facts

Official Name

• Republic of Chile

Capital

• Santiago

Population

• 15,153.797

Language

• Spanish

Predominant Religions

• Christian (Roman Catholic, Protestant)

Global Peace Index (GPI)

• The Economist Intelligence Unit, in conjunction with an international team of academics and peace experts, has compiled an innovative new Global Peace Index (GPI), which ranks 121 nations according to their relative peacefulnes, please see the position of Chile in the world, HERE!

Time Zone

• 4 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (-4GMT). Daylight Saving Time is observed from the second Sunday in October to the Second Friday in March. Easter Island is six hours behind GMT. Daylight Saving Time is also observed there October-March.

Voltage requirements

• 220

Volts Telephone codes

• 56 country code

• 2 city code for Santiago

• 32 city code for Valparaiso

• 61 city code for Punta Arenas and Puerto Natales

• 45 city code for Temuco and Pucon



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