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| Chile And Easter Island | Plants and Animal | Back to Top |
Animal life is less diversified than in other parts of South America because of the barrier to migration presented by the Andes. Indigenous mammals include llama, alpaca, vicuña, guanaco, puma, Andean wolf, huemal, pudu, and the chinchilla. Birdlife is varied, but most of the larger South American types are absent. Aside from trout, which were introduced from North America, few freshwater fish inhabit Chilean streams and lakes.
| Chile And Easter Island | Communications | Back to Top |
General assessment: modern system based on considerable microwave radio relay facilities
Domestic: considerable microwave radio relay links; domestic satellite system with 3 earth stations
International: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat Atlantic Ocean
| Chile And Easter Island | Culture | Back to Top |
The Development of Chilean society since the nation broke away from Spain early in the nineteenth century reflects in many ways a remarkable incongruity. On the one hand, the nation's political institutions and many of its social institutions developed much like their counterparts in the United States and Western Europe. On the other hand, the economy had a history of insufficient and erratic growth that left Chile among the less developed nations of the world. Given the first of these characteristics, Chilean society, culture, and politics have struck generations of observers from more developed nations as having what can be described, for want of a better expression, as a familiar "modernity." Yet this impression always seemed at odds with the deficiency of resources at all levels, the highly visible and considerable urban and rural poverty, and the considerable social inequalities.
Chile's location on the far southern shores of the Americas' Pacific coast made international contacts difficult until the great advance in global air travel and communications of the post-World War II time. This relative isolation of a people whose main cultural roots lay in the Iberian-Catholic variant of Western civilization likely had the paradoxical effect of making Chileans more receptive to outside determines than would otherwise have been the case. The small numbers of foreign travelers reaching the nation in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries usually found a warm welcome from people eager to hear of the latest trends in leading nations.
This combination of receptiveness to outside determines and commitment to the nation is undoubtedly related to the relative "modernity" that has been a feature of Chilean life since freedom from Spain. The University of Chile was accomplished by the national government in 1842 and soon had a large, centrally located building in Santiago. At the start of the 1990s, Chile began to recover its democratic institutions under the elected government of Patricio Aylwin Azócar. Committed to redressing the social inequalities that had developed under the military regime, the new government redirected more resources to programs and institutions in education and health in order to improve their quality and the population's access to them. In 1993 and early 1994, there was a sharp sense of optimism regarding the Chilean economy. High rates of economic growth were expected to last through the 1990s. With its newfound economic dynamism, Chile seemed poised in the early 1990s to begin resolving the long-standing incongruity of a comparatively advanced social and political system coexisting with a scarcity of means.
| Chile And Easter Island | Defence | Back to Top |
Military branches: Army, Navy includes Naval Air, Coast Guard, and Marines, Air Force, Carabineros of Chile -National Police, Investigations Police
note: Carabineros and Investigations Police are normally administered by the Ministry of Interior, but in times of national emergency, they are considered part of the military
Military manpower - military age: 19 years of age
Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 4,057,468 (2001 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 3,003,136 (2001 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 136,835 (2001 est.)
| Chile And Easter Island | International Disputes | Back to Top |
Bolivia has wanted a sovereign corridor to the South Pacific Ocean since the Atacama area was lost to Chile in 1884; dispute with Bolivia over Rio Lauca water rights; territorial claim in Antarctica partially overlaps Argentine and British claims
| Chile And Easter Island | Economy | Back to Top |
The Chilean economy has, since the early 20th century, been controlled by the production of copper. Since the 1940s the industrial area has expanded rapidly, largely due to government efforts at diversification. Today Chile is one of the leading industrial nations in Latin America as well as one of its largest mineral producers. In the 1970s efforts were made to promote the output of the neglected agricultural area and to reduce the nation’s dependence on imported food; after a slow-down in the production of major crops in the early 1980s, agricultural output improved later in the decade. The Chilean economy is based on the development of agricultural, fishing, forest, and mining resources. Chile developed historically on the basis of a few agricultural and mineral exports, as was common in Latin America. Although there have been land reforms and development of manufacturing, many of Chile's economic problems in the 20th century are related to the nation's early economic structure.
