Chile - A Country Profile - Nations Online Project

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Chile in brief

Destination Chile. A Nations Online Project guide to the country that occupies a long coastal strip between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean in the southwestern part of South America. Chile borders Argentina and Bolivia in the east, and it shares a short border with Peru in the north. The country has an area of 756,102 km², compared it is somewhat smaller than Turkey or slightly smaller than twice the size of the U.S. state of Montana. The Republic of Chile (its official name) has a population of 19.7 million people (official estimates 2021). The capital and largest city is Santiago (Santiago de Chile). The national language is Spanish. Republic of Chile | República de Chile Background: A three-year-old Marxist government was overthrown in 1973 by a dictatorial military regime led by Augusto PINOCHET, which ruled until a freely elected president was installed in 1990. Sound economic policies, first implemented by the PINOCHET dictatorship, led to unprecedented growth in 1991-97 and have helped secure the country's commitment to democratic and representative government. Growth slowed in 1998-99, but recovered strongly in 2000. (Source: CIA - The World Factbook) Country Profile Official Name: República de Chile short form: Chile int'l long form: Republic of Chile ISO Country Code: cl, CHL Time: Local Time = UTC -4h Actual Time: Thu-Jan-8 13:51 Country Calling Code: +56 Capital City: Santiago (pop. metropolitan area est. 6 million) The legislative body operates in Valparaíso. Other Cities: Concepcion-Talcahuano (840,000), Vina del Mar-Valparaíso (800,000), Antofagasta (245,000), Temuco (230,000).

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Government: Type: Republic. Independence: 18 Sept 1810 (from Spain). Constitution: Promulgated 11 September 1980; effective 11 March 1981; amended in 1989, 1993, and 1997. Geography: Location: Southern South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Argentina and Peru. Area: 756,100 km² (291,931 sq. mi.) Terrain: Desert in north; fertile central valley; volcanoes and lakes toward the south, giving way to rugged and complex coastline; Andes Mountains on the eastern border. Climate:Arid in north, Mediterranean in the central part, temperate oceanic and cool in south. People: Nationality: Noun and adjective--Chilean(s). Population: 19.7 million (2021) GNI per capita PPP: $ 11 537 (year) Ethnic groups: Spanish-Native-American (mestizo), European, Native-American. Religions: Roman Catholic 69.9%; Protestant 15%. Languages: Spanish. Literacy: 95.8%. Natural resources: Copper, timber, iron ore, nitrates, precious metals, molybdenum, hydropower. Agriculture products: Grapes, apples, pears, onions, wheat, corn, oats, peaches, wine, garlic, asparagus, beans, beef, poultry, wool; fish; timber. Industries: Copper, other minerals, foodstuffs, fish processing, iron and steel, wood and wood products, transport equipment, cement, textiles. Exports partners: China 32%, USA 14%, Japan 9%, South Korea 7% (2019) Imports partners: China 24%, USA 20%, Brazil 8%, Germany 5%, Argentina 5% (2019) Currency: Chilean Peso (CLP) Chile in Figures More Chile statistical data. Official Sites of Chile Note: External links will open in a new browser window. Plaza de la Ciudadanía with the statue of the Arturo Alessandri, former President of Chile, at La Moneda Palace, the seat of the President of the Republic of Chile. Image: Edrahil Nargothrond Gobierno de Chile The Government of Chile. Presidencia de la República de Chile Office of the President of Chile. Congreso Nacional The National Congress of Chile is the bicameral legislative branch of the government of the Republic of Chile. Senado de la República de Chile The Senate of the Republic of Chile is the upper house of Chile's bicameral Congress Cámara de Diputados de Chile The Chamber of Deputies of Chile is the lower house of Chile's bicameral Congress. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Official site of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile. Santiago Santiago de Chile Chile's capital city official website. Diplomatic Missions Misión Permanente de Chile ante Naciones Unidas Permanent Mission of Chile to the United Nations. Embassy of Chile in the U.S. Washington D.C. Diplomatic Missions of Chile Abroad Address list of Chile's Diplomatic Missions Abroad. Statistics Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas The National Institute of Statistics - Chile in numbers. Chile in Figures Chile key statistical data. Maps of Chile Map of Chile (click map to enlarge) Image: © nationsonline.org

Maps

Map of Chile Political map of Chile. Administrative Map of Chile Map showing the primary administrative regions of Chile. Google Earth Chile Searchable map and satellite view of Chile. Google Earth Santiago de Chile Searchable map and satellite view of Chile's capital city. Map of South America Reference map of South America. News of Chile

