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. 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
Location in the Valparaíso Region
CountryChile
RegionValparaíso
CapitalHanga Roa
Communes
List of 1:
Government
  TypeProvincial
  Presidential provincial delegateJuliette Hotus Paoa (Ind.)
Area
  Total163.6 km2 (63.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2017 Census)[1]
  Total5,761
  Density35/km2 (91/sq mi)
Sex
Time zoneUTC-6 (EAST[2])
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (EASST[3])
Area codes+56-32[4]
WebsitePresidential Provincial Delegation of Isla de Pascua

Communes

The province includes only one commune: Isla de Pascua.

Authorities

Province governor (1976-2021)

Governor Party Term President
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

Presidential provincial delegate (2021-present)

Delegate Party Term Presidente
René de la Puente Hey Ind. 14 July 2021 - 11 March 2022 Sebastián Piñera
Juliette Hotus Paoa Ind. 11 March 2022 - present Gabriel Boric

See also

References

  1. "Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas" (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 May 2010.
  2. "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
  3. "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
  4. "Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional | Ley Chile".

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