Isla de Pascua Department
{{Short description|Department of Chile (1966–1976)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox former subdivision
|native_name = Departamento de Isla de Pascua
|conventional_long_name = Isla de Pascua Department
|common_name = Isla de Pascua Department
|subdivision = Department
|nation = Chile
|demonym = Pascuense
|capital = Hanga Roa
|coordinates =
|today = Chile
|year_start = 1966
|year_end = 1976
|event_start =
|date_start = 1 March
|event_end =
|date_end =
|life_span =
|era = Presidential Republic
|image_flag = File:Flag of Chile.svg
|flag = Flag of Chile
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|image_map_caption =
|stat_year1 =
|stat_pop1 =
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|p1 = Valparaíso Department
|flag_p1 = Flag of Chile.svg
|s1 = Isla de Pascua Province
|flag_s1 = Flag of Chile.svg
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Isla de Pascua Department, also named Easter Island Department,[http://www.oas.org/en/iachr/decisions/2021/CHAD172-15EN.pdf REPORT No. 150/21, PETITION 172-15, REPORT ON ADMISSIBILITY, RAPA NUI PEOPLE] was one of the departments of the historical province of Valparaíso before the "regionalization" of 1974. It was named after Easter Island and comprised such territory and the Sala y Gómez island. It was effectively replaced in 1976 by the Isla de Pascua Province.
History
The department was created by Law No. 16.441 by president Eduardo Frei Montalva. It became effective on 1 March 1966, when it was published in the Diario Oficial de la República de Chile. Hanga Roa was declared as the capital of the department, and would comprise the territories of Easter Island and Isla Sala y Gómez. Its only commune-subdelegation was Isla de Pascua, subdivided into three districts.{{Cite web |date=1 March 1966 |title=LEY-16441 01-MAR-1966 MINISTERIO DEL INTERIOR – Ley Chile – Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional |url=https://www.leychile.cl/Navegar?idNorma=28472 |access-date=17 August 2018 |website=Ley Chile – Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional |language=en}}
The law also indicated that the department would belong, in Chamber of Deputies elections, to the Valparaíso and Quillota departmental circunscription. As the commune was created, a municipality was named by the president, with seven members (regidores). Their term expired in May 1967. A local court was created.
File:Osterinsel Uebersicht.jpg|Aerial view of Easter Island
File:Salaygomez.jpg|Isla Salas y Gómez is uninhabited
Administration
The local administration was located in Hanga Roa, where the departmental government was located.
= Governors =
| class="wikitable" border="1" align="center"
!Governor !Party !Term !President |
| Carlos Bastías Alvarado
|IND |13 September 1973 – 25 September 1973 | rowspan="4" |Augusto Pinochet |
| Omar Fuenzalida Tobar
|IND |25 September 1973 – 3 August 1974 |
| Giuseppe Arru Domínguez
|IND |3 August 1974 – 23 February 1975 |
| Arnt Arentsen Pettersen
|IND |23 February 1975 – 1 January 1976 |