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Chile
sovereign state, country, nation, democratic republic
Part ofLatin America, ABC nations, South America, Southern Cone, Hispanic America Edit
Year dem found am18 September 1810 Edit
Official nameChile, République du Chili, Republic of Chile, Republik Chile Edit
Native labelRepública de Chile, Chile Edit
Short name🇨🇱 Edit
Ethnic groupChileans Edit
Participant insydSouth American dreadnought race Edit
Official languageSpanish Edit
AnthemNational Anthem of Chile Edit
CultureChilean culture Edit
Motto textPor la razón o la fuerza, By Right or Might, Durch Überzeugung oder mit Gewalt, Drwy Gyfiawnder neu Rym Edit
ContinentSouth America Edit
CountryChile Edit
CapitalSantiago Edit
Located in time zoneUTC−03:00, UTC−05:00 Edit
Located in or next to body of waterPacific Ocean Edit
Coordinate location33°0′0″S 71°0′0″W Edit
Coordinates of easternmost point55°13′12″S 66°25′1″W Edit
Coordinates of northernmost point17°29′55″S 69°28′6″W Edit
Coordinates of southernmost point56°32′18″S 68°43′12″W Edit
Coordinates of westernmost point49°0′45″S 75°41′34″W Edit
Highest pointOjos del Salado Edit
Lowest pointPacific Ocean Edit
Government ein basic formdemocratic republic Edit
Office held by head of statePresident of Chile Edit
State ein headGabriel Boric Edit
Office head of government holdPresident of Chile Edit
Government ein headGabriel Boric Edit
Executive bodyCabinet of Chile Edit
Legislative bodyNational Congress of Chile Edit
Highest judicial authoritySupreme Court of Chile Edit
Central bankCentral Bank of Chile Edit
CurrencyChilean peso Edit
Dey share bother plusArgentina, Bolivia, Peru Edit
Driving sideright Edit
Electrical plug typeEuroplug, Type L Edit
Dey followCaptaincy General of Chile Edit
Significant eventIndependence of Chile Edit
Dema official websitehttps://www.thisischile.cl/?lang=en Edit
HashtagChile Edit
Top-level Internet domain.cl Edit
Flagflag of Chile Edit
Coat of armscoat of arms of Chile Edit
Geography of topicgeography of Chile Edit
Get characteristicfree country Edit
History of topichistory of Chile Edit
Railway traffic sideleft, right Edit
Open data portalChile’s Public Data Portal Edit
Economy of topiceconomy of Chile Edit
Demographics of topicdemographics of Chile Edit
Mobile country code730 Edit
Country calling code+56 Edit
Trunk prefix0 Edit
Emergency phone number131, 132, 133, 130, 134 Edit
GS1 country code780 Edit
Licence plate codeRCH Edit
Maritime identification digits725 Edit
Unicode character🇨🇱 Edit
Category for maps or plansCategory:Maps of Chile Edit
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Chile, officially de Republic of Chile, be a country insyd western South America. Ebe de southernmost country insyd de world den de closest to Antarctica, wey dey stretch along a narrow strip of land between de Andes Mountains den de Pacific Ocean. Chile get a population of 17.5 million as of de latest census insyd 2017 wey e get a territorial area of 756,102 square kilometers (291,933 sq mi),[1] wey dey share borders plus Peru to de north, Bolivia to de northeast, Argentina to de east, den de Drake Passage to de south. De country sanso dey control chaw Pacific islands, wey dey include Juan Fernández, Isla Salas y Gómez, Desventuradas, den Easter Island, den claims about 1,250,000 square kilometers (480,000 sq mi) of Antarctica as de Chilean Antarctic Territory. De capital den largest city of Chile be Santiago, den de national language be Spanish.

Chile be a high-income economy wey ebe one of de most economically den socially stable nations insyd South America.[2] Chile sanso dey perform well insyd de region in terms of sustainability of de state den democratic development.[3] Chile be a founding member of de United Nations, de Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), den de Pacific Alliance, wey dem join de OECD insyd 2010.

