Republic of Chile República de Chile (Spanish) | |
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Motto:
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.svg) Chilean territory in dark green; claimed but uncontrolled territory in light green | |
| Capital and largest city | Santiagoa 33°26′S 70°40′W / 33.433°S 70.667°W |
| National language | Spanish |
| Ethnic groups (2012)[1] |
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| Religion | 86.2% Christianity —66.7% Roman Catholic —16.4% Protestant —3.5% Other Christian 11.5% No religion 0.9% Other religions 1.1% Unspecified |
| Demonym(s) | |
| Government | Unitary presidential constitutional republic |
| Sebastián Piñera | |
| Adriana Muñoz | |
| Diego Paulsen | |
| Legislature | National Congress |
| Senate | |
| Chamber of Deputies | |
| 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 (%) | 2.1 (as of 2015)[4] |
| Population | |
• 2017 census | 17,574,003[5] (64th) |
• Density | 24/km2 (62.2/sq mi) (198th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2020 estimate |
• Total |  $456.394 billion[6] (43rd) |
• Per capita | $23,455[6] (57th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | $245.414 billion[6] (45th) |
• Per capita | $12,612[6] (55th) |
| Gini (2017) |  44.4[7]medium |
| HDI (2019) |  0.851[8]very high · 43rd |
| Currency | Chilean peso (CLP) |
| Time zone | UTC−4 and −6 (CLT and EASTc) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-3 and −5 |
| April to September | |
| Date format | dd/mm/yyy |
| 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 country in western South America. It occupies a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Chile covers an area of 756,096 square kilometres (291,930 sq mi) and has a population of 17.5 million as of 2017. The capital and largest city is Santiago and the national language is Spanish.