Puʻuwai, Hawaii

{{Short description| Unincorporated community in the state of Hawaii, United States}}

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| image_caption = Pu{{okina}}uwai village

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| map_caption = Location within Kauai county

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| subdivision_name1 = Hawaii

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| subdivision_name2 = Kauai

| subdivision_type3 = Island

| subdivision_name3 = Niihau

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| population_total = 130 {{when|date=August 2023}}

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| timezone = Hawaii–Aleutian

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Pu{{okina}}uwai (literally, "heart" in Hawaiian,{{Cite book | author=Pukui, Mary Kawena | title=Place Names of Hawaii | date=December 1976 | publisher=University of Hawaii Press | isbn=0-8248-0524-0 }} {{IPA|haw|puʔuˈvɐj|pron}}) is an unincorporated community in Kauai County, Hawaii, United States,{{cite gnis|364195|Pu'uwai, Hawaii}} and the only settlement on the island of Ni{{okina}}ihau. It is at the western coast of the small island, and Native Hawaiians who live in this village speak the Niihau dialect of the Hawaiian language. The community lives as they did hundreds of years ago, and the modern amenities of life are extremely limited. Access to the town, as well as the whole island, is limited to Ni{{okina}}ihau residents; only official visitors and invited guests are permitted. Pu{{okina}}uwai has a one-room schoolhouse.

Ni{{okina}}ihau is located about {{convert|29|km|mi nmi|abbr=on}} west of Kaua{{okina}}i.

Pu{{okina}}uwai is the westernmost community in the principal Hawaiian Islands.