CHILE

MAJOR CITIES

• Santiago
• Puente Alto
• Antofagasta
• Viña del mar

POPULATION

MAJOR ETHNIC GROUPS

• 95% white and mestizo
• 3% Amerindian
• 2% other

Many Chileans identify as white but around 65% are mestizo, and many who are mestizo, have significant European ancestry. Mestizo is mixed white and Amerindian ancestry. Amerindians are native to South America before the Europeans came.

GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE

• The Atacama desert can reach 90*F (32*C), and drop to 28* (-2*C)
• The Andes mountains are on the eastern border.
• The Loa river is the longest river
• The General camera lake is the largest lake.

RELIGIONS

• 59% catholic
• 16% Protestant
• 22% no religion
• 3% other religions

HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS

• Viña del mar music festival
• Carnaval andino con la fuerza de sol, which translates to "the Andean festival with the strength of the sun."
• Fiestas patrias
• Festival de la Tirana

SPORTS

• Chile's most popular sport is football (soccer.)
• Chile has won 13 medals in the Olympics, with the most being won in tennis.
• Chile's best athlete is triathlon runner, Felipe Van de Wyngaard.

FOODS

CLOTHING

• The Chamanto is a brightly colored poncho.
• The Chupalla is a straw hat traditionally worn by horsemen.

I would visit the Atacama desert, the Andes mountains, and Easter island.