Online News from Chile

Chile Today Independent news platform in Chile. El Mercurio National and international news. (in Spanish) Diario Chañarcillo Chilean newspaper. La Nación Chilean daily newspaper. (in Spanish) La Segunda Afternoon daily owned by El Mercurio SAP. La Tercera Chilean daily with national and international news. (in Spanish) The Santiago Times English-language newspaper published in Santiago. Las Últimas Noticias One of the major Chilean dailys. (in Spanish) International News Sources Chile News Headlines | Reuters Latest breaking news and top news headlines from Reuters. The Guardian: Chile UK's Guardian news about Chile. MercoPress Chile MP. provides information focused on South America. Arts & Culture of Chile Felicidad Sólida, painting by Roberto Matta. Matta was a Chilean sculptor and painter who belonged to the Surrealist group. Image: Colección del Museo Soumaya

Arts & Culture

Biblioteca Nacional de Chile Chile's National Library (in Spanish) Memoria Chilena A web site based on the digitalization of the Chilean cultural inheritance. (in Spanish) Municipal de Santiago Chile's National Opera Santiago. Pablo Neruda Neftalí Ricardo Reyes Basoalto Bibliography of Pablo Neruda, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 1971 at the Nobel Foundation. Pablo Neruda - Biography A brief, hypertext-annotated biography at the Electronic Nobel Museum Project website. Fundación Pablo Neruda Neruda Foundation. Sports Caballo y Rodeo Horse and Rodeo - Official website of the Federation of Chilean Horse Breeders and the National Sports Federation of the Chilean Rodeo. Soccer - Fútbol Federación de Fútbol de Chile Football Federation of Chile Business & Economy of Chile Banco Central de Chile Central Bank of Chile. Bolsa de Comercio de Santiago Santiago Stock exchange. Cámara de Comercio de Santiago Santiago Chamber of Commerce. Transportation Airlines LATAM Chilean airline holding company, formerly LAN Airlines S.A. and LanChile Airlines. Railroad Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado Chile State Railway. Tourism in Chile Conguillío Lake within Conguillío National Park with the Andes in background, the national park is situated in the Araucanía Region of Chile. Image: Turismo Chile

Destination Chile - Travel and Tour Guides

Advertisement Discover Chile: the Andes, Atacama desert, volcanoes and lakes, Santiago, Valparaíso, Farellones/El Colorado, island of Chiloé, Valle del Encanto, Parque Nacional Lauca, Patagonia, Torres del Paine National Park, Easter Island, Isla de Pascua, Rapa Nui, Juan Fernández archipelago. Accommodation, hotels, attractions, festivals, events, tourist boards, biking, hiking, mountaineering, climbing, skiing, cruising, diving, adventure tours and much more. Chile Touristico Tourist Information by the National Service for Tourism. (in Spanish) Chile Travel Official Chile Tourism and Travel site with links and information about Chilean tour operators, e.g.: This is Chile Chile travel information. Mountaineering in Chile Information on mountaineering and climbing the Andes mountain range. NoevoAnden A Chile guide by Carlos Lowry (in Spanish). Go Chile Chile Travel Guide. VisitChile.com The site offers country information and touristic services. Wikivoyage: Chile Wikivoyage, the free worldwide travel guide to Chile. Rano Raraku, Easter Islands, Chile Image: Alanbritom Kids Chile Para Niños A Chile for kids portal site (in Spanish). Easter Island - Rapa Nui (3700 km (2294 mi) west of the Chilean mainland) Easter Island Foundation and Easter Island Guidebook Visitor's guide with information on Easter Island. UNESCO World Heritage Sites Calle Templeman, Cerro Alegre, Valparaíso Image: Naslo.veliz UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Chile There are six cultural UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Chile; 18 sites are on the Tentative List, an inventory of those properties which each State Party intends to consider for nomination. (see the UNESCO World Heritage Site list for Chile) Rapa Nui National Park Monumental sculptures and architecture of Polynesian origin on Easter Island (Rapa Nui). Churches of Chiloé Unlike classical Spanish colonial architecture, the churches in the Chiloé Archipelago are made entirely in native timber with extensive use of wood shingles. Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso 19th-century urban and architectural development in Latin America. Sewell Mining Town The now abandoned mining town in the Andes Cordillera is located above the world’s largest underground copper mine, El Teniente. Education in Chile University of Chile in Santiago. Image: GameOfLight Universities Universidad de Chile University of Chile, the oldest (founded in 1842) and one of the most prestigious universities in the country, the public university is located in Santiago. Universidad de Santiago de Chile Official site of the University of Santiago de Chile, the former Spanish School of Arts and Crafts was founded in 1849. Andrés Bello National University Chilean private university created in 1988. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC) Major university and one of the six Catholic Universities in Chile. Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in the Coquimbo Region of northern Chile. Image: Turismo Chile Others Center for Mathematical Modeling CMM A prosperous department of Mathematical Engineering at Universidad de Chile. Astronomical Observatories in Chile Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) CTIO is a complex of astronomical telescopes and instruments available for use for approved projects by qualified astronomers. European Southern Observatory (ESO) ESO an intergovernmental, European organisation for astronomical research operates the La Silla Observatory and the Paranal Observatory in Chile. Motion of the stars through the southern sky. The image was taken by the Cerro Armazones Observatory on Cerro Armazones, a mountain peak (3,046 m above sea level) in the central part of the Atacama Desert, in the Chilean Andes. Image: ESO/S. Brunier Environment & Nature Flamingos in the Laguna Chaxa, a lake in the Los Flamencos National Reserve in Chile. Image: Z_thomas Natural Resources Information Center (CIREN) Government funded research institute, focusing in natural resources inventory. Comisión Nacional del Medio Ambiente (CONAMA) Official website of the National Commission of Environment. (in Spanish) Pumalin Park A guide to the Pumalin Park, and about the private environmental protection project of the Conservation Land Trust (a U.S. environmental foundation) Protecting the Valdivian forests of Chile and Argentina World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) conservation project for the rainforest ecoregion of Chile and Argentina. Chile History Persecution of the Pehuenche. The abduction of women by natives was a popular genre in the paintings of that time. Image: Illustration from the book "Reise In Chile, Peru Und Auf Dem Amazonenstrome" (1834-36) by German botanist and explorer Eduard Friedrich Poeppig. Memoria Chilena A web site based on the digitalization of the Chilean cultural inheritance. Biblioteca virtual del Bicentenario 1810 - 2010 200 years of Literature and History of Chile, Chile's National Library provides books and essays for download (in Spanish). History of Chile Wikipedia page about Chile's history (in many languages, even in Latin). Operation Condor Operation Condor was a United States–backed campaign of political repression and state terror in countries of southern South America. WWW-VL History Index Comprehensive index of sites related to Chile's history. Indigenous People of Chile Chemamull, a wooden Mapuche statue on Ñielol hill in Cerro Ñielol National Tourism Park in the Araucania region of Chile. Image: Javier Ignacio Acuña Ditzel Indigenous peoples in Chile Indigenous peoples in Chile include the Mapuche, the Aymara, the Lickan Antay of the Atacama, the Pehuenche, the Polynesian Rapa-Nui of Easter Island and a few remaining survivors of several Fuegian nations, such as the Yagana, and Kawesqar of Tierra del Fuego. IWGIA Chile International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs IWGIA about indigenous peoples in Chile. Lickan Antay UK'S Guardian article about the Atacama desert, its people the Lickan Antay and the impact of tourism. Minority Rights Group - Chile Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples. Indigenous peoples in Chile Wikipedia articel about Indigenous peoples in Chile. Additional Information Advertisement

