Wednesday, October 9, 2013

9: South Atlantic

ETHNICITY:
In South Atlantic the Percentage of black population has always been higher. The regional black population remains more than double the national percentage. However, according to the census, black population is the second lowest ethnicity in Hawaii containing a 1.6 percentage.







                         

                                                                                    PLANTATION AGRICULTURE:
Plantation agriculture became a big part of South Atlantic. A major success was the tobacco industry, which brought the Southern colonies their first economic success. Plantation agriculture is also very important in Hawaii. there are hundreds of coffee farms in Kona, from Holualoa to Kealakekua, that harvest the uniquely Hawaiian Kona coffee beans, as well as boutique coffee plantations in kau, Puna and Hilo. There are also sugarcane plantations and pineapple plantations. 


Pineapple crops 

Coffee plantations

Tabacoo 

Source: A regional geography of the United States and Canada 
to-hawaii.com Hawaii Travel Guide

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