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EasterIsland(RapaNui:RapaNui,Spanish:IsladePascua)isaPolynesianislandinthesoutheasternPacificOcean,atthesoutheasternmostpointofthePolynesianTriangle.EasterIslandisfamousforits887extantmonumentalstatues,calledmoai,createdbytheearlyRapaNuipeople.In1995,UNESCOnamedEasterIslandaWorldHeritageSite,withmuchoftheislandprotectedwithinRapaNuiNationalPark.

PolynesianpeoplesettledonEasterIslandinthefirstmillenniumCE,andcreatedathrivingculture,asevidencedbythemoaiandotherartifacts.However,humanactivity,theintroductionofthePolynesianratandoverpopulationledtogradualdeforestationandextinctionofnaturalresources,whichcausedthedemiseoftheRapaNuicivilization.[citationneeded]BythetimeofEuropeanarrivalin1722,theisland'spopulationhaddroppedto2,000–3,000fromahighofapproximately15,000justacenturyearlier.DiseasescarriedbyEuropeansailorsandPeruvianslaveraidingofthe1860sfurtherreducedtheRapaNuipopulation,downto111in1877.[5]

EasterIslandisoneofthemostremoteinhabitedislandsintheworld.[6]Thenearestinhabitedland(50residents)isPitcairnIsland2,075kilometres(1,289mi)away,thenearesttownwithapopulationover500isRikiteaonislandMangareva2,606km(1,619mi)away,andthenearestcontinentalpointliesincentralChile,3,512kilometres(2,182mi)away.

EasterIslandisaspecialterritoryofChilethatwasannexedin1888.Administratively,itbelongstotheValparaísoRegionandmorespecifically,istheonlycommuneoftheProvinceIsladePascua.[7]Accordingtothe2012census,ithasabout5,800residents,ofwhichsome60%aredescendantsoftheaboriginalRapaNui.