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 Chile Facts and Figures
  Source: CIA World Factbook
Coordinates 30 00 S, 71 00 W
Area total: 756,950 sq km land: 748,800 sq km water: 8,150 sq km note: includes Easter Island (Isla de Pascua) and Isla Sala y Gomez
Climate temperate; desert in north; Mediterranean in central region; cool and damp in south
Terrain low coastal mountains; fertile central valley; rugged Andes in east
Population 16,284,741 (July 2007 est.)
Languages Spanish
Imports petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, electrical and telecommunications equipment, industrial machinery, vehicles, natural gas
Exports copper, fruit, fish products, paper and pulp, chemicals, wine
Hazards severe earthquakes; active volcanism; tsunamis
Resources copper, timber, iron ore, nitrates, precious metals, molybdenum, hydropower
Geography strategic location relative to sea lanes between Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (Strait of Magellan, Beagle Channel, Drake Passage); Atacama Desert is one of world's driest regions
Nationality noun: Chilean(s) adjective: Chilean
Capital name: Santiago geographic coordinates: 33 27 S, 70 40 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins second Sunday in October; ends second Sunday in March
Internet Country Code .cl
Internet Users 6.7 million (2005)
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