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Chile is a country in South America.
Insignia
[edit]Chile’s official emblems as stated in the Chilean Political Constitution[1] are the flag, the coat of arms, and the national anthem.
Official emblems
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National Anthem,
instrumental version -
National Anthem with lyrics
Historical flags and coats of arms
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Flag of the Old Republic (1812 - 1814) -
Transition period flag (1817 - 1818) -
Coat of arms of the old republic (1812 - 1814) -
Transition period coat of arms (1818 - 1834) -
1834-1920
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Chile official logo in red, primary version -
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Chile official logo in blue, primary version -
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Chile official logo in cerulean, primary version -
Chile official logo in cerulean -
Chile official logo in yellow, primary version -
Chile official logo in yellow -
Chile official logo in grey, primary version -
Chile official logo in grey -
Chile official logo for Korea -
Chile official logo for Korea, in blue -
Chile official logo for Japan -
Chile official logo for Japan, in blue
Other coats of arms, emblems and flags
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Emblem of the Chilean Republic -
Cockade of Chile -
Presidential Flag -
Coat of arms of the Chilean army -
Coat of arms of the Chilean navy -
Coat of arms of the Chilean air force -
Roundel of the Carabineros de Chile -
Logo of the Chilean Investigative Police -
Coat of arms of the Chilean Gendarmerie -
Naval Jack of Chile -
Flag of the Spanish Empire, 16th Century
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Institutions
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National Congress, Legislative Power -
La Moneda, Executive Power -
Tribunals Palace, Judicial Power -
Comptroller General of Chile -
Constitutional Court -
National Statistics Institute -
Central Bank
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Maps
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General Map Of Chile -
Situation on South-America -
Orthographic Projection -
Topographic Map -
Chilean Territories and Reclamations -
Blank Map of Chilean Regions -
Blank Map of Chilean Provinces -
Blank Map of Chilean Communes -
Administrative Map with Cities -
Population Density Map (2006) -
Human Development Index Map (2010) -
Satellite Image of Chile -
Mt. Osorno and Mt. Calbuco -
metal exports -
earthquake fault
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See also category: Regions of Chile.Click on some regional coat to see its respective gallery page
Chilean Cities
[edit] See also category: Cities in Chile.(Listed on north-south order)
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Universities
[edit] See also category: Universities and colleges in Chile.-
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Inacap, National -
University of Talca -
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Companies
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CCNI, Valparaíso -
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Aguas Andinas, Santiago -
Teléfonica Chile S.A., Santiago -
Bethia Holdings, Santiago
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Chilean Gastronomy
[edit] See also category: Cuisine of Chile.-
Caldillo de congrio -
Paila marina -
Ajiaco -
Almejas a la parmesana -
Charquicán -
Empanadas de horno -
Pan batido/
Marraqueta/
Pan francés -
Cazuela -
Umu (Isla de Pascua/Easter Island) -
Porotos -
Curanto (Chiloé) -
Asado -
Sopaipillas -
Chorrillana (Valparaíso) -
Chacarero -
Completo -
Pastel de choclo -
Terremoto (Santiago) -
Piscola -
Borgoña -
Cola de mono -
Chicha con vino pipeño -
Jote -
Cerveza
Old Pictures
[edit] See also category: History of Chile.-
Main Square of Santiago, 1850 -
View of Valparaíso about 1852 -
Mapuche Family, 1860 -
Firemen of Valparaíso on 1861 -
Puerto Montt, 1862 -
Chañarcillo Station, 1862 -