Chile has a market-oriented economy characterized by a high level of foreign trade. During the early 1990s, Chile's reputation as a role model for economic reform was strengthened when the democratic government of Patricio AYLWIN - which took over from the military in 1990 - deepened the economic reform initiated by the military government. Growth in real GDP averaged 8.2% during 1991-97, but fell to half that level in 1998 because of tight monetary policies implemented to keep the current account deficit in check and lower export earnings - the latter a product of the global financial crisis. A severe drought exacerbated the recession in 1999, reducing crop yields and causing hydroelectric shortfalls and electricity rationing, and Chile experienced negative economic growth for the first time in more than 15 years. Despite the effects of the recession, Chile maintained its reputation for strong financial institutions and sound policy that have given it the strongest sovereign bond rating in South America. By the end of 1999, exports and economic activity had begun to recover, and growth rebounced to 5.5% in 2000. Unemployment remains stubbornly high, putting pressure on President LAGOS to improve living standards.
| Chile And Easter Island | Education | Back to Top |
contempt plans dating back to 1812 to establish widespread primary education, elementary school attendance did not become compulsory until 1920. the government did not offer effective means to enforce this policy fully. There was considerable progress, particularly in the 1920s and the 1940s, but by mid-century children of primary school age were still not universally listed. The principal difficulty lay in the incomplete matriculation and high dropout rate of the nation's poorest children. For this reason, in 1953 the government created the National Council for School Aid and Grants, which was charged with providing scholarships and with making school breakfasts and lunches available to all children in the tuition-free private and public schools. By the early 1970s, school breakfasts were reaching 64 % of all primary school students, and lunches were being provided to 30 %. This strategy was apparently successful, and in the mid-1960s, primary education became nearly universal. In 1966 the number of years of primary education was increased from six to eight; secondary education was thereby reduced to four years. In the mid-1980s, primary school attendance fluctuated between 92 % and 96 % of the relevant age-group--a %age that was less than universal only because some children advanced into secondary school at the age of fourteen instead of the normal age of fifteen.
At the beginning of the twentieth century, under the determine of German advisers, Chile began to develop preprimary education. Matriculation in these programs also remained very small until the 1960s. In contrast to its attitude toward higher education, the military government took great interest in this form of education, and enrollments increased greatly during the Pinochet years. Statefunded programs for preschoolers, which listed about 59,000 children in 1970, had increased their matriculation to about 109,620 by 1974. In 1989 they listed 213,210 children, or about 12 % of the population under five years of age. Chile’s modern education system had its origins in the mid-19th century. Today, eight years of education is free and compulsory for all children between the ages of 6 and 13. The school system is administered by the national government under the minister of education. The national literacy rate of 99 % is one of the highest in Latin America. Chile conducted intensive adult literacy campaigns in the 1980s and in the 1990s initiated programs designed for adult education.
| Chile And Easter Island | Government | Back to Top |
Government: Multiparty republic with a presidential system based on 1980 constitution, amended and approved by vote in July 1989, with 54 reforms. administrator, legislative, and judicial branches. administrator power with president directly elected; successive reelection not allowed. Presidential candidates must win a majority or face a runoff. Under a constitutional reform approved by Congress in February 1994, the presidential term was reduced from eight to six years, the orthodox term. Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, elected president of the Christian Democratic Party in Nov. 1991, won the presidential election held in Dec. 1993, and assumed the presidency in March 1994. National Security Council includes president of republic, presidents of Supreme Court and Senate, and heads of armed forces and police. Bicameral National Congress : Senate, with 46 members, including 8 designates, serving eight-year terms, and Chamber of Deputies with 120 members serving four-year terms. Courts include Supreme Court with 17 judges, 17 appellate courts, and a number of military courts.
