Chile

Chile

Chile ranks 52nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Slovenia, Lithuania, and Latvia. Memorable people born in present day Chile include Augusto Pinochet, Pablo Neruda, and Salvador Allende. Memorable people who died in Chile include Augusto Pinochet, Pablo Neruda, and Salvador Allende. Chile has been the birth place of many soccer players and politicians and the death place of many politicians and soccer players.

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. With an area of 756,102 square kilometers (291,933 sq mi) and a population of 17.5 million as of 2017, Chile shares borders with Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. The country also controls several Pacific islands, including Juan Fernández, Isla Salas y Gómez, Desventuradas, and Easter Island, and claims about 1,250,000 square kilometers (480,000 sq mi) of Antarctica as the Chilean Antarctic Territory. The capital and largest city of Chile is Santiago, and the national language is Spanish. Read more on Wikipedia