Chile

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and steel, wood and wood products, transport equipment, cement, textiles. Their agriculture products are wheat, corn, grapes, beans, sugar beets, potatoes, fruit, beef, poultry, wool, and timber. Chile’s Debt is 22.3 billion (1995 est.). Their main currency is the Chilean peso, which equals 100 centavos. The exchange rate is 1 us dollar to 423.79 peso’s .

People Of Chile

The Population of Chile is around 14,508,158 people. There population growth is about 1.18%, and their birth rate is about 17.53 births per 1,000 population. Infant mortality rate is 13.2 deaths per 1,000 live births. Religious groups are Roman Catholic, protestant, Jewish. The official language of Chile is Spanish.

Government

Chile has the government type of: republic. The national capitol of chile is Santiago. Chile is made up of 13 regions which are aisen del General Carlos Ibanez del Campo, Antofagasta, Araucania, Atacama, Bio-Bio, Coquimbo, Libertador General Bernardo O’Higgins, Los Lagos, Magallanes y ...

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controlled by a governor who commanded the army and each town had its own Cabildo . Chile had plenty of wars. The Indians refused to stay quiet. Until the mid 1700"s, these wars against the Indians were payed for by Peru, which provided money to Chile to maintain Chile’s government in Santiago and an army on the frontier. Chile was poor and dependent on its richer neighbor for wealth and security.

III. INDEPENDENCE One of the most important reasons for Chile ‘s independence as well as other Latin American countries, was the emergence of a class of CRIOLLOS . Creoles were American born Spaniards, who were different from the Iberians. They developed a desire for a self-government. The ...

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