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TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION PAGE NUMBER

I. INTRODUCTION 1

II. BODY

A. GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION 2

B. FLAG 3

C. LANGUAGE 3

D. NATIONAL ANTHEM 4 - 5

E. CLIMATE 6

F. HYDROGRAPHY 6 - 7

G. LANDFORMS 7 - 8

H. RELIGION 9

I. ECONOMY 9 - 12

J. CURRENCY 13

K. POPULATION 14

L. TOURISTPLACES 14 - 15

M. CULTURE FOOD 16

N. HISTORY 17 - 19

O. CULTURAL DRESSING 19 - 20

III. CONCLUSION 21

I. INTRODUCTION

In our history class we are working in a research about some countries of the world. The country I will inform and present in the classroom is Chile. During this project I am investigating information about the country’s location, flag,language, national anthem, climate, hydrography, landforms, religion, economy, currency, population, tourist places, culture food, history, and cultural dressing. Also, I had the opportunity to meet a couple of chileans who provide me some articles from Chile, such as: the flag, the tourist places guide, the “empanada” recipe, the cultural dressing ( poncho ) and beautiful stones from Chile.I hope that you learn and enjoy from this “visit” to Chile like me!!!

II. BODY

A. Geographical Location:

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile (Spanish: República de Chile), is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentinato the east, and the Drake Passage in the far south. It is one of two countries in South America (with Ecuador) which do not border Brazil. The Pacific coastline of Chile is 6,435 kilometres. Chilean territory includes the Pacific islands of Juan Fernández, Salas y Gómez, Desventuradas and Easter Island. Chile also claims about 1,250,000 square kilometres (480,000 sq mi) of Antarctica.

Chile'sunusual, ribbon-like shape—4,300 kilometres (2,700 mi) long and on average 175 kilometres (109 mi) 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 snow-prone Alpine climate in the south. The northern desert contains great mineral wealth, principally copper. The relatively small central areadominates in terms of population and agricultural resources, and is the cultural and political center from which Chile expanded in the late 19th century, when it incorporated its northern and southern regions. Southern Chile is rich in forests and grazing lands and features a string of volcanoes and lakes. The southern coast is a labyrinth of fjords, inlets, canals, twisting peninsulas, and islands.B. Flag

The flag of Chile consists of two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red; there is a blue square the same height as the white band at the hoist-side end of the white band; the square bears a white five-pointed star in the center representing a guide to progress and honor; blue symbolizes the sky, white is for the snow-covered Andes, and red stands for the blood spilled toachieve independence.

C. Language

Spanish (Chilean Spanish) - The Spanish spoken in Chile is distinctively accented and quite unlike that of neighboring South American countries because final syllables and "s" sounds are dropped, and some consonants have a soft pronunciation. Accent varies only very slightly from north to south; more noticeable are the small differences in accent based on socialclass or whether one lives in the city or the country. The fact that the Chilean population essentially was formed in a relatively small section of the center of the country and then migrated in modest numbers to the north and south helps explain this relative lack of differentiation, which is now maintained by the national reach of radio and especially of television, the media diffuse and...