Government den politics

Administrative divisions

Insyd 1978 na dem administratively divide Chile into regions,[4] den insyd 1979 dem subdivide am into provinces den dese into communes.[5][6] De country get 16 regions,[7][8] 56 provinces den 348 communes.[9]

Map of Regions of Chile
Administrative divisions of Chile
Region[4][7][8] Population[10] Area (km2)[11] Density Capital
Arica y Parinacota 224 548 16 873,3 13,40 Arica
Tarapacá 324 930 42 225,8 7,83 Iquique
Antofagasta 599 335 126 049,1 4,82 Antofagasta
Atacama 285 363 75 176,2 3,81 Copiapó
Coquimbo 742 178 40 579,9 18,67 La Serena
Valparaíso 1 790 219 16 396,1 110,75 Valparaíso
Santiago Metropolitan 7 036 792 15 403,2 461,77 Santiago
Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins 908 545 16 387 54,96 Rancagua
Maule 1 033 197 30 296,1 34,49 Talca
Ñuble 480 609 13 178.5 36.47 Chillán
Biobío 1 556 805 23 890,2 112,08 Concepción
Araucanía 938 626 31 842,3 30,06 Temuco
Los Ríos 380 181 18 429,5 20,88 Valdivia
Los Lagos 823 204 48 583,6 17,06 Puerto Montt
Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo 102 317 108 494,4 0,95 Coyhaique
Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica 165 593 132 297,2(1) 1,26 Punta Arenas
Chile 17 373 831 756 102,4(2) 23,24 Santiago
(1) dey include de Chilean Antarctic Territory, ein surface dey reach 1 382 554,8 km2
(2) dey include de Chilean Antarctic Territory, ein surface dey reach 2 006 360 km2

Demographics

Urbanization

Largest cities anaa towns insyd Chile

2002 Census[12]

Rank Name Region Pop.
1 Santiago Metropolis Santiago Metropolitan Region 5,428,590
2 Greater Valparaíso Valparaíso Region 803,683
3 Greater Concepción Biobío Region 666,381
4 Greater La Serena Coquimbo Region 296,253
5 Antofagasta Antofagasta Region 285,255
6 Greater Temuco Araucanía Region 260,878
7 Rancagua conurbation O'Higgins Region 236,363
8 Talca Maule Region 191,154
9 Arica Arica and Parinacota Region 175,441
10 Chillán conurbation Ñuble Region 165,528

References

  1. ↑ "Resutados Censo 2017" (PDF). National Statistics Institute. 1 January 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Human and income poverty: developing countries". UNDP. Archived from the original on 12 February 2009.
  3. ↑ "World Development Indicators". World Bank. 17 April 2012. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ministerio del Interior (10 October 1978). "Decreto ley 2339 de 1978". Archived from the original on 29 January 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  5. ↑ Ministerio del Interior (26 October 1979). "Decreto ley 2867 de 1979". Archived from the original on 10 September 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  6. ↑ Ministerio del Interior (26 October 1979). "Decreto ley 2868 de 1979". Archived from the original on 10 September 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Ministerio del Interior (5 April 2007). "Ley 20174 de 2007". Archived from the original on 10 September 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Ministerio del Interior (11 April 2007). "Ley 20175 de 2007". Archived from the original on 10 September 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  9. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas (18 March 2008). División político-administrativa y censal, 2007 (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas. p. 12. ISBN 978-956-7952-68-7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  10. ↑ "Resutados Censo 2017" (PDF). National Statistics Institute. 1 January 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  11. ↑ "Compendio estadístico 2006" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas. October 2006. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2007.
  12. ↑ Chile: Ciudades, Pueblos, Aldeas y Caseríos 2005, Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas – June 2005.

Read further

  • Christian Balteum: The Strip. A Marxist critique of a semicomparador economy, University of Vermont Press, 2018
  • Simon Collier and William F. Sater, A History of Chile, 1808–1894, Cambridge University Press, 1996
  • Paul W. Drake, and others., Chile: A Country Study, Library of Congress, 1994
  • Luis Galdames, A History of Chile, University of North Carolina Press, 1941
  • Brian Lovemen, Chile: The Legacy of Hispanic Capitalism, 3rd ed., Oxford University Press, 2001
  • John L. Rector, The History of Chile, Greenwood Press, 2003
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