Isla de Pascua (Easter Island) is a Chilean

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with a special regime,Although the

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establishes the commune of Isla de Pascua has a special regime, the organic law supposed to regulate the area has not yet been dictated. located within

Isla de Pascua Province 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 ...

Valparaíso Region The Valparaíso Region ( es, Región de Valparaíso, links=no, ) is one of Chile's 16 first order administrative divisions.Valparaíso Region, 2006 With the country's second-highest population of 1,790,219 , and fourth-smallest area of , ...

. It is the only commune in Isla de Pascua Province, comprising

Easter Island Easter Island ( rap, Rapa Nui; es, Isla de Pascua) is an island and special territory of Chile in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania. The island is most famous for its nearl ...

and

Isla Salas y Gómez Isla Salas y Gómez, also known as Isla Sala y Gómez ( rap, Motu Motiro Hiva), is a small uninhabited Chilean island in the Pacific Ocean. It is sometimes considered the easternmost point in the Polynesian Triangle. Isla Salas y Gómez and its s ...

. Its capital is

Hanga Roa Hanga Roa (; rap, Haŋa Roa, Rapa Nui pronunciation: �ha.ŋa ˈɾo.a (Spanish: ''Bahía Larga'') is the main town, harbour and seat of Easter Island, a municipality of Chile. It is located in the southern part of the island's west coast, in th ...

, located in the southwestern area of the main island, where most of the local population resides.

Local government

The municipality of Isla de Pascua is led by mayor

Pedro Edmunds Paoa Pedro Pablo ''Petero'' Edmunds Paoa (born 1 July 1961) is a Chilean politician. He serves as mayor of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) Commune. He was previously the Governor of the Easter Island Province from March 2010 to August 2010. His first term ...

(

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), who is accompanied in the Municipal Council by: * Mai Teao Osorio ( RN) * Marta Hotus Tuki ( PDC) * María Icka Araki ( PDC) * Ricardo Espinoza Alvarado ( PPD) * Julio Hotus Salinas ( PPD) * Juan Haoa Hotus (Ind./

Evópoli Political Evolution (), also known in Spanish by its shorthand Evópoli, is a Chilean centre-right political party, founded in 2012. The party defines itself as a liberal platform for the people who look for a "modern centre-right who proposes as ...

)

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References

External links

I. Municipalidad de Isla de Pascua
{{Communes in Valparaíso Region Easter Island Communes of Chile