Brief Summary: The Geography Of Chile

When you hear the word “chile” the first thing that comes to mind is a hot pepper, but in this essay Chile is a country that does not even use chiles in their traditional food. In this essay I will not only talk about the geography of Chile, I will also address its climate, ecosystem, history, and government structure including economy, religion, and culture.

Chile is positioned in the western and southern hemispheres. On the southwestern coast of South America, and bordered by Argentina, Bolivia and Perú and by the Pacific Ocean. Perú on the Northern border, Argentina bordering all of east Chile, and Bolivia on the Northeast. It’s absolute location is 30.00 S, 71.00 W.

Chile has major landforms such as its mountains, rivers, bodies of water,

Their exports of goods and services account for one-third of GDP, with produce making up some 60% of total exports. From 2003 to 2013 real growth has averaged about 5% each year. Chile signed a free trade agreement with the U.S. that took effect on January 1,, 2004. Chile has 22 trade arrangements covering 60 countries. On May 2010, Chile signed the OECD Convention, becoming the first South American country to join.

The most commonly practiced religion in Chile is Roman Catholicism. 72% of the population are Roman Catholic. The Chilean government respects religious freedom. The law on religion grants other religions the same rights as the Catholic Church. 16.4% of the population are Christian. Christianity in Chile is increasing in the middle class and non-pentecostal

They usually have about four meals a day that consist of breakfast, lunch, once, and dinner. Breakfast is rather light with toasted bread and coffee with milk. Lunch is served during 1:00 to 2:00 PM and is a big meal with traditionally two main dishes are served. The first course is a salad, the common salad is ensalada chilean. The second dish generally includes beef or chicken and vegetables. Then at 5:00 the serve once, meaning 11 was named after the British tea time . Afternoon tea with bread and jam, cheese and palta (avocado). The Chilean cuisine has has Indian and European