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Chile is a long, narrow country stretching along South America’s western edge, with more than 6,000km of Pacific Ocean coastline. Santiago, its capital, sits in a valley surrounded by the Andes and Chilean Coast Range mountains. The city’s palm-lined Plaza de Armas contains the neoclassical cathedral and the National History Museum. The massive Parque Metropolitano offers swimming pools, a botanical garden and zoo.

Population: 18.05 million
Capital: Santiago
Currency: Chilean peso (CLP)
Official languages: Spanish
Different ways to move around: Long-distance buses offer a good service, local buses are often packed, renting a car is not that expensive and hitchhiking is common.

If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to it. ~ Johnathan winters

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