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	<TR><TH style="background:#efefef;">Date</TH><TH style="background:#efefef;">English Name</TH><TH style="background:#efefef;">Local Name</TH><TH style="background:#efefef;">Remarks</TH></TR>		<TR><TH style="background:#efefef;">Date</TH><TH style="background:#efefef;">English Name</TH><TH style="background:#efefef;">Local Name</TH><TH style="background:#efefef;">Remarks</TH></TR>
	<TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD></TR>		<TR><TD>January 1</TD><TD>New Year's Day</TD><TD>Año nuevo</TD><TD></TD></TR>
			<TR><TD>March or April</TD><TD>Holy (Easter) Week</TD><TD>La pascua de resurreción</TD><TD></TD></TR>
			<TR><TD>May 1</TD><TD>Labour Day</TD><TD>Día del Trabajo</TD><TD></TD></TR>
			<TR><TD>May 21</TD><TD>Navy Day</TD><TD>Día de las fuezas navales</TD><TD></TD></TR>
			<TR><TD>June</TD><TD>Corpus Christi</TD><TD>Corpus Christi</TD><TD></TD></TR>
			<TR><TD>August 15</TD><TD>Assumption of the Virgin</TD><TD>??</TD><TD></TD></TR>
			<TR><TD>September 18</TD><TD>Independence Day</TD><TD>Día de la Independencia</TD><TD></TD></TR>
			<TR><TD>September 19</TD><TD>Day of the armed forces </TD><TD>Día del las fuezas armadas</TD><TD></TD></TR>
			<TR><TD>October 12</TD><TD>Columbus Day</TD><TD>Día de las Razas</TD><TD></TD></TR>
			<TR><TD>December 8</TD><TD>Immaculate Conception</TD><TD>Día de la concepción inmaculada</TD><TD></TD></TR>
			<TR><TD>December 25</TD><TD>Christmas Day</TD><TD>Pascua</TD><TD></TD></TR>
	</TABLE>		</TABLE>

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The Republic of Chile, or La República de Chile, is a republic located on the southwestern coast of South America. It is the land between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean. It shares borders with Argentina, Bolivia and Peru. It is known for its varied geography, its poets and the legacy of military regime headed by Augusto Pinochet.

Facts

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Flag: António Martins, FOTW Flags Of The World website

National motto: Por la razon o la fuerza, venceremos
(Spanish: By reason or strength, we will prevail)

Official local name:

La República de Chile

Official English name:

The Republic of Chile

Official language:

Spanish

Capital city:

Santiago

Land area

748,800 km² (?? mile²) (1)

Inhabitants

15,153,797 (2000)

Population density

??/km² (??/mile²)

President

Ricardo Lagos Escobar

Independence declared

1810

Independence recognised

1818

Chilean Pesos

UTC-4

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(1) Chile makes claim on 1.200.000 km² of Antarctica

History
Main article: History of Chile

A Spanish colony until the 1810s, after gaining its independence, Chile has had a remarkably stable institutional life, with only a handful of interruptions, the longest and most recent being the government of Augusto Pinochet.

Politics
Main article: Politics of Chile

Regions
Main article: Regions of Chile

Geography
Main article: Geography of Chile

The climate varies widely from subtropical in the north, passing by the most arid desert in the world, the Atacama desert, through a fertile valley in the center, to a cold and damp south, originally covered by forest. The Mediterranean quality of the central valley made it ideal for the cultivation of table fruits, which are one of Chile's main exports, and the production of wine, also a growing export.

Economy
Main article: Economy of Chile

Demography
Main article: Demography of Chile

The population is mostly mestizo, with some of the original ethnic groups remaining in the south, on Easter Island, and in the mountains in the north. Other minor ethnic groups are the result of some more recent European immigration, mostly from Germany.

The level of education is high, and Chileans are proud of having two winners of the Nobel Prize in literature: Gabriela Mistral and Pablo Neruda.

Culture
Main article: Culture of Chile

**Holidays**
Date	English Name	Local Name
January 1	New Year's Day	Año nuevo
March or April	Holy (Easter) Week	La pascua de resurreción
May 1	Labour Day	Día del Trabajo
May 21	Navy Day	Día de las fuezas navales
June	Corpus Christi	Corpus Christi
August 15	Assumption of the Virgin	??
September 18	Independence Day	Día de la Independencia
September 19	Day of the armed forces	Día del las fuezas armadas
October 12	Columbus Day	Día de las Razas
December 8	Immaculate Conception	Día de la concepción inmaculada
December 25	Christmas Day	Pascua

Miscellaneous topics

The national anthem is Himno Nacional. The national flag is white, blue and red with one star. Blue represents the sky, white represents the snow of the mountains, and red the blood of patriots who fought for independence. The single star stresses the fact that Chile is an unitarian republic, not a federation:

The national flower is the copihue, that lives in the woods in the southern part of Chile:

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The shield-of-arms depicts the two national animals: the condor (a very large bird that lives in the mountains) and the huemul (an animal that lives in the woods). It also has the legend Por la razon o la fuerza, venceremos (By reason or strength, we will prevail):

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List with the Presidents of Chile

From the CIA World Factbook 2000 and the U.S. Department of State website. Not Wikified.

External links