Easter Island
| Easter Island Isla de Pascua (Spanish) Rapa Nui (Rapa Nui) |
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| Country | Chile | ||||
| Region | Valparaíso | ||||
| Province | Isla de Pascua | ||||
| Commune | Isla de Pascua | ||||
| Special territory status | |||||
| Named for | Easter | ||||
| Seat | Hanga Roa | ||||
| Government | |||||
| - Type | Municipality | ||||
| - Provincial Governor | René De la Puente Hey (Template:Polparty) | ||||
| - Alcalde | Pedro Edmunds Paoa (PRO) | ||||
| Population (2017 census) | |||||
| - Total | 7,750[1] | ||||
| Time zone | EAST (UTC−6) | ||||
| - Summer (DST) | EASST (UTC−5) | ||||
| Country Code | +56 32 | ||||
| Currency | Peso (CLP) | ||||
| Language | Spanish, Rapa Nui | ||||
| Driving side | right | ||||
| Website | dppisladepascua.dpp.gob.cl | ||||
| NGA UFI=-905269 | |||||
| Template:Colored link | |
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 Moai at Rano Raraku, Easter Island | |
| Criteria | Cultural: i, iii, v |
| Reference | 715 |
| Inscription | 1995 (19th Session) |
| Area | 71.3 km2 (27.5 sq mi) |
Easter Island, southeastern Pacific Ocean me Chile ke ek special territory hae aur Oceania me Polynesian Triangle ke souteastmost point hae. Ii island ke iske lagbhag 1,000 extant monumental murti, jiske moai bola jaae hae, jiske Rapa Nui log banae rahin, khaatir jaana jaae hae. 1995 me, UNESCO, Easter Island ke World Heritage Site banais, jisse island ke jaada hissa ke protect karaa gais rahaa.
Experts ii baat pe nai agree kare hae ki ii island ke Polynesian log kaise ii island me aae rahin. Jab ki sher researchers ii biswas kare hae ki ii log 800 ke saal me me aae rahin, lekin 2007 me ek study ii sabuut diis ki ii log 1200 ke nagiich aae rahin.[2][3] ii island ke log ek thriving aur industrious sankriti ke banae rahin, jiske sabuut hae ii island ke dher barraa-barra, aur patthar ke banaawa gais moai aur duusra chij. Lekin perr ke kaare aurPolynesian rat ke introduction ke kaaran des barbaad hoe lagaa.[2] 1722 me jab European log hian ae ke suruu karin, tab ii island ke abaadi ke 2,000 aur 3,000 ke biich me anumaan lagaawa gais rahaa. European diseases, 1860s me Peruvian slave raiding expeditions, aur duusra island, jaise Tahiti ke emigration ke kaaran island ke abaadi 1877 me khaali 111 rahaa.[4]
1888 me Chile, Easter Island ke aapan niche kar liis. 1966 me Rapa Nui ke log ke Chilean citizenship dewa gais rahaa. 2007, ii island ke "special territory" ke status dewa gais rahaa . Administratively, it Valparaíso Region ke niche hae.[5] 2017 ke Chilean census me island ke abaadi 7,750 log rahaa, jisme se 3,512 (45%) Rapa Nui rahin.[6]
Easter Island dunia ke ek sab se duur waala island hae jisme log rahe hae. [7] Iske sab se nagiich ke jagha jahaan pe log rahe hae, Pitcairn Island hae, jon 2,075 kilometres (1,289 mi) duur hae;[8] sab se nagiich ke town jiske abaadi 500 se jaada hae, Rikitea hae, jin Mangareva island me hae, 2,606 km (1,619 mi) duur; sab se nagiich ke continental point central Chile me hae, 3,512 km (2,182 mi) duur.
- ↑ "Censo 2017". National Statistics Institute (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedterry_hunt - ↑ Dangerfield, Whitney (31 March 2007). "The Mystery of Easter Island". Smithsonian Magazine. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- ↑ Peiser, B. (2005). "From Genocide to Ecocide: The Rape of Rapa Nui". Energy & Environment 16 (3&4): 513–539. doi:10.1260/0958305054672385. ISSN 0958-305X. Archived from the original on 10 June 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100610062402/http://www.uri.edu/artsci/ecn/starkey/ECN398%20-Ecology,%20Economy,%20Society/RAPANUI.pdf. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ↑ List of Chilean Provinces, Congreso Nacional, archived from the original on 10 September 2012, retrieved 20 February 2013
- ↑ "Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas – REDATAM Procesamiento y diseminación". Redatam-ine.ine.cl. Archived from the original on 27 May 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ↑ "Welcome to Rapa Nui – Isla de Pascua – Easter Island", Portal RapaNui, the island's official website, archived from the original on 14 January 2012
- ↑ Thomas Brinkhoff (1 February 2013). "Pitcairn Islands". Citypopulation.de. Thomas Brinkhoff. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2013.