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ChileCapital – Santiago
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Facts About Chile
• Population: 17,269,525
• Total Area: 292,259 sq. miles
• Currency: Chilean Peso
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Language in Chile
• Official language is Spanish.• Chilean Spanish has its own distinct pronunciation,
grammar, and slang. It is, in many ways, a language of its own.
• Chile is predominantly Spanish-speaking. Nearly everyone in Chile can speak and understand Spanish.
• Quite a few indigenous languages:– Mapudungun (spoken between the Itata and Tolten rivers)– Aymara (spoken in the mountains of the north).
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Religion in Chile•70% Roman Catholic•Protestants and Evangelicals make up 15.1% •1% Jehovah’s Witnesses•0.9% Church of Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons)•0.1% Jewish •In recent years there has been a growing trend of atheism and agnosticism in Chile. •The latest statistics show that about 9% of the Chilean population declares themselves to be either atheist or agnostic. •Because of the importance and influence of religion, abortion is illegal.•Instruction in public schools is almost always Catholic based.
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Government in Chile• Democratic Republic• President elected to four year terms• President may not be elected to consecutive terms• Executive:
– President and Vice-president – 4 year term• Legislative: Bicameral
– National Congress• Chamber of Deputies – 4 years terms – 38 seats• Federal Senate -8 year terms – 120 seats
• Supreme Court or Corte Suprema – judges are appointed by the president – ratified by the Senate from lists of candidates provided by the court
itself– the president of the Supreme Court is elected every two years by
the 21-member court
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Families in Chile• Family is very important.• Families spend a lot of time with extended families
so cousins, aunts, uncles, etc. generally know each other well.
• In recent decades, it has become more acceptable for women to work outside the home.
• Family and business are intertwined and many small businesses will be solely family owned.
• Divorce was illegal until 2004.
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Food and Meals In Chile• Vast range of food and drink
due to length of country.• Diversity and popularity of
seafood due to its 2,647 miles of coastline
• Typically eat four meals a day: light breakfast, heavier lunch, lighter evening meal, and heavy snack (usually a sandwich or empanada)
• Wine is staple at meals.
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Fun Facts About Chile• Over 1/3 of the world's copper production is produced in Chile • Chile has one of the world’s largest and most deserted deserts known
as “Atacama.”• Chile has one of the longest recorded dry spells in the Atacama
Desert; it did not rain for 40 years. • The number one world exporter for Salmon is Chile.• The meaning of the word Chile in native tongue means “Where the
land Ends” • Chile has roughly 620 volcanoes, most of which are considered to be
active. • The oldest mummies in the world, the Chinchorro mummies, are
located in Chile. • The national sport of Chile is Chilean rodeo.
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Easter Island lies off the western coast of Chile. Many visitors travel to Easter Island each year. It is known for its famous statues called moai. These are human-like statues that are carved into volcanic stone.