Chile (chl)

Chile

Chile ranks 792nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Kōfu, Maebashi, and Macon, Georgia. Memorable people born in Chile include Carlos Vidal, Casimiro Torres, and Manuel Álvarez. Memorable people who died in Chile include Humberto Elgueta, Casimiro Torres, and Eberardo Villalobos. Chile has been the birth place of many soccer players, and singers and the death place of many soccer players. Chile is located in Chile.

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. Chile had a population of 17.5 million as of the latest census in 2017 and has a territorial area of 756,102 square kilometers (291,933 sq mi), sharing 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