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Republic of Chile
National name: República de Chile
President: Ricardo Lagos (2000)
Area: 292,132 sq. mi. (756,950 sq. km)
Population (1999 est.): 14,973,843 (average annual rate of natural increase: 1.23%); birth rate: 17.8/1000; infant mortality rate: 10.0/1000; density per sq. mi.: 51
Capital and largest city (1996 est.): Santiago, 4,601,434
Other large cities (1996 est.): Concepción, 356,371; Viña del Mar, 326,448; Valparaíso, 282,850; Talcahuano, 265,060; Temuco, 246,304
Monetary unit: Peso
Language: Spanish
Ethnicity/race: European and European-Indian 95%, Indian 3%, other 2%
Religions: Roman Catholic, 89%; Protestant, 11%; small Jewish and Muslim populations
Literacy rate: 95%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $184.6 billionn; $12,500 per capita. Real growth rate: 3.5%. Inflation: 4.7%. Unemployment: 6.4%. Arable land: 5%. Agriculture: wheat, corn, grapes, beans, sugar beets, potatoes, fruit; beef, poultry, wool; timber; fish. Labor force: 5.8 million (1998 est.); services 38.3%, industry and commerce 33.8%, agriculture, forestry, and fishing 19.2%, mining 2.3%, construction 6.4% (1990). Industry: copper, other minerals, foodstuffs, fish processing, iron and steel, wood and wood products, transport equipment, cement, textiles. Natural resources: copper, timber, iron ore, nitrates, precious metals, molybdenum. Exports: $14.9 billion (f.o.b., 1998): copper, other metals and minerals, wood products, fish and fishmeal, fruits (1994). Imports: $17.5 billion (f.o.b., 1998): capital goods, spare parts, raw materials, petroleum, foodstuffs (1994). Major trading partners: EU, U.S., Asia, Latin America.
