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ABOUT CHILE | | |
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Chile, 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 entire western border, with Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage at the country's southernmost tip.
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Capital:
- SantiagoArea:
- Total: 756,950 km² (38th) 292,183 sq mi
- Water (%): 1.07Independence:
from Spain
- First Nat. Gov. Junta: September 18, 1810
- Declared: February 12, 1818
- Recognised: April 25, 1844 | Official languages:
- SpanishPopulation:
- June 2006 census: 16,432,674 (60th)
- 2002 census: 15,116,435
- Density: 21/km² (184th) 54/sq mi |
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