Country Chooser Country 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:
$245.3 billion (2008 est.)
$237.2 billion (2007)
$225.7 billion (2006)
note: data are in 2008 US dollars
GDP growth rate:
4% (2008 est.)
5.1% (2007 est.)
GDP per capita:
$14,900 (2008 est.)
$14,500 (2007 est.)
$14,000 (2006 est.)
note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Inflation rate: 8.8% (2008 est.)
Currency: Chilean peso (CLP)
Exchange rates:
Chilean pesos (CLP) per US dollar - 509.02 (2008 est.), 526.25 (2007), 530.29 (2006), 560.09 (2005), 609.37 (2004)
People
Population: 16,601,707 (July 2009 est.)
Growth rate: 0.881% (2009 est.)
Religions:
Roman Catholic 70%, Evangelical 15.1%, Jehovah's Witness 1.1%, other Christian 1%, other 4.6%, none 8.3% (2002 census)
Languages:
Spanish (official), Mapudungun, German, English
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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