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Easter Island
| Location |
S Pacific Ocean, W of Chile |
| Latitude and longitude |
28 10 S, 109 30 W |
| Sovereignty |
Chile |
| Political status notes |
A Province of Chile |
| Population |
2,770 |
| Census notes |
1992 |
| Land area in square kilometers |
166 |
| Capital |
Hangaroa |
Fundamental legal document(s) online
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Ley
No. 19.252, establece normas sobre protección, fomento, y desarrollo de
los indígenas, y crea la Corporación Nacional de Desarrollo Indígena (Law No. 19.253, establishing standards for the
protection and development of the indigenous people of Chile including
the inhabitants of Rapu Nui (Easter Island) and creating the National
Indigenous Development Corporation), from that corporation, the Corporación
Nacional de Desarrollo Indígena (Spanish) |
Sources and other useful websites
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| Easter
Island, from Radio Australia’s Charting the Pacific |
| Easter
Island Home Page |
| Easter Island
Foundation |
| Finding
Easter Island, from David Stanley’s South Pacific Organizer |
| Parque
Nacional Rapa Nui - Isla de Pascua, a map of Rapa Nui
(slow-loading) |
| Rapanui,
from Radio Australia’s Time to Talk |
| United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO), World Heritage List: Rapa
Nui National Park |
| Rapa
Nui Region, from the Chilean nongovernmental organization Being
Indigenous |
| Reseña
Historica Rapa Nui, from Chile’s Corporación Nacional de Desarrollo Indígena
(CONADI)
(Spanish) |
| Territorio Rapa NuiTerritorio Rapa Nui,
from Organización No Gubernamental Comunidad Ser Indígena (Spanish) |
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