| Republic of Chile República de Chile(Spanish) |
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Motto: "Por la razón o la fuerza" (Spanish)
"By Reason or By Force"[1] |
Anthem: National Anthem of Chile (Spanish)
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Capital
(and largest city) | Santiago1
33°26′S70°40′W / 33.433°S 70.667°W / -33.433; -70.667 |
| National language | Castilian |
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| Ethnic groups | White (59%), Mestizo (25%), Amerindian (8%), Does not know/No response (5%), Other (2%), Mulatto (1%), Asian (0%), Black (0%) (self-reported)[2] |
| Demonym | Chilean |
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| Government | Unitarypresidential republic |
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| - | President of the Republic | Sebastián Piñera (Ind.)4 |
| - | President of the Senate | Camilo Escalona (PS) |
| - | President of the Chamber of Deputies | Nicolás Monckeberg (RN) |
| - | President of the Supreme Court | Rubén Ballesteros |
| Legislature | National Congress |
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| - | Upper house | Senate |
| - | Lower house | Chamber of Deputies |
| Independence | from Spain |
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| - | First Gov. Junta | 18 September 1810 |
| - | Declared | 12 February 1818 |
| - | Recognized | 25 April 1844 |
| - | Current constitution | 11 September 1980 |
| Area |
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| - | Total | 756,096.3 km2 (38th)
291,930.4 sq mi |
| - | Water (%) | 1.07² |
| Population |
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| - | 2012 estimate | 17,402,630[3] (60th) |
| - | 2002 census | 15,116,435 |
| - | Density | 23/km2 (194th)
59/sq mi |
| GDP (PPP) | 2011 estimate |
| - | Total | $299.786 billion[4][5] (43rd) |
| - | Per capita | $17,380[4][5][6] (55th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2011 estimate |
| - | Total | $248.602 billion[7] (41st) |
| - | Per capita | $14,413[7] (49th) |
| Gini (2009) | 0.494[8] (high) |
| HDI (2011) |  0.805[9] (very high) (44th) |
| Currency | Peso (CLP) |
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| Time zone | CLT or EAST3(UTC−4 to −6) |
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| - | Summer (DST) | CLST or EASST (UTC−3 to −5) |
| Drives on the | right |
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| ISO 3166 code | CL |
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| Internet TLD | .cl |
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| Calling code | +56 |
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| 1 | The legislature is based in Valparaíso |
| 2 | Includes Easter Island and Isla Sala y Gómez; does not include 1,250,000 square kilometres (480,000 sq mi) of territory claimed in Antarctica |
| 3 | The mainland uses UTC−4 (in summer: UTC−3; Easter Island uses UTC−6 (in summer: UTC−5). |
| 4 | Piñera quit National Renewal before being sworn in as President of the Republic, following party rules. |
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