Republic of Chile República de Chile CAPITAL: Santiago FLAG: The flag, adopted in 1817, consists of a lower half of red and an upper section of white, with a blue square in the upper left corner containing a five-pointed white star. ANTHEM:...

A country slightly larger than Texas, Chile is located on the west coast of South America. Its land mass measures 292,258 square miles (756,945 sq. km.) and is bounded by Peru on the north, Bolivia and Argentina on the east, and the South Pacific...

Chile Chile is located on the western side of the Andes mountain range in the southern cone of the Americas. Its territory covers an area of 756,626 square kilometers (291,893 square miles), about twice the size of California, extending over a narrow...

Chile POPULATION 15,402,000 ROMAN CATHOLIC 77 percent EVANGELICAL PROTESTANT 12 percent OTHER PROTESTANT 1 percent ATHEIST/NONRELIGIOUS 6 percent OTHER 4 percent Country Overview Introduction Chile, on the western coast of South America, is long (2,880...

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile (Spanish: República de Chile (help·info)), is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific forms the country's...

CHILE LIVES UP TO ITS REPUTATION for diverse geography in every possible way. More than 4,300 km long but a mere 180km wide, Chile stretches from the Peruvian border in the north through the most arid desert in the world to the desolate...

Highlights and Key Issues * Recent indicators suggest activity is slowing, intensifying concerns about growth prospects this year in the light of the deteriorating international economic environment. As a result, our forecast for GDP growth this year has been reduced moderately to 4%%,...

Peru asked the International Court of Justice on Wednesday to set its sea boundary through waters claimed by Chile, inflaming a diplomatic dispute with its neighbor.Peru's action, filed before the world court at The Hague in the Netherlands, drew an immediate denunciation from Chilean Foreign...

Michelle Bachelet has a problem other presidents would love: What to do with billions of dollars overflowing the government's coffers.As the world's biggest copper supplier, Chile is flush with cash from a spike in commodity prices. But plans by Bachelet's fiscally conservative government to keep...

This a report on the spanish speaking South American country of Chile. Discusses its economy, culture and history. Includes names of famous citizens.