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Chile is located in South America, sharing its northern border with Peru and Bolivia and its eastern borders with Argentina. The capital city is Santiago.

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  • Population: 15,980,912
  • Land Area: 748,800 sq km
  • Capital City: Santiago
  • Languages: Spanish
  • Religions: 89% Roman Catholic, 11% Protestant, Jewish NEGL%
  • Government: republic
  • Date of independence: 9/18/1810
  • GDP: $169.1 billion (2004 est.)

These data are from the World Factbook


  • Visit the Chile country page of MSU's globalEDGE.


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  • Chile Online Networks - A directory covering multiple catgeories from science to tourism to religion, all relating to Chile. The site is primarily in Spanish.


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