- Rapanui
Infobox Ethnic group
group=Rapanui
poptime=ca. 5,682
popplace=Chile (ParticularlyEaster Island )
rels=Roman Catholicism
langs=Rapa Nui language , Spanish
related=Oparoan, Hanau e'epeThe Rapanui or Rapa Nui ("Big Rapa") are the native Polynesian inhabitants of
Easter Island in thePacific Ocean (the island itself is also called Rapa Nui). Today, Rapanui people make up 60% of Easter Island's population. They speak theRapa Nui language . At the 2002 census there were 3,304 island inhabitants - almost all living in the village ofHanga Roa on the sheltered west coast. Of the 2,378 Rapanui who live in the mainland ofChile , 50% live in the metropolitan area of Chile's capital,Santiago de Chile Fact|date=April 2007.ee also
*Hanau E'epe
*Rapa Nui language
*Rapa Nui (film)
*Rongorongo
*Hotu Matu'a
*Rapa Nui mythology References
* [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9117371 "Easter Island." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2007. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 21 May 2007]
External links
* [http://libweb.hawaii.edu/digicoll/rapanui/index.html Rapanui - The Edmunds and Bryan Photograph Collection] documenting Rapanui's archaeological wonders and everyday life during the early 1900s
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