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Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country on the southwest coast of South America between the Andes and the Pacific Ocean. Chile borders Argentina, Bolivia, Peru and the Strait of Drake. In addition to the mainland area, Chile includes some Pacific islands, and the country has a territorial claim of 1.25 million km² of Antarctica ; however, these requirements are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty. Spain conquered and settled Chile in the middle of the 16th century, thereby…

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The name of the Republic of Chile almost certainly comes from the native language, in which ‘chili’ means “land at the end of the world”. Location Chile stretches for a total of 4,300 km along the Pacific coast to the Strait of Magellan and the notorious Cape Horn. The mean width of the country is on average around 190 km, in some places even only 90 km. In the north, the west-east extension is greatest at 450 km. Chile’s neighbors…

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Country data Location: South America Time zone: CET – 5th Total area: 756,102 km² Land area: 743,812 km² Water area: 12,290 km² Length of the state border: 7,801 km including: Argentina: 6,691 km Bolivia: 942 km Peru: 168 km Coastline: 6,435 km Capital: Santiago de Chile Regions: 15 Aysen, Antofagasta, Araucania, Arica y Parinacota, Atacama, Biobio, Coquimbo, Libertador General Bernardo O’Higgins, Los Lagos, Los Rios, Magallanes y de la Antartica Chilena, Maule, Metropolitana Region (Santiago), Tarapaca, Valparaiso Electric current: 220…

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