Administrative Subdivisions: Twelve numbered regions and Santiago Metropolitan Region. Numbered regions each headed by an intendant. Regions subseparated into total of fifty-one provinces, each headed by a governor and 300 municipalities (municipalidades), each headed by a mayor appointed by the municipal council-less than 10,000 inhabitants or by the president of the republic-with more than 10,000 inhabitants. Lowest subdivision, communes, Santiago, like other cities, headed by a mayor.
Politics: Governing coalition, the Coalition of Parties for Democracy (Concertación de Partidos por la Democracia--CPD), controlled by PDC and socialists, expected to retain control in Congress, but without increase in legislative strength it may be unable to introduce valuable constitutional reform, such as composition of Constitutional Tribunal, membership and functions of Cosena, and promotion of military officers.
Political Parties: Left--Communist Party of Chile (Partido Comunista de Chile--PCCh) discredited since October 1988 plebiscite (which PCCh claimed regime would not allow Pinochet to lose), revolution in Eastern Europe, and disintegration of Soviet Union. Party for Democracy (Partido por la Democracia--PPD), which is an independent-minded creation of the Socialist Party (Partido Socialista--PS) and a member of Aylwin government's CPD coalition, became second most popular party in 1993, after PDC. United Popular Action Movement (Movimiento de Acción Popular Unitario--MAPU), a Mapuche leftist party, quit CPD in June 1993. Christian Left (Izquierda Cristiana--IC), a minor leftist party and CPD member. Humanist-Green Alliance Party (Partido Alianza Humanista Verde-- PHV) also left CPD in 1993. Center--PDC had most followers in 1993, with 35.4 % of overall votes. Radical Party (Partido Radical- -PR) supporting Frei Ruiz-Tagle in 1993. Right--National Renewal (Renovación Nacional--RN). Independent Democratic Union (Unión Democrática Independiente--UDI), political voice of former military regime's economic and political elite. Although RN dominant rightist party, it and UDI main rivals for leadership of right. Union of the Centrist Center (Unión de Centro Centro--UCC), also a rightist party. In July 1993, center-right parties--RN, UDI, UCC, National Party (Partido Nacional--PN), and Liberal Party (Partido Liberal--PL)--agreed to form coalition called Union for the Progress of Chile (Unión por el Progreso de Chile). center-right remained in disarray prior to December 1993 elections.
Foreign Relations: Pro-West, pro-democracy. Maintains relations with more than seventy countries. Since restoration of democratic government in 1990, has reaccomplished political and economic ties with other Latin American countries, North America, Europe, and Asia. United States-Chilean relations have improved considerably since return to democracy and progress on issue of 1976 assassination in Washington of former Chilean ambassador to United States Orlando Letelier and United States citizen Ronnie Moffitt. Although shunning multilateral regional integration schemes, entered into bilateral tariff-cutting accords with individual Latin American countries--including Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, and Mexico--in early 1990s, as well as negotiated framework trade agreement with United States in October 1990. Since joining Rio Group in 1990, has played active role in promoting democracy within inter-American system.
| Chile And Easter Island | History | Back to Top |
Chile's dependence is made most noticeable by the nation's heavy reliance on exports. These have included silver and gold in the colonial time, wheat in the mid-nineteenth century, nitrates up to World War I, copper after the 1930s, and a mixture of commodities sold overseas in more recent years. The national economy's orientation toward the extraction of primary products has gone hand in hand with severe exploitation of workers. Beginning with the coerced labor of native Americans during the Spanish conquest, the exploitation continued with mestizo peonage on huge farms in the 18th and 19th centuries and brutal treatment of miners in the north in the first decade of the twentieth century. The most recent victimization of workers occurred during the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet Ugarte (1973-90), when unions were suppressed and wages were depressed, unemployment increased, and political parties were banned.
