Isla de Pascua Province explained

Isla de Pascua Province
Native Name:Provincia de Isla de Pascua
Native Name Lang:es
Settlement Type:Province
Mapsize:175px
Map Alt:Location in the Valparaíso Region
Pushpin Map:Chile
Pushpin Mapsize:175
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Chile
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Chile
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Valparaíso
Parts Type:Communes
Parts Style:coll
Parts:List of 1:
P1:Isla de Pascua
Established Title:Creation
Established Date:1976
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Hanga Roa
Government Type:Provincial
Leader Title:Presidential provincial delegate
Leader Name:Juliette Hotus Paoa
Leader Party:Ind.
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:163.6
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:7750
Population As Of:2017 Census
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Urban
Population Blank2 Title:Rural
Demographics Type1:Sex
Demographics1 Title1:Men
Demographics1 Title2:Women
Timezone:EAST[3]
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:EASST[4]
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Area Codes:+56-32[5]
Website:Presidential Provincial Delegation of Isla de Pascua

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 province 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. It was created in 1976, replacing the former Isla de Pascua Department.

Communes

The province includes only one commune: Isla de Pascua.

Authorities

Province governor (1976–2021)

GovernorPartyTermPresident
Arnt Arentsen PettersenInd.1 January 1976 – 16 February 1979Augusto Pinochet
Ariel González Cornejo16 February 1979 – 27 January 1984
Sergio Alejo Rapu Haoa27 January 1984 – 11 March 1990
Jacobo Hey PaoaInd.11 March 1990 – 11 March 1994Patricio Aylwin
11 March 1994 – 11 March 2000Eduardo Frei Ruíz-Tagle
PDC11 March 2000 – 1 September 2000Ricardo Lagos
Enrique Pakarati Ika1 September 2000 – 11 March 2006
Melania Hotu Hey11 March 2006 – 11 March 2010Michelle Bachelet
Pedro Edmunds Paoa17 March 2010 – 9 August 2010Sebastián Piñera
Carmen Cardinali PaoaInd.6 September 2010 – 11 March 2014
Marta Hotus TukiPDC11 March 2014 – 8 September 2015Michelle Bachelet
Melania Hotu Hey9 September 2015 – 11 March 2018
Laura Tarita Alarcón RapuInd.11 March 2018 – 22 March 2021Sebastián Piñera
René de la Puente Hey29 April 2021 – 14 July 2021

Presidential provincial delegate (2021–present)

DelegatePartyTermPresident
René de la Puente HeyInd.14 July 2021 – 11 March 2022Sebastián Piñera
Juliette Hotus PaoaInd.11 March 2022 – presentGabriel Boric

See also

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Censo de Población y Vivienda 2002 . . 1 May 2010 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20100715195638/http://www.ine.cl/canales/chile_estadistico/censos_poblacion_vivienda/censo_pobl_vivi.php . 15 July 2010.
  2. Web site: es . Censo 2017 . . 11 May 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180511145942/https://resultados.censo2017.cl/Home/Download . 11 May 2018 .
  3. Web site: Chile Time . 2010-07-28 . WorldTimeZones.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070911130719/http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-time.htm . 2007-09-11 .
  4. Web site: Chile Summer Time . 2010-07-28 . WorldTimeZones.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070911130451/http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-summer-time.htm . 2007-09-11 .
  5. Web site: Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional | Ley Chile.