Isla de Pascua Province (Easter Island Province) is a Chilean province, an administrative division located within the Valparaíso Region. It has a 163,6 km² area and a population of 5761 inhabitants. The provincial capital is Hanga Roa. Besides Easter Island, the island comprises the small and uninhabited isla Salas y Gómez, located hundreds of kilometers east of Easter Island. It is the only Chilean province located in Oceania and has a "special regime" status, with similar attributions to regional governments.
Isla de Pascua Province
Provincia de Isla de Pascua | |
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Province | |
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Location in the Valparaíso Region | |
| Country | Chile |
| Region | Valparaíso |
| Capital | Hanga Roa |
| Communes | List of 1: |
| Government | |
| • Type | Provincial |
| • Presidential provincial delegate | Juliette Hotus Paoa (Ind.) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 163.6 km2 (63.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2017 Census)[1] | |
| • Total | 5,761 |
| • Density | 35/km2 (91/sq mi) |
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| Time zone | UTC-6 (EAST[2]) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (EASST[3]) |
| Area codes | +56-32[4] |
| Website | Presidential Provincial Delegation of Isla de Pascua |
The province includes only one commune: Isla de Pascua.
| Governor | Party | Term | President | ||
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| Arnt Arentsen Pettersen | Ind. | 1 January 1976 - 16 February 1979 | Augusto Pinochet | ||
| Ariel González Cornejo | 16 February 1979 - 27 January 1984 | ||||
| Sergio Alejo Rapu Haoa | 27 January 1984 - 11 March 1990 | ||||
| Jacobo Hey Paoa | Ind. | 11 March 1990 - 11 March 1994 | Patricio Aylwin | ||
| 11 March 1994 - 11 March 2000 | Eduardo Frei Ruíz-Tagle | ||||
| PDC | 11 March 2000 - 1 September 2000 | Ricardo Lagos | |||
| Enrique Pakarati Ika | 1 September 2000 - 11 March 2006 | ||||
| Melania Hotu Hey | 11 March 2006 - 11 March 2010 | Michelle Bachelet | |||
| Pedro Edmunds Paoa | 17 March 2010 - 9 August 2010 | Sebastián Piñera | |||
| Carmen Cardinali Paoa | Ind. | 6 September 2010 - 11 March 2014 | |||
| Marta Hotus Tuki | PDC | 11 March 2014 - 8 September 2015 | Michelle Bachelet | ||
| Melania Hotu Hey | 9 September 2015 - 11 March 2018 | ||||
| Laura Tarita Alarcón Rapu | Ind. | 11 March 2018 - 22 March 2021 | Sebastián Piñera | ||
| René de la Puente Hey | 29 April 2021 - 14 July 2021 | ||||
| Delegate | Party | Term | Presidente | ||
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| René de la Puente Hey | Ind. | 14 July 2021 - 11 March 2022 | Sebastián Piñera | ||
| Juliette Hotus Paoa | Ind. | 11 March 2022 - present | Gabriel Boric | ||
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| Isla de Pascua | ||
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