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Easter Island (island) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 27 07 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -27.1167 decimal degrees |
Long: 109 22 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -109.3667 decimal degrees |
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Note: First inhabited by Polynesians from Marquesas ca. 400 CE; noted for volcanic stone monoliths shaped in human form (moai); slave raids by Peruvians decreased population by one-third by 1863; native culture further declined when Christianity was introduced in the 1860s. |
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Pascua, Isla de (preferred,C,V)
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Isla de Pascua (C,V,display)
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Rapa Nui (C,V)
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Rapanui (C,V)
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Easter Island (C,O,English-P,U,B)
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האי פסחא (C,U,Hebrew )
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Valparaíso (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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