Rapanui

This article is about the native inhabitants of Easter Island. For information on the island itself, see Easter Island.

The Rapanui or Rapa Nui ("Big Rapa") are the native Polynesian inhabitants of Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean (the island itself is also called Rapa Nui). Today, Rapanui people make up 60% of Easter Island's population. They speak the Rapa Nui language. At the 2002 census there were 3,304 island inhabitants - almost all living in the village of Hanga Roa on the sheltered west coast. Of the 2,378 Rapanui who live in the mainland of Chile, 50% live in the metropolitan area of Chile's capital, Santiago de Chile.

See also

• Hanau E'epe
• Hanau Momoko
• Rapa Nui (film)
• Rongorongo
• Hotu Matu'a

References

• "Easter Island." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2007. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 21 May 2007

External links

• Flickr - Photos tagged with Rapanui
• Rapanui - The Edmunds and Bryan Photograph Collection documenting Rapanui's archaeological wonders and everyday life during the early 1900s

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