Chile Fact Sheet Country name Republic of Chile Capital Santiago April, 2014 Country name Republic of Chile Capital Santiago Population 17,000,000 people (in 2012) Size 760,000 km² (2x Japan) Weather Desert (north) Rainy (central) Cold (south) Languages Spanish Popular food Empanada Popular sports Soccer Tennis Other Grows the most salmon in the world 33% of world's copper mined here Many volcanoes Was a part of Spain until 1913 In South America This content is under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. For attribution, please include my name, Douglas P Perkins, and a link to my website, https://dperkins.org. Flag by Skopp. PD. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Chile.svg Chile globe map by Addicted04. PD. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CHL_orthographic.svg Chile country