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Chile, [a] officially the Republic of Chile, [b] 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 .
The coat of arms of Chile. The culture of Chile reflects the population and the geographic isolation of the country in relation to the rest of South America. Since colonial times, the Chilean culture has been a mix of Spanish colonial elements with elements of indigenous (mostly Mapuche) culture, as well as that of other immigrant cultures.
As a consequence, Chile saw international tourism arrivals fall by more than 20% in 2019, to about 4.5 million. [6] The following year, the COVID-19 pandemic caused further disruption to the Chilean tourism sector, [7] with a fall of 85.7% on 2019 and total visitors estimated at 1,122,858. [8] In 2021, just 161,000 foreigners visited Chile. [9]
Chile's President Gabriel Boric has become the first leader in the Americas to visit the South Pole, after arriving at a US base there. The president said his visit to the Amundsen-Scott South ...
Chile is a multilingual and multicultural society, but an overwhelming majority of Chileans have Spanish as their first language and either are Christians or have a Christian cultural background. However, many Chileans do not equate their nationality with ethnicity, but with citizenship and allegiance to Chile.
The territory of Chile has been populated since at least 3000 BC. By the 16th century, Spanish invaders began to raid the region of present-day Chile, and the territory was a colony from 1540 to 1818, when it gained independence from Spain.
Dulce de leche, known in Chile as manjar Mote con huesillo. Chilean cuisine [1] stems mainly from the combination of traditional Spanish cuisine, Chilean Mapuche culture and local ingredients, with later important influences from other European cuisines, particularly from Germany, the United Kingdom and France.
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