4. BASIC INFORMATION OF CHILE
Continent: SOUTH AMERICA
IATA AREA: I
Official Language: Spanish
Longitude: 71.5430° West
Latitude: 35.6751° South
GMT: UTC−4 and −6
Tourism Tagline: All are welcome
Visa Facilities: Prior Visa
5. Capital City: Santiago
Largest city: Santiago
Currency: Chilean Peso
Major Cities: Santiago, Punta Arenas, Castro, Vina del mar
Neighboring Countries : Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru,
Area: 756,096.3 SQ
Population: 17,574,003
Major religion: Christianity
BASIC INFORMATION OF CHILE
6. Chile, country situated along the western
seaboard of South America.
It extends 4300 KM north south 177 km
east to west.
The country is divided in 15 regions
The country has over 2000 islands.
The country is home to world’s top 6
Copper mines. (Largest Copper
Producing Country)
It is bounded on the north by Peru
and Bolivia, on its long eastern border
by Argentina, and on the west by
the Pacific Ocean.
7. Physical Geography
of Chile
Chile’s relief is for the most part
mountainous, with the Andes range
dominating the landscape.
Much of northern Chile is desert;
the central part of the country is a
temperate region where the bulk of
the population lives and where the
larger cities, including Santiago, are
located.
South-central Chile, with a lake and
forest region, is temperate, humid,
and suitable for grain cultivation;
and the southernmost third of the
country, cut by deep fjords, is an
inhospitable region—cold, wet,
windy, and limited in resources.
8. Major Tourist Attractions of Chile
• San Rafael Glacier
• Lauca National Park
• Easter Island
• Santiago
• Los Pinguinos Natural
Monument
11. Chile is home to the tallest building in South America,
the Costanera Gran Torre.
• Built between:
2006-2013
• Height: 984 Feet
• It houses largest
Shopping mall,
offices, hotels.
• It has 64 floors
12. The oldest mummies in the world were found in Chile. Known as
the Chinchorro mummies
19. San Rafael Glacier
• The glacier is accessible only by
boat or plane.
• The journey by boat is a spectacle
in itself, passing through the
narrow channels of the isolated
Aisén region.
20. Lauca National Park
• Lauca National Park is located in
Chile’s far north, in the Andean
range and is one of the top tourist
attractions in Chile.
• Located in the far north of Chile, just
140 kilometers east of the city of
Arica, Lauca National Park covers
an area of 1,300 square kilometers
and consists largely of high plains
and mountain ranges, many of the
latter comprised of large volcanoes.
• It's also especially popular for bird-
watchers and is home to more than
140 species, including Andean
geese, crested ducks, Chilean
flamingos, and the massive Andean
condor.
21. Easter Island
• One of the most isolated islands on Earth, Easter Island is located in the
southeastern Pacific Ocean. Officially a territory of Chile.
• The island is famous for its 887 extant monumental statues, called moai,
created by the early Rapanui people centuries ago.
• But Easter Island also offers some great diving and surfing as well as two
volcanic craters and several sandy beaches.
22. Santiago
It is the cultural capital of Chile apart
from bringing its financial and
business capital.
It serves as the entertainment centre of
the country where you can get
involved in many fun activities, can
visit museums and galleries, can go
shopping, can enjoy foods in the best
restaurants and stay in the best of the
hotels.
Santiago is located in the centre of the
country of Chile which is the hub of
transportation.
23. • Chile is famous for its wine. The hearts of wine lovers from all over the world
visit Chile. One of the best ways to explore a wine valley is to take a day tour
that includes 2 wineries with lunch.
Wine Tourism
24. Los Pinguinos Natural Monument
• This is one of the major spots in Chile where you can see the
conservation and its efforts being made in the Chilean states.
• consisting of some 60,000 breeding pairs of Magellanic penguins.
Accessible only by guided boat tours.
