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Chile
By Shakeed J. McLaughlin
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People, Wildlife, Plant Life, etc.
• Chile includes grapes, apples, pears, onions, wheat, corn, oats, peaches, garlic, asparagus, beans, beef, wool, poultry, fish and timber.
• Chilean people are natives of and long-term immigrants to Chile. Chileans are mainly of Spanish, and Mestizo.
• Chile contains over 140 species of animals, such as foxes, pumas, sea lions, bottle-nose dolphins, Humboldt penguins and Chilean pelicans.
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Currency, Customs, Transportation, of Chile
• Currency: The peso is the currency of Chile The current peso has circulated since 1975, A Peso to the U.S Dollar was 1 U.S. Dollar to 510.38 Chilean Pesos in 2010.
• Transportation: They transport mostly by road but some travel by boat through water.
• Customs: . The family occupies a central role in Chilean life.. Extended families are very close and will frequently
congregate for major occasions and celebrations.
. Family and business are intertwined to the extent that nepotism is seen as a positive concept.
. Many small firms will be 100% family run.
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Festivals, Holidays
• Festivals: The Virgin of the Carmel ,Chile's patron saint. Chile’s most important religious celebration, full of traditional pageantry, occurs in mid-July in the small, northern village of La Tirana.
• Holidays: August 15: Assumption of Mary-Catholic holiday remembering
Mary's passage to heaven.November 1: All Saints Day-Catholic holiday celebrating all
saints.
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Political and Economic Status
• About 85% of Chile's population lives in urban areas• Chile is a multiethnic society and a majority of the population
can claim some European ancestry, mainly Spanish but also German, Italian, Irish, French, British, an various combinations.
• The Government of Chile is Republican, There language is Spanish.
• There religions are Roman Catholic 70%, Evangelical 15.1%, Jehovah's Witness 1.1%, other Christian 1%, other 4.6%, none 8.3%.
• There Population is 17 Million.
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Capital, Major Cities and Waterways
• The Capital of Chile is Santiago.• Major cities are Santiago, Vina Del Mar,
Osorno and the Lake District.• Waterways: Aisén Fjord, Beagle Channel,
Biobío Canal · Biobío River · Calle-Calle River.
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Map of Chile
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Flag of Chile• The red stripe represents the blood of
patriots who fought for Chile's independence. The white stripe symbolizes the snow of the Andes Mountains; while the blue stripe represents the sky. The star on the flag stresses the fact that Chile is a Unitarian republic, and not a federal republic.