During the colonial time and most of the twentieth century, the central state played an active role in the economy until many of its functions were curtailed by the military government of General Pinochet. State power was highly centralized from the 1830s to the 1970s, to the ire of the outlying provinces. Although normally governed by civilians, Chile has been militaristic in its dealings with native people, workers, and neighboring states. In the twentieth century, it has been a supporter of arbitration in international disputes. In foreign policy, Chile has long sought to be the strongest power on the Pacific Coast of South America, and it has always shied away from diplomatic entanglements outside the Americas.
| Chile And Easter Island | Introduction | Back to Top |
Chile, republic, south-western South America, bordered on the north by Peru, on the east by Bolivia and Argentina, and on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. It has an extreme north-south length of around 4,272 km, but its average width is less than 180 km. Archipelagos extend along the southern Chilean coast from Chiloé Island to Cape Horn, the southernmost point of the South American continent. Among these are the Chonos Archipelago, Wellington Island, and the western portion of Tierra del Fuego. Other islands belonging to Chile include the Juan Fernández Islands, Easter Island, and Sala y Gómez, all of which lie in the South Pacific. The nation has a total area of 756,636 sq km. Chile also claims a section of Antarctica. The capital and largest city is Santiago.
Population 14,376,000 (1996 estimate) Population Density 19 people/sq km (49 people/sq mi) (1996 estimate) Urban/Rural Breakdown 86% Urban 14% Rural Largest Cities Santiago 5,076,808 Concepcion 350,268 Vina del Mar 322,220 Valparaíso 282,168 (1995 estimates) Ethnic Groups 92% Mestizo 8% Other including Native Americans and Europeans Languages Official Language Spanish Other Languages Araucanian, other Native American languages Religions 78% Roman Catholicism 22% Other including Protestantism and Judaism
| Chile And Easter Island | Land | Back to Top |
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| Chile And Easter Island | Languages | Back to Top |
Spanish is the official language of Chile and is spoken by virtually the entire population. The use of Native American languages is limited.
| Chile And Easter Island | Legal | Back to Top |
Legal system: based on Code of 1857 derived from Spanish law and consequent codes determined by French and Austrian law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction vote: 18 years of age; universal and compulsory administrator branch: chief of state: President Ricardo LAGOS Escobar (since 11 March 2000); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government Head of government: President Ricardo LAGOS Escobar (since 11 March 2000); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government Cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president Elections: president elected by popular vote for a six-year term; election last held 12 December 1999, with runoff election held 16 January 2000 (next to be held NA December 2005) Election results: Ricardo LAGOS Escobar elected president; % of vote - Ricardo LAGOS Escobar 51.32%, Joaquin LAVIN 48.68% Legislative branch: bicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional consists of the Senate or Senado (48 seats, 38 elected by popular vote and 10 appointed; members serve eight-year terms - one-half elected every four years) and the Chamber of Deputies or Camara de Diputados (120 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) Elections: Senate - last held 11 December 1997 (next to be held NA December 2001); Chamber of Deputies - last held 11 December 1997 (next to be held NA December 2001) Election results: Senate - % of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - CPD (PDC 14, PS 4, PPD 2), RN 7, UDI 10, UCCP 1, independents 10; Chamber of Deputies - % of vote by party - CPD 50.55% (PDC 22.98%, PS 11.10%, PPD 12.55%, PRSD 3.13%), RN 16.78%, UDI 14.43%; seats by party - CPD 70 (PDC 39, PPD 16, PRSD 4, PS 11), RN 24, UDI 21, Socialist Party 1, right-wing independents 4 Judicial branch: Supreme Court where judges are appointed by the president and ratified by the Senate from lists of candidates provided by the court itself; the president of the Supreme Court is elected by the 21-member court; Constitutional Tribunal
| Chile And Easter Island | Life | Back to Top |
Chile is one of the last countries in the world that has not legalized divorce. A law permits marital separation under certain conditions, but it does not terminate the conjugal bond. contempt the Catholic hierarchy's opposition to the legalization of divorce, at least half of all Chileans apparently favor enacting such a law. In the 1990 CEP-Adimark survey, 55.6 % of those interviewed were in favor of legal divorce.
