CHILE Capitol Population Capitol Santiago Population 16 284

CHILE

Capitol & Population Capitol: Santiago • Population: 16, 284, 741 (July 2007 est. ) ** • Population Growth Rate: 0. 916% (2007 est. ) ** • Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1, 000 population (2007 est. ) ** ** All information provided by https: //www. cia. gov/library/publications/the-worldfactbook/print/ci. html

Country Facts • Area: 756, 096 square kilometers( 291, 930 square miles) • Language: Spanish • Religion: Roman Catholic, Protestant • Currency: Chilean peso • Life Expectancy: 76 • GDP per Capita : U. S. $10, 100 • Literacy Percent: 96% **All information was received from : National Geographic

Ethnicity and Race • White and White-Amerindian 95%** • Amerindian 3%** • Other 2%** **All information source: http: //www. infoplease. com/ipa/A 0855617. html

Culture • Chilean culture had regional areas of development, northern Chile was an important center of culture in the medieval and early modern Inca Empire, while indigenous Mapuche and other Araucanian cultures developed in the Central and Southern regions. Culture was afterwards dominated by the Spanish during the Colonial and early Republican period. Other European influences, at first chiefly English and French, began in the 19 th century and have continued until today, as in other Western societies.