Hanga Roa

Hanga Roa is the only urban center that exists on Easter Island. Here is where the main social, economic, and cultural activities of Rapa Nui are developed and where almost all its inhabitants reside.



Hanga Roa, which means “wide bay or long bay” in the Rapanui language, is located geographically southwest of the island, between the volcanoes Rano Kau and Maunga Terevaka. Hanga Roa remains the only inhabited nucleus and the only city on Easter Island, where more than 90% of the population, which today exceeds five thousand inhabitants, is concentrated.

Among the main attractions of Hanga Roa, you can find: