Easter Island is a Chilean island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania. Easter Island is famous for its 887 extant monumental statues, called "moai", 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. 

Polynesian people most likely settled on Easter Island sometime between 700 and 1100 CE, and created a thriving and industrious culture as evidenced by the island's numerous enormous stone "moai" and other artefacts. However, human activity, the introduction of the Polynesian rat and overpopulation led to gradual deforestation and extinction of natural resources which severely weakened the Rapa Nui civilization. By the time of European arrival in 1722, the island's population had dropped to 2,000–3,000 from an estimated high of approximately 15,000 just a century earlier. European diseases and Peruvian slave raiding in the 1860s further reduced the Rapa Nui population, to a low of only 111 inhabitants in 1877. 

Easter Island is one of the most remote inhabited islands in the world. The nearest inhabited land (around 50 residents in 2013) is Pitcairn Island, away; the nearest town with a population over 500 is Rikitea, on the island of Mangareva, away; the nearest continental point lies in central Chile, away.
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Easter Island
Easter Island
the Pacific Ocean
Easter Island is a Chilean island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean
111
111 inhabitants in 1877
1722
European arrival in 1722
Pitcairn Island
The nearest inhabited land (around 50 residents in 2013) is Pitcairn Island,
50
50 residents
2013
50 residents in 2013
sometime between 700 and 1100 CE
Polynesian people most likely settled on Easter Island sometime between 700 and 1100 CE
monumental statues
monumental statues, called "moai"
887
887 extant monumental statues
In 1995
In 1995, UNESCO named Easter Island a World Heritage Site
UNESCO
UNESCO named Easter Island a World Heritage Site
human activity, the introduction of the Polynesian rat and overpopulation
human activity, the introduction of the Polynesian rat and overpopulation led to gradual deforestation
the early Rapa Nui people
"moai", created by the early Rapa Nui people
2,000–3,000
By the time of European arrival in 1722, the island's population had dropped to 2,000–3,000
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Easter Island is a Chilean island
It is Chilean.
Easter Island is a Chilean island
Rikitea
the nearest town with a population over 500 is Rikitea
over 500
with a population over 500
Mangareva
Rikitea, on the island of Mangareva,