Episode 1452
Kalaupapa, Hawaii
Sun, 2021-Apr-25 00:58 UTC
Length - 2:16
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The random article for Sunday, 25 April 2021 is Kalaupapa, Hawaii.
Kalaupapa is a small unincorporated community on the island of MolokaŹ»i, within Kalawao County in the U. S. state of Hawaii. In 1866, during the reign of Kamehameha V, the Hawaii legislature passed a law that resulted in the designation of MolokaŹ»i as the site for a leper colony, where patients who were seriously affected by leprosy (also known as Hansen's disease) could be quarantined, to prevent them from infecting others. At the time, the disease was little understood: it was believed to be highly contagious and was incurable until the advent of antibiotics. The communities where people with leprosy lived were under the administration of the Board of Health, which appointed superintendents on the island.
Kalaupapa is located on the Kalaupapa Peninsula at the base of some of the highest sea cliffs in the world; they rise 2,000 feet (610 m) above the Pacific Ocean. In the 1870s a community to support the leper colony was established here; the legislature required people with severe cases to be quarantined on this island in the hope of preventing contagion. The area has been preserved as the Kalaupapa National Historical Park, which takes in the entire county.
Despite the declining population, the post office is still active, having a zip code of 96742.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:58 UTC on Sunday, 25 April 2021.
For the full current version of the article, see Kalaupapa, Hawaii on Wikipedia.
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