Republic of Chile República de Chile (Spanish) Indigenous names of Chile
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| Capital and largest city | Santiagoa 33°26′S 70°40′W / 33.433°S 70.667°W | ||||||||
| National language | Spanish | ||||||||
| Ethnic groups (2012)[2] | |||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Chilean | ||||||||
| Government | Unitary presidential constitutional republic | ||||||||
| Sebastián Piñera | |||||||||
| Jaime Quintana Leal | |||||||||
| Iván Flores García | |||||||||
| Legislature | National Congress | ||||||||
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| Independence from Spain | |||||||||
| 18 September 1810 | |||||||||
• Declared | 12 February 1818 | ||||||||
• Recognized | 25 April 1844 | ||||||||
| 11 September 1980 | |||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• Total | 756,096.3[3] km2 (291,930.4 sq mi) (37th) | ||||||||
• Water (%) | 1.07b | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 2017 census | 17,574,003[4] (64th) | ||||||||
• Density | 24/km2 (62.2/sq mi) (198th) | ||||||||
| GDP (PPP) | 2019 estimate | ||||||||
• Total | $503 billion[5] (42nd) | ||||||||
• Per capita | $26,317[5] (53rd) | ||||||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2019 estimate | ||||||||
• Total | $294 billion[5] (41st) | ||||||||
• Per capita | $15,399[5] (53rd) | ||||||||
| Gini (2017) |  46.6[6]high | ||||||||
| HDI (2018) |  0.847[7]very high · 42nd | ||||||||
| Currency | Peso (CLP) | ||||||||
| Time zone | UTC−3 and −5 (CLT and EASTc) | ||||||||
| Driving side | right | ||||||||
| Calling code | +56 | ||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | CL | ||||||||
| Internet TLD | .cl | ||||||||
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Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a South American country occupying a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far south. Chilean territory includes the Pacific islands of Juan Fernández, Salas y Gómez, Desventuradas, and Easter Island in Oceania. Chile also claims about 1,250,000 square kilometres (480,000 sq mi) of Antarctica under the Chilean Antarctic Territory., The arid Atacama Desert in northern Chile contains great mineral wealth, principally copper and lithium. The relatively small central area dominates in terms of population and agricultural resources, and is the cultural and political center from which Chile expanded in the late 19th century when it incorporated its northern and southern regions. Southern Chile is rich in forests and grazing lands, and features a string of volcanoes and lakes. The southern coast is a labyrinth of fjords, inlets, canals, twisting peninsulas, and islands.