De la Compañía Church After Fire of 1863 -
San Francisco Square, Valparaíso, 1863 -
Valparaíso stock exchange, 1867 -
Alameda, Santigo, 1867 -
Arica, 1868 -
Regiment Nº5 of Chilean army, Antofagasta, 1879 -
Easter Island, 1880 -
Take of the Morro de Arica, 1880 -
Inauguration of the Navy Memorial in Valparaíso, 1886 -
Voting table for deputies in Valparaíso, 1888 -
Arturo Prat Funeral on Valparaíso, 1888 -
Balmacedists imprisoned in Valparaíso Jail, 1891 -
Mapuches and Europeans, 1897 -
Puerto Montt, 1899 -
Hug of the Magelly Strait, between Chilean President Errázuriz and Argentinian General Roca, 1899 -
Saltpetre Workers, 1900 -
Prat square, Iquique, 1901 -
Family of Italian Inmigrants, 1905 -
Viña del Mar, 1906 -
Pulpería (Shop) on nitrate camp in Tarapacá, 1906 -
Mapuche Family, 1908 -
Transandine Railway -
Vadivia, 1908-1919 -
Concepción Independence Square -
Punta Arenas, 1910 -
Selknam People on 1930 -
Bombardment of Coquimbo, 1931 -
Talcahuano, 1933 -
Sewell, 1942 -
Coup d'Etat of Santiago, 1973
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Earthquakes in Chile
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Arica 9,0 MW Earthqueake, 1868 -
Valparaíso 8,2 MW Earthquake, 1906 -
Vallenar 8,5 MW Earthquake, 1922
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Talca 7,6 MW Earthquake, 1928 -
Chillán 7,8 MW Earthquake, 1939 -
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Algarrobo 8,0 MW Earthquake (Photo of San Antonio), 1985 -
Punitaqui 7,1 MW Earthquake, 1997 -
Tarapacá 7,8 MW Earthquake, 2005 -
Cauquenes 8,8 MW Earthquake (Photo from Concepción), 2010
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Chileans
[edit] See also category: People of Chile.-
José Miguel Carrera, military, politician -
Manuel Rodríguez, lawyer, politician, military -
Bernardo O'Higgins, military, politician -
Diego Portales, businessman, politician -
Manuel Blanco Encalada, sailor, politician -
Agustín Edwards Ossandón, businessman, politician -
Patricio Lynch, sailor, military, diplomat -
Eusebio Lillo, poet, journalist, politician -
José Manuel Balmaceda, lawyer, politician -
Arturo Prat, sailor, lawyer -
Gabriela Mistral, poet, pedagogue, diplomat, feminist -
Alberto Hurtado priest, saint of the catholic church. -
Vicente Huidobro, poet, author, screenwriter -
Salvador Allende, politician -
Augusto Pinochet, military and politician -
Pablo Neruda, poet, politician -
Nicanor Parra, (anti)poet, physicist, professor -
Violeta Parra, singer, composer, painter, poet -
Alejandro Jodorowsky, filmmaker, actor, author, musician, spiritual guru, etc. -
Víctor Jara (Cat.), singer, composer, poet, academic, etc. -
Mario Kreutzberger (Don Francisco), TV host, philanthropist -
Antonio Skármeta, author -
Elías Figueroa, former footballer -
Isabel Allende, author, journalist. -
Michelle Bachelet, politician -
Sebastián Piñera, politician -
Manuel Pellegrini, engineer, football coach -
Roberto Bolaño, author -
Cecilia Bolocco, former Miss Universe, TV host, fashion designer, etc. -
Miryam Hernández, singer, composer -
Iván Zamorano, footballer -
Marcelo Ríos, tennist -
Leopoldo (DJ)Méndez, singer, composer, producer, celebrity, etc. -
Leonor Varela, actress, model -
Benjamín Vicuña, actor -
Tonka Tomicic, TV host, model -
Américo, singer -
Tomás González, artistic gymnast -
Nicolás Massú, tennist -
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Arturo Vidal, footballer -
Alexis Sánchez, footballer -
Denise Rosenthal, singer, composer, actress
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UNESCO World Heritage Sites
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Humberstone -
Santa Laura -
Easter Island -
Valparaíso -
Sewell -
Chiloé Wood Churches
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Promotional videos
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Atacama
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Easter Island
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Chilean Patagonia
Observatories
[edit] See also category: Observatories in Chile.