Birth control methods of all types find broad acceptance among the population. This is true even of practicing Catholics, 81.3 % of whom found their use acceptable. National health programs have facilitated access to birth control since the 1960s, and the use of contraceptives is widespread. these programs offer easy access to birth control only to women who have already had at least one child because the programs are mainly organized to offer prenatal and postpartum primary care. Birth control is therefore more difficult to obtain for childless women, particularly younger and poorer women. The number of births in wedlock has fallen almost by half since the initiation of the contraception programs, while the births out of wedlock have remained fairly constant. This means that currently a third of all births are out of wedlock, up from 17.4 % in 1965.
Premarital sex among couples in love with each other is also broadly accepted, except among practicing Protestants, only 40 % of whom approved, and among those age fifty-five and older, only 39 % of whom approved. Sixty-three % of practicing Catholics accepted this practice, contempt the strong disapproval of the church hierarchy. On this issue, practicing Protestants again are closer to the Catholic hierarchy's teachings than are lay Catholics themselves. The acceptance of premarital relations compounds the problems caused by the comparatively more difficult access to birth control for childless women.
| Chile And Easter Island | organization | Back to Top |
APEC, CCC, ECLAC, FAO, G-11, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, LAES, LAIA, Mercosur (associate), NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, RG, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNITAR, UNMIBH, UNMOGIP, UNTAET, UNTSO, UNU, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO
| Chile And Easter Island | People | Back to Top |
The Spaniards who settled in the pleasant Central Valley of what is now Chile beginning in the late sixteenth century found no valuable lodes of gold or silver to exploit, and therefore saw no need for employing masses of indigenous forced laborers such as those who were put to work in the Andean highlands and in the mines of Mexico. Although copper mining became an valuable part of the late colonial economy, even the most successful of operations employed no more than a few salaried workers. Settlers took to developing the agricultural potential of the land, which, given Chile's climate, was well suited for growing the crops they knew from the Old World. This seasonal form of farming was different from that practiced in semitropical plantations in that it required few workers except during the harvest.
The Chileans are racially a mixture of Europeans and American Indians. The first crossbreeding occurred during the 16th and 17th centuries between the indigenous tribes, including the Atacameños, Diaguitas, Picunches, Araucanians, Huilliches, Pehuenches, and Cuncos, and the conquistadores from Spain. Basque families who migrated to Chile in the 18th century vitalized the economy and joined the old Castilian aristocracy to become the political elite that still dominates the nation. Few blacks were brought to Chile as slaves during colonial times because a tropical plantation economy, common in much of the New World, did not develop. After freedom and during the republican era, English, Italian, and French merchants accomplished themselves in the growing cities of Chile and incidentally joined the political or economic elites of the nation. The official promotement of German and Swiss settlement in the Lake District during the second half of the 19th century was exceptional. The censuses of the late 19th century showed that foreigners—principally Spaniards, Argentines, French, Germans, and Italians—formed scarcely more than 1.2 % of the total population. Small numbers of displaced eastern European Jews and Christian Syrians and Palestinians moving the Ottoman Empire arrived in Chile. Today they spearhead financial and small manufacturing operations.