Additional Information on Chile

Amnesty International: Chile Amnesty International is a non-governmental organization focused on human rights. BBC Country Profile: Chile Country profiles by the British public service broadcaster. BTI Transformation Index Chile Chile Country Report 2020 by Bertelsmann Stiftung. FAO: Chile The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is a UN agency that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Freedom House: Chile The U.S. government-funded non-profit organization whose goal is to promote liberal democracies worldwide. GlobalEDGE: Chile Chile economic ranking by the Global business knowledge portal. The Heritage Foundation: Chile Index of Economic Freedom by The Heritage Foundation, an American conservative think tank. Human Rights Watch: Chile HRW conducts research and advocacy on human rights. OEC: Chile The Observatory of Economic Complexity provides the latest international trade data. Reporters Without Borders: Chile RSF (Reporters sans frontières) is an international NGO that defends and promotes media freedom. Chile - LANIC Latin American Network Information Center on Chile. Wikipedia: Chile Wikipedia's Chile page in many languages. The CIA World Factbook -- Chile CIA World Factbook intelligence on Chile. Other Countries in South America: Argentina | Bolivia | Brazil | Colombia | Ecuador | French Guiana | Guyana | Paraguay | Peru | Suriname | Uruguay | Venezuela Major Cities in South America: Belo Horizonte, Bogotá, Brasilia, Buenos Aires, Caracas, La Paz, Lima, Manaus, Montevideo, Paramaribo, Porto Alegre, Quito, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador (da Bahia, Santiago, São Paulo, Sucre Countries in Middle and Central America: Belize | Costa Rica | El Salvador | Guatemala | Honduras | Mexico | Nicaragua | Panama Countries and Territories in the Caribbean Anguilla | Antigua and Barbuda | Aruba | Bahamas | Barbados | British Virgin Islands | Cuba | Dominica | Dominican Republic | Grenada | Guadeloupe | Haiti | Jamaica | Martinique | Montserrat | Netherlands Antilles | Puerto Rico | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Saint Lucia | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Trinidad and Tobago | U.S. Virgin Islands One World - Nations Online More Signal - Less Noise Site Map | Information Sources | Disclaimer | Copyright © 1998-2026 :: nationsonline.org