Facts About Chile
- Country Code: 56
- Currency: Chilean Peso
- Country Capital: Santiago
- Independence Day: September 18, 1810
- Tourism Web Site: Chile Travel
Geography
- Longitude & Lattitude: 33.4333° S, 70.6667° W
- Land Boundaries: 4,847 miles (7,801 km)
- Argentica: 4,158 miles (6,691 km)
- Bolivia: 585 miles (942 km)
- Peru: 104 miles (168 km)
- Coastline: 3,999 miles (6,435 km)
- Total Area (includes Easter Island and Sala y Gómez Islands): 291,933 sq miles (756,102 sq km)
- Land: 287,187 sq miles (743,812 sq km)
- Water: 4,745 sq miles (12,290 sq km)
- Highest Elevation: Ojos del Salado - 22,615 ft. (6,893 m)
- Political Map: Chile is divided into the 15 regions (capitals): Antofagasta (Antofagasta), Araucanía (Temuco), Arica y Parinacota (Arica), Atacama (Copiapó), Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo (Coihaique), Bío Bío (Concepción), Coquimbo (La Serena), Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins (Rancagua), Los Lagos (Puerto Montt), Los Ríos (Valdivia), Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena (Punta Arenas), Maule (Talca), Santiago Metropolitan (Santiago), Tarapacá (Iquique) and Valparaíso (Valparaiso). These regions are divided into 54 provinces.