Easter Island (Rapa Nui; 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 nearly 1,000 extant monumental statues, called moai, which were created by the early Rapa Nui people. In 1995, UNESCO named Easter Island a World Heritage Site, with much of the island protected within Rapa Nui National Park. Experts disagree on when the island's Polynesian inhabitants first reached the island. While many in the research community cited evidence that they arrived around the year 800, a 2007 study found compelling evidence that they arrived closer to 1200. The inhabitants created a thriving and industrious culture, as evidenced by the island's numerous enormous stone moai and other artifacts. But land clearing for cultivation and the introduction of the Polynesian rat led to gradual deforestation. By the time of European arrival in 1722, the island's population was estimated to be 2,000 to 3,000. European diseases, Peruvian slave raiding expeditions in the 1860s, and emigration to other islands such as Tahiti further depleted the population, reducing it to a low of 111 native inhabitants in 1877. Chile annexed Easter Island in 1888. In 1966, the Rapa Nui were granted Chilean citizenship. In 2007 the island gained the constitutional status of "special territory" (Spanish: territorio especial). Administratively, it belongs to the Valparaíso Region, constituting a single commune (Isla de Pascua) of the Province of Isla de Pascua. The 2017 Chilean census registered 7,750 people on the island, of whom 3,512 (45%) considered themselves Rapa Nui. Easter Island is one of the world's remotest inhabited islands. The nearest inhabited land (around 50 residents in 2013) is Pitcairn Island, 2,075 kilometers (1,289 mi) away; the nearest town with a population over 500 is Rikitea, on the island of Mangareva, 2,606 km (1,619 mi) away; the nearest continental point lies in central Chile, 3,512 km (2,182 mi) away.
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IDEA: A Disney+ live adaptation film based on an anime by Sunrise & Toei Animation. | FUN FACT: This is Fanmade! | PLOT: From out of nowhere, a mysterious alien race known as Boazan conquered the Earth. A group of individuals specially trained to handle this situation has been unleashed. Steve, Mark, Big Bert, Little Jon and Jamie are the pilots of the Voltes Team, the Earth's defense against the Boazanian Empire and their terrible beast fighters. The plot thickens as the Armstrong Brothers discover their true heritage and the truth behind the disappearance of their father, Ned Armstrong. Conflicts and mixed emotions hinder the Armstrong Brothers at times but due to their unwavering desire to find their father, they must go to a place where it all started. With the help of the rebels based on Earth and on the aliens' homeworld, the Voltes Team has two missions: remove the tyrant Zanzibal and liberate the people of Boazan.
