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    CountryChile
    RegionValparaíso
    ProvinceIsla de Pascua
    CommuneIsla de Pascua
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    Home of the Rapanui
    Home of the Rapanui
    Easter Island, or Rapa Nui in the native language, is a remote and mysterious Polynesian island in the Pacific Ocean. It is famous for its giant stone statues, or moai, that dot the landscape.
    Etymology

    The name "Easter Island" was given by the island's first recorded European visitor, the Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen, who encountered it on Easter Sunday (April 5) in 1722, while searching for "Davis Land". Roggevee… See more

    History

    Oral tradition states the island was first settled by a two-canoe expedition originating from Marae Renga (or Marae Toe Hau—otherwise known as Cook Islands), and led by the chief Hotu Matu'a and his captain Tu'… See more

    Geography

    Easter Island is one of the world's most isolated inhabited islands. Its closest inhabited neighbour is Pitcairn Island, 1,931 km (1,200 mi) to the west, with approximately 50 inhabitants. The nearest continental … See more

    Ecology

    Easter Island, together with its closest neighbour, the tiny island of Isla Salas y Gómez 415 km (258 mi) farther east, is recognized by ecologists as a distinct ecoregion, the Rapa Nui tropical broadleaf forests. Th… See more

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