▁population ▁( 8 0 0 , 0 0 0 ) ▁is ▁desc endant ▁of ▁Asian ▁imm igr ants , ▁chief ly ▁from ▁the ▁Middle ▁East ▁( i . e . ▁Palest ini ans , ▁Sy ri ans ▁and ▁Leb an ese , ▁see ▁Arab ▁Chile ans ). ▁Most ▁of ▁these ▁are ▁Christians ▁from ▁the ▁Lev ant , ▁of ▁whom ▁roughly ▁ 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁are ▁Palest in ian ▁descend ants ▁are ▁believed ▁to ▁res ide ▁in ▁Chile . ▁Additionally , ▁about ▁ 1 8 , 0 0 0 ▁- ▁ 2 5 , 0 0 0 ▁Jews ▁res ide ▁in ▁Chile . ▁ ▁In ▁recent ▁years , ▁Chile ▁has ▁had ▁a ▁growing ▁East ▁Asian ▁population , ▁mainly ▁from ▁China ▁( see ▁Chinese ▁Chile an ), ▁but ▁also ▁from ▁Japan ▁( see ▁Japanese ▁Chile an ) ▁and ▁South ▁Korea ▁( see ▁Kore ans ▁in ▁Chile ). ▁The ▁earliest ▁wave ▁of ▁East ▁Asian ▁imm igration ▁took ▁place ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 th ▁and ▁early ▁ 2 0 th ▁centuries , ▁mainly ▁Chinese ▁and ▁Japanese ▁contract ▁labor ers . ▁ ▁Chile ▁admin ister s ▁E aster ▁Island ▁a ▁territory ▁ 4 , 1 0 0   km ▁west ▁of ▁the ▁main land . ▁The ▁R apa ▁N ui ▁people ▁are ▁native ▁to ▁the ▁island ▁and ▁are ▁Pol yn esian ▁in ▁origin . ▁About ▁ 3 , 5 0 0 ▁live ▁on ▁the ▁island , ▁but ▁around ▁ 1 0 , 0 0 0 ▁came ▁to ▁the ▁main land ▁in ▁the