| Chile And Easter Island | Politics | Back to Top |
Center-Center Union Party or UCCP [Francisco Javier ERRAZURIZ]; Christian Democratic Party or PDC [Ricardo HORMAZABAL]; Coalition of Parties for Democracy ("Concertacion") or CPD - including PDC, PS, PPD, PRSD; Independent Democratic Union or UDI [Pablo LONGUEIRA]; National Renewal or RN [Alberto CARDEMIL]; Party for Democracy or PPD [Guido GIRARDI]; Radical Social Democratic Party or PRSD [Anselmo SULE]; Socialist Party or PS [Ricardo NUNEZ] Political pressure groups and leaders: revitalized university student federations at all major universities; Roman Catholic Church; United Labor Central or CUT includes trade unionists from the nation's five largest labor confederations
| Chile And Easter Island | Provinces | Back to Top |
13 regions (regiones, singular - region); Aisen del General Carlos Ibanez del Campo, Antofagasta, Araucania, Atacama, Bio-Bio, Coquimbo, Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins, Los Lagos, Magallanes y de la Antartica Chilena, Maule, Region Metropolitana (Santiago), Tarapaca, Valparaiso
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| Chile And Easter Island | Currency and General Information | Back to Top |
| Countries Currency Unit | CLP/Unit | Units/CLP | |
| DZD | Algeria Dinars | 8.47984 | 0.117927 |
| USD | United States Dollars | 656.450 | 0.00152335 |
| ARS | Argentina Pesos | 222.903 | 0.00448625 |
| AUD | Australia Dollars | 350.226 | 0.00285530 |
| ATS | Austria Schillings ** | 41.5525 | 0.0240660 |
| BSD | Bahamas Dollars | 656.450 | 0.00152335 |
| BBD | Barbados Dollars | 329.874 | 0.00303146 |
| BEF | Belgium Francs ** | 14.1739 | 0.0705521 |
| BMD | Bermuda Dollars | 656.450 | 0.00152335 |
| BRL | Brazil Reals | 282.344 | 0.00354178 |
| GBP | United Kingdom Pounds | 936.007 | 0.00106837 |
| BGL | Bulgaria Leva | 293.625 | 0.00340570 |
| CAD | Canada Dollars | 411.525 | 0.00242999 |
| CLP | Chile Pesos | 1.00000 | 1.00000 |
| CNY | China Yuan Renminbi | 79.3063 | 0.0126093 |
| CYP | Cyprus Pounds | 999.163 | 0.00100084 |
| CZK | Czech Republic Koruny | 18.5182 | 0.0540010 |
| DKK | Denmark Kroner | 76.9663 | 0.0129927 |
| XCD | East Caribbean Dollars | 243.130 | 0.00411303 |
| EGP | Egypt Pounds | 141.705 | 0.00705690 |
| EUR | Euro | 571.774 | 0.00174894 |
| FJD | Fiji Dollars | 293.714 | 0.00340468 |
| FIM | Finland Markkaa ** | 96.1656 | 0.0103987 |
| FRF | France Francs ** | 87.1665 | 0.0114723 |
| DEM | Germany Deutsche Marks ** | 292.344 | 0.00342063 |
| XAU | Gold Ounces | 198,409.08 | 0.00000504009 |
| GRD | Greece Drachmae ** | 1.67799 | 0.595952 |
| HKD | Hong Kong Dollars | 84.1646 | 0.0118815 |
| HUF | Hungary Forint | 2.35139 | 0.425281 |
| ISK | Iceland Kronur | 6.56491 | 0.152325 |
| INR | India Rupees | 13.4508 | 0.0743453 |
| IDR | Indonesia Rupiahs | 0.0668182 | 14.9660 |
| IEP | Ireland Pounds ** | 726.004 | 0.00137740 |
| ILS | Israel New Shekels | 138.406 | 0.00722514 |
| ITL | Italy Lire ** | 0.295297 | 3.38642 |
| JMD | Jamaica Dollars | 13.7881 | 0.0725265 |
| JPY | Japan Yen | 4.94874 | 0.202072 |
| JOD | Jordan Dinars | 925.882 | 0.00108005 |
| LBP | Lebanon Pounds | 0.433587 | 2.30634 |
| LUF | Luxembourg Francs ** | 14.1739 | 0.0705521 |
