Chile, [a] officially the Republic of Chile, [b] is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean.

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country on the south-western side of South America. Most people there speak Spanish. Chile, which claims a part of the Antarctic continent, is the longest country on earth. The Atacama Desert, in the north of the country, is the driest place on earth. The average rainfall there is less than 0.05 mm ...

Chile won its formal independence when San Martín defeated the last large Spanish force on Chilean soil at the Battle of Maipú on April 5, 1818. San Martín then led his Argentine and Chilean followers north to liberate Peru; and fighting continued in Chile's southern provinces, the bastion of the royalists, until 1826.

Chile, oficialmente República de Chile, [20] es un país soberano ubicado en el extremo sur de América del Sur. Adopta la forma de gobierno republicana, democrática, unitaria y presidencialista. [21] Su capital y ciudad más poblada es Santiago. Con una longitud de más de 4 300 kilómetros de norte a sur, es el país más largo del mundo.

Chile is situated in southern South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean and a small part of the South Atlantic Ocean. Chile's territorial shape is considered among the world's most unusual; from north to south, the country extends 4,270 km (2,653 mi), and yet it only averages 177 km (110 mi) in width.

2 days ago · Chile, country situated along the western seaboard of South America. A long, narrow country, it extends approximately 2,700 miles and has an average width of just 110 miles. It is bounded on the north by Peru and Bolivia, on the east …

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Chile's unusual, ribbon-like shape – 4,300 km long and on average 175 km wide – has given it a varied climate, ranging from the world's driest desert – the Atacama – in the north, through a Mediterranean climate in the centre, to a rainy temperate climate in the south, while the Andes have cold weather.

On 11 March 2022, it was agreed that the Presidency of the Chilean Chamber of Deputies would rotate between the Party for Democracy (PPD), Communist Party (PC), Christian Democratic Party (DC), Party of the People (PDG), the Broad Front (FA) and the Liberal Party (PL). [1] Likewise, the first and second vice-presidencies were assigned to people who are members of …

Dec 11, 2023 · Chile is one of South America's most stable and prosperous nations. It has been relatively free of the coups and arbitrary governments that have blighted the continent.