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Niihau
Niihau
or
Niihau
(;
Hawaiian
: ) is the westernmost and seventh largest of the inhabited
Hawaiian Islands
in the
U.S. state
of
Hawaii
, lying southwest of
Kauai
across the Kaulakahi Channel and having an area of . Several intermittent
playa
lakes provide
wetland
habitats for the
Hawaiian coot
, the
black-winged stilt
, and the
Hawaiian duck
. The island is designated as critical habitat for
Brighamia insignis
, an endemic and endangered species of
Hawaiian lobelioid
. The
United States Census Bureau
defines Niihau and the neighboring island and State Seabird Sanctuary of
Lehua
as
Census Tract
410 of
Kauai County, Hawaii
. Its
2000 census
population was 160; Its
2010 census
population was 170.
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