Country ChooserCountry InformationChile![]() Standards
Road Traffic:right side
Electricity:
Voltage:220V
Frequency:50 Hz
Plug types:C, L,
TV Systems:
System:NTSC M
DVD-Region: 4
Geography
Bordering countries:
Location:
Southern South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Argentina and Peru
Area:
total: 756,950 sq km
land: 748,800 sq km
water: 8,150 sq km
Climate:
temperate; desert in north; Mediterranean in central region; cool and damp in south
Terrain:
low coastal mountains; fertile central valley; rugged Andes in east
Economy
GDP: $187.1 billion (2005 est.)
GDP growth rate: 6% (2005 est.)
GDP per capita: $11,300 (2005 est.)
Inflation rate: 3.1% (2005 est.)
Currency: Chilean peso (CLP)
Exchange rates:
Chilean pesos per US dollar - 560.09 (2005), 609.37 (2004), 691.43 (2003), 688.94 (2002), 634.94 (2001)
People
Population: 16,134,219 (July 2006 est.)
Growth rate: 0.94% (2006 est.)
Religions:
Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 11%, Jewish NEGL%
Languages:
Spanish
Government
Capital:
name: Santiago
time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins second Sunday in October; ends second Sunday in March
Independence:
18 September 1810 (from Spain)
Note: Information on Chile was mainly sourced from CIA's World Factbook and may represent an American point of view. To learn more about Chile, please visit one of the links below.
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