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chile The country of Chile is located in western South America. The conditions The climate is one condition that may vary within different regions. The distance from north to south. There is a lack of rainfall to the north. Middle Chile has hot, dry summers and cool, moist winters. The temperatures extreme. The warmest month, January, averages 63.7 degrees Ferenheit. The More to the south the rain increases, and the length of the summerdry totals more than 200 inches per year in some places. Chile has the longest seacoast in the world. It stretches more than 2,600 south. The country is about nine times longer than it is wide. It is only at its widest point. Chile has a small piece of antarctica and some Pacific The total area of Chile is 292,258 square miles. About 70% of the land is the mountain chain , the Andes, that runs through it. The countries that The capital and largest city in Chile is Santiago, with a populatoin of highest elevation is Mount Ojos del Sabado. The lowest is at sea level. The vegetation also varies with region. In the far north along the coast desert plant life. In the desert interior there is almost no growth though. Andean slopes, are scatterings of cacti and desert shrubs. In central Chile the plant life varies with latitude and altitude. In the thickets and scrub vegetation are most common. Along the coast grow species vegetation gets heavier toward the south. The south was originally covered by tree growth, but much has been cleared. include myrtle, beeches, and a variety of evergreens. If you would go south even more all deciduous trees become evergreens. from the islands to the tree line on the west Andean slopes. The forest and becomes a grassy area for grazing sheep. Wildlife is another group that will differ with region. In the north Andes alpaca, vicuna, Andean wolf, puma, and wildcat. The southernforests are pudu, which is a small deer, and several kinds of marsupials. Some birds here include the dove, duck, and perdiz, which looks like a condor, Chile's national bird, is sometimes seen in the Andes, while the preys upon the sheep of the far southern region of Chile. There aren't many freshwater fishes native to Chile, but lake trout, reach up to 30 inches or more. There are many saltwater fishes off the The major language of Chile is Spanish. The major religion is Roman population (1992 estimate) is 13,582,945 people. The population density is Only 5 percent of Chile's people are pure Indians. Pure Spanish decent percent are mestizo, a mixture of Spanish and Indian. By 1980 about 80% of Chile's population lived in cities. Chile contains cities. Some of those cities are Santiago, Valparaiso, Antofagasta, Valparaiso is located near the mouth of the Aconcagua River. Santiago is Valparaiso. Antofagasta is located in northern Chile. Valdivia is located Chile has a lot of iron, coal, iron ore, gold, silver, manganese, sulfur, and copper. Chile possesses the worlds largest copper reserves. Next to most valuable resource and employs about 5,000 workers. The Atacama Desert areas in the world. Most of the country's coal production islocated in gas were discovered in southern Chile-Tierra del Fuego. More than 90 percent of Chile's people can read and write. Chile's been known as one of the best in Latin America. More than 100,000 students are about 15,000 faculty members in 15 universities. Chile's government form is republic. The president is Eduardo Frei Ruiz have to be at least 18 years of age. The flag is divided horizontally. The white five pionted star on a blue square in the upper left hand corner. The Chile has one of the richest cultural traditions in Latin America. is Important. Folk music and dance are very popular in Chile. The best Religous festivals are held to commemorate pieces of Chile's history. Soccer is Chile's main sport. Thousands of Chileans watch professional stadiums. Another thing the people of Chile love is the sea. The chief agricultural products are: crops- sugar beets, potatoes, wheat, livestoch-sheep, cattle, goats, and pigs. The chief mined products are molybdenum, natural nitrates, silver, gold, vanadium, lithium, magnese, and products are food products, nonferrous metals, chemical products, beverages, textiles, paper and paper products. The chief exports are copper, molybdenum, iron ore, fish meal, manufactures, and fruits. The chief imports are mineral fuels and lubricants, industrial raw materials, trucks, passenger vehicles, and animals. In 1541 Pedro de Valdivia founded the first white settlement in the central named Santiago. In 1810 Chile broke free from Spain. Independence was century Chile made great social and econamic progress. Immigration doubled boom began in 1860 when use was found for sodium nitrate. During World War I exports at times got up to 3,000,000 tons per year. When from nitrate shipments export tons decreased quickly. In 1960 and 1965 destructive earthquakes struck Chile. In 1973 there was a The sea is the easiest way of transportation in Chile. There are more than coast. Each are visited by trade ships. There is only about 6,415 miles of paved road in Chile. There's about unpaved roads. There's more than 4,280 miles of railways. There are seven With the total value of Foreign trade, Chile is one of the leading nations About 90% of all exports is minerals. The second leading group is made up The leading imports are machinery, transportation equipment, and iron and Bibliography:

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