High definition images
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Abandoned room, Humberstone -
Achauta Church interior -
Barón Elevator, Valparaíso -
Discobolus -
Dog Head -
Rano Raraku, Easter Island -
Perquilauquén Railway Bridge -
Achao Church -
París-Londres street -
Clock Tower, Iquique -
Parinacota Church -
Fort Bulnes -
San Pedro de Atacama Church -
Cemetery Nº 1, Valparaíso -
Factory of Giants, Easter Island -
Pereira Palace -
Gabriela Mistral House -
Pablo Neruda
National Railroad Museum -
Tupungato volcano, Andes
Nature
[edit]Mountains
[edit]Peaks
[edit] See also category: Peaks in Chile.-
La Junta Hill, Cochamó Valley -
Dientes de Navarino, Navarino Island -
Las Peinetas Hill, Villarrica National Park -
Colmillo del Diablo, Siete Tazas National Park -
Demetrio Hill -
Picacho or Puntiagudo Hill -
Fitz Roy Mount -
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Volcanoes
[edit] See also category: Volcanoes of Chile.-
Ojos del Salado Volcano, the highest volcano of the world -22608 ft- -
Llullaillaco Volcano -
Tupungato Volcano -
Parinacota Volcano -
Licancabur Volcano -
Descabezado Grande and Cerro Azul Volcanoes -
Copahue Volcano -
Llaima Volcano -
Osorno Volcano -
2011 Eruption Puyehue-Cordón CaulleVolcanoes -
Tres Cruces Volcano -
Incahuasi Volcano
Rivers
[edit] See also category: Rivers of Chile.-
Mapocho River -
Andalién River -
Negro River -
Los Palos River -
Maule River -
Bio-Bío River -
Calle-Calle River -
Blanco River -
Aysén River -
Báker River -
Serrano River
Waterfalls
[edit] See also category: Waterfalls in Chile.-
Tocoihue Waterfalls, Dalcahue, Chiloé -
Queulat Glacier Waterfall -
Princess's Fall, Malalcahuello -
León Fall, Pucón -
Laja Falls, Los Ángeles -
Bride's Veil -
Huilo-Huilo Falls -
Las Chilcas Falls
Lakes
[edit] See also category: Lakes of Chile.-
Chungará Lake -
Rapel Lake -
Caburga Lake -
Conguillío Lake -
Llanquihue Lake -
Todos Los Santos Lake -
Puyehue Lake -
O´Higgins/San Martín Lake -
Yelcho Lake -
San Rafael Lake -
Cisnes Lake -
Espejo Lake -
Grey Lake -
Dickson Lake -
Northern Ice Field, 4 200 km² (1,600 sq mi) -
Southern Ice Fields, 16 800 km² (6,500 sq mi)
Glaciers
[edit] See also category: Glaciers of Chile.-
Brüggen/Pio XI Glacier, biggest glacier on southern hemisphere outside Antarctica -
Holanda Glacier -
Gabriel Quiroz Glacier -
Nef Glacier -
Nena Glacier -
Piloto Glacier -
Oriental Glacier -
San Quintín Glacier -
Italia Glacier -
Viedma Glacier -
Amalia Glacier -
Marinelli Glacier -
Grey Glacier
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Fjords
[edit] See also category: Fjords of Chile.-
Puyuhuapi Fjord -
Comau Fjord -
Última Esperanza Fjord -
Reloncaví Fjord -
Queulat Fjord
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Islands
[edit] See also category: Islands of Chile.-
Tierra del Fuego -
Islas Gordon, Hoste, O'Brian, London, Londonberry, Darwin, Thompson, Olga, Waterman, Tomás, Carolina, Morton, Henderson, Juaréguiberry e islas Ildefonso. -
Islas Navarino, Button, Mascart, Edwards, Bertrand, Slipe, Solitario y Hermanos. -
Islas Picton, Lennox y Nueva -
Isla Grande de Chiloé -
Islas Quinchao, Chelín, Lemuy, Quehui, Chaulinec, Apiao, Alao, Linlín, Lingua, Quenac, Meulín, Teuquelín, Cahuach. -
Islas Coldita, San Pedro, Laitec, Cailín, Chaullín, Tranqui, Acuy. -
Islas Chulín, Chuit, Imerquiña, Nayahué, Autén, Talcán, LLahuén. -
Isla de Pascua -
Isla Sala y Gómez -
Isla Mocha. -
Isla Robinson Crusoe. -
Isla Quiriquina.
Atacama Desert
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Atacama Valley -
Desert, Near Tal-Tal -
ALMA Observatory on Chajnantor Plateau -
Ice Penitents -
Flowered Desert -
Observatory on Paranal Hill -
Chuquicamata Mine -
Talar Salar -
Atacama Salar -
Moon Valley -
Tatio Geysers -
Laguna Verde -
Rock Formation -
Observatory on a snowy La Silla Hill -
Desert after rain -
La Portada, Antofagasta -
Desert Hand -
Morro de Arica -
Atacama or Martian Landscape?