| MYR | Malaysia Ringgits | 172.795 | 0.00578719 |
| MXN | Mexico Pesos | 72.8553 | 0.0137258 |
| NZD | New Zealand Dollars | 289.155 | 0.00345835 |
| NOK | Norway Kroner | 74.1445 | 0.0134872 |
| NLG | Netherlands Guilders ** | 259.460 | 0.00385416 |
| PKR | Pakistan Rupees | 10.9317 | 0.0914769 |
| PHP | Philippines Pesos | 12.8665 | 0.0777211 |
| XPT | Platinum Ounces | 340,683.01 | 0.00000293528 |
| PLN | Poland Zlotych | 159.652 | 0.00626363 |
| PTE | Portugal Escudos ** | 2.85200 | 0.350631 |
| ROL | Romania Lei | 0.0199317 | 50.1714 |
| RUR | Russia Rubles | 21.0942 | 0.0474065 |
| SAR | Saudi Arabia Riyals | 175.051 | 0.00571263 |
| XAG | Silver Ounces | 3,039.26 | 0.000329028 |
| SGD | Singapore Dollars | 356.340 | 0.00280631 |
| SKK | Slovakia Koruny | 13.6903 | 0.0730446 |
| ZAR | South Africa Rand | 57.7975 | 0.0173018 |
| KRW | South Korea Won | 0.497007 | 2.01204 |
| ESP | Spain Pesetas ** | 3.43643 | 0.290999 |
| XDR | IMF Special Drawing Rights | 818.472 | 0.00122179 |
| SDD | Sudan Dinars | 2.52481 | 0.396070 |
| SEK | Sweden Kronor | 63.3582 | 0.0157833 |
| CHF | Switzerland Francs | 390.450 | 0.00256115 |
| TWD | Taiwan New Dollars | 18.7825 | 0.0532409 |
| THB | Thailand Baht | 15.0729 | 0.0663443 |
| TTD | Trinidad and Tobago Dollars | 107.263 | 0.00932287 |
| TRL | Turkey Liras | 0.000488395 | 2,047.52 |
| VEB | Venezuela Bolivares | 0.712920 | 1.40268 |
| ZMK | Zambia Kwacha | 0.146857 | 6.80935 |
| Chile : Geographic coordinates | 30 00 S, 71 00 W |
| Chile : Population growth rate | 1.13% |
| Chile : Birth rate | 16.8 births/1,000 population |
| Chile : Death rate | 5.55 deaths/1,000 population |
| Chile : People living with HIV/AIDS | 15,000 |
| Chile : Independence | 18 September 1810 |
| Chile : National holiday | Independence Day, 18 September |
| Chile : Constitution | 11 September 1980 |
| Chile : GDP | purchasing power parity - $153.1 billion |
| Chile : GDP - per capita | purchasing power parity - $10,100 |
| Chile : Electricity - consumption | 35.426 billion kWh |
| Chile : Exports | $18 billion copper, fish, fruits, paper and pulp, chemicals |
| Chile : Imports | $17 billion consumer goods, chemicals, motor vehicles, fuels, electrical machinery |
| Chile : Telephones | 2.603 million |
| Chile : Mobile cellular | 944,225 |
| Chile : Radio broadcast stations | AM 180, FM 64, shortwave 17 |
| Chile : Radios | 5.18 million |
| Chile : Television broadcast stations | 63 |
| Chile : Televisions | 3.15 million |
| Chile : Internet country code | .cl |
| Chile : Internet Service Providers (ISPs) | 7 |
| Chile : Internet users | 625,000 |
| Chile : Railways | 6,701 km |
| Chile : Highways | 79,800 km |
| Chile : Waterways | 725 km |
| Chile : Pipelines | crude oil 755 km; petroleum products 785 km; natural gas 320 km |
| Chile : Ports and harbors | Antofagasta, Arica, Chanaral, Coquimbo, Iquique, Puerto Montt, Punta Arenas, San Antonio, San Vicente, Talcahuano, Valparaiso |
| Chile : Merchant marine | 44 ships |
| Chile : Airports | 366 |
| Chile : Heliports | N/A |
| Chile : Military branches | Army, Navy (includes Naval Air, Coast Guard, and Marines), Air Force. |
| Chile : Military expenditures | $2.5 billion |