CHILE

FLAG

• Blue square- represents the sky
• White stripe-represents the snow of the Andes
• Red stripe-represents the people who died fighting for freedom
• Star-represents the government
• This flag was adopted on October 18, 1817.

LOCATION

• Located in South America
• Borders the Pacific Ocean
• Also borders Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina

CAPITAL AND MAIN CITIES

• Santiago (capital)
• Puente Alto
• Antofagasta
• Viña del Mar
• Valparaíso
• Talcahuano
• San Bernardo
• Temuco
• Iquique
• Concepción

PEOPLE

• Population: about 17,997,000
• White and white American Indian--about 95%
• American Indian--about 3%
• Other--2%

GEOGRAPHY

• Andes mountains
• Volcanoes
• Central Valley
• Atacama Desert
• Archipelagos

RELIGIONS

• Protestant-16%
• Catholic- majority -59%
• Other-3%
• Agnostic and atheists-22%

CELEBRATIONS

• Vina del Mar-pop-and folk singing competitions, performances by popular musicians
• The Andean Festival with the Strength of the Sun-string of festivals celebrating the peaceful combination of Spanish and indigenous cultures from the Andes
• Fiestas Patrias
• Festival de la Tirana

SPORTS

• Soccer-most popular
• Tennis-most successful
• Chilean rodeo-rural areas
• Do well in Olympic tennis, have competed in the World Cup 9 times and their highest ranking was third,
• Adán Godoy
• Adán Vergara
• Adolfo Nef

FOOD

• Seafood
• Meat soup
• Pork roll peasant style
• Conger eel soup
• Carbonada
• I don't like seafoods so parts of their diet I may not like, but parts of their diet I could

CLOTHING

• Chamanto-highly decorated poncho
• Chupallas- traditional straw hat worn by horsemen. Still worn in rural areas today.
• Flowered dress for the cuaca dance

LANDMARKS

• Easter island
• Torres del Paine national park
• San cristóbal hill