EASTER ISLAND

Easter Island is an island and special territory of Chile in the

southeastern Pacific Ocean.
Easter Island is one of the world's most isolated inhabited islands.
The island's area is 163.6 km2.
The climate of Easter Island is warm, tropical. The average annual
temperature is 21.8 ° C
The population of the island is 7750 people. Easter Island's traditional
language is Rapa Nui. However, as in the rest of mainland Chile, the
official language used is Spanish.
Moai - stone statues on the coast of Easter Island in the form of a human
head with a torso – are island’s sight.
There are 887 statues on island.
 Why EASTER Island?
Europeans discovered the island in 1722 on Easter
Sunday.
Christianity came to the island only a century later. The
first Catholic missionary Eugene Eyro arrived on the
island in 1862. Six years later, the active conversion of the
Rapanuiites to the Christian faith began. Catholicism is
practiced in Chile; on Easter Island, it is also considered
the official religion.