Source: The World Factbook

GEOGRAPHY

Area: 756,950 sq km
Capital: Santiago
Geographic coordinates:30 00 S, 71 00 W
Climate:temperate; desert in north; Mediterranean in central region; cool and damp in south

GOVERNMENT

Government:republic
Currency:Chilean peso (CLP)

PEOPLE

Literacy(%):96.2
Languages:Spanish
Ethnicity/race:white and white-Amerindian, Amerindian, other
Religions:Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish NEGL

INDUSTRY

Industries:copper, other minerals, foodstuffs, fish processing, iron and steel, wood and wood products, transport equipment, cement, textiles
Natural resources:copper, timber, iron ore, nitrates, precious metals, molybdenum, hydropower