Chile is a Spanish speaking country located on the western border of South America. It occupies a very narrow strip of land along the Pacific Ocean. The capital of Chile is Santiago, which is located in central Chile near the border of Argentina. Chile is approx. 2,650 miles long and about 110 miles wide. A great natural feature to Chile is the long cascade of the Andes Mountains. Chile has an estimated population of about 15,116,435 people. In 1989 Chile became an independent country, after being under military rule for over 20 years, and before a colony.

Chile is divided into three different climate zones where the weather and temperature often change drastically. In the north there is the arid northern desert, in central Chile there is the temperate central region and in the south is the windswept cold region. A great majority of Chile's citizens live in the temperate region because of...