Kaneohe

Kāneʻ ohe is a census-designated place (CDP) included in the City & County of Honolulu and located in Hawaiʻ i state District of Koʻ olaupoko on the Island of Oʻ ahu. In the Hawaiian language, kāne ʻ ohe means "bamboo man". According to an ancient Hawaiian story a local woman compared her husband's cruelty to the sharp edge of cutting bamboo; thus the place was named Kāneʻ ohe or "Bamboo man". The population was 34,970 at the 2000 census. Kāneʻ ohe is the largest of several communities along Kāneʻ ohe Bay and one of the two largest residential communities on the windward side of Oʻ ahu (the other is Kailua). The commercial center of the town is spread mostly along Kamehameha Highway.

From ancient times, Kāneʻ ohe was important as an agricultural area, owing to an abundance of rainfall. Today, Kāneʻ ohe is mostly a residential community, with very little agriculture in evidence. The only commercial crop of any consequence in the area is banana.