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Other Countryside
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Chile from the Space -
Robinson Crusoe Island -
Cape Horn Lighthouse, the southernmost lighthouse in the american continent -
Diego Ramírez islands and it's lighthouse, last place before the Antarctic. -
Ancud Cliffs, Chiloé -
Beagle Channel -
Strait of Magellan -
Cape Horn -
Milodón Cave -
Marble Cathedral -
Rainbow Valley -
Tinoco Tunnel -
Malleco Viaduct -
Villa Las Estrellas (Stars Town), Antarctica -
Rebolledo bridge
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Flora
[edit] See also category: Flora of Chile.-
Español: Araucaria AraucanaEnglish: Araucaria Araucana -
Español: AlerceEnglish: Fitzroya -
Español: Palma ChilenaEnglish: Chilean Palmtree -
Español: RaulíEnglish: Raulí -
Español: CopihueEnglish: Copihue or Chilean Bellflower -
Español: Azara PetiolarisEnglish: Azara Petiolaris -
Español: Papas de ChiloéEnglish: Potatos from Chiloé -
Español: Frutillas/FresasEnglish: Strawberries
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Fauna
[edit] See also category: Animals of Chile.Mammals
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Español: PumaEnglish: Puma/Cougar/
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Español: HuemulEnglish: South Andean Deer -
Español: Pudú
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Español: GüiñaEnglish: Kodkod -
Español: Gato MontésEnglish: Geoffroy's Cat -
Español: Zorro ChiloteEnglish: Darwin's Fox -
Español: Zorro CulpeoEnglish: Culpeo
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Español: VicuñaEnglish: Vicuña -
Español: AlpacaEnglish: Alpaca -
Español: LlamasEnglish: Llamas
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Español: GuanacoEnglish: Guanaco -
Español: Murciélago VampiroEnglish: Common Vampire Bat -
Español: Quirquincho AndinoEnglish: Andean Hairy Armadillo -
Español: QuirquinchoEnglish: Piche
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Español: QuiqueEnglish: Lesser Grison -
Español: VizcachaEnglish: Southern Viscacha
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Español: Chinchilla Cola LargaEnglish: Long Tailed Chinchilla -
Español: Ballena AzulEnglish: Blue Whale -
Español: OrcaEnglish: Killer Whale
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Español: Delfín OscuroEnglish: Dusky Dolphin
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Español: Lobo FinoEnglish: Lobo Fino
Marsupials
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Español: Monito del MonteEnglish: Monito del Monte
Birds
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Condor. -
Flamenco andino/Andean Flamingo. -
Ñandú. -
Avoceta andina/Andean Avocet. -
Southern Lapwing. -
Picaflor de Juan Fernández/Juan Fernández Firecrown. -
Chuncho/
Austral Pygmy-Owl -
Loica. -
Zorzal chileno/Austral Thrush. -
Bandurrias/Black-faced Ibises. -
Águila Mora/
Black Chested Buzzard Eagle -
Cisnes de cuello negro/Blackneck swan. -
Cachaña/Austral Parakeet. -
Gaviota de cola negra/Belcher's Gull. -
Pato overo/Chiloe Wigeon. -
Tagua Gigante/
Fulica gigantea -
Cauquén comùn. -
Gaviotín Monja/
Larosterna inca -
Cauquén de Magallanes/Magellan Goose. -
Chincol/Rufous-collaredSparrow -
Jote de Cabeza Negra/Coragyps atratus -
Tiuque/
Chimango Caracara -
Pinguino de Magallanes /Magellanic Penguin.
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Fish
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Tollo de Cachos -
Lisa -
Puye -
Sierra -
Palometa -
Lamprea Chilena -
Merluza Chilena -
Tiburón de Aleta Corta -
Anchoveta -
Albacora -
Trucha Arcoíris -
Jurel -
Tiburón Azulejo/Blue shark -
Carpa/Common carp
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Spiders
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Español: Araña del RincónEnglish: Corner Spider -
Español: Araña PollitoEnglish: Chilean Rose Tarantula -
Español: Araña Poto Colorado o del TrigoEnglish: Black Widow -
Español: Araña TigreEnglish: Tiger Spider -
Español: Araña LoboEnglish: Wolf Spider
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- ↑ Chile’s political constitution Article 2, Political Constitution of Chile -1980, BCN Chilean congress library
- ↑ Official website for Chile archive copy at the Wayback Machine This is Chile, Creative Commons Atribución-Compartir Igual 3.0 (share alike), retrieved on January 18, 2015
- ↑ Chile’s official brand. Archived from the original on 2015-09-27. Retrieved on 2014-10-01.