than 100 acres. And the once called “ Pineapple Island”
is now making the majority of its income from tourism rather than pineapples. Over 98% of Lanai’s land is owned
by the Lanai Company, which is a development company. And the general population of Lanai is less than 3,000 people while
tourism brings in about 95,000 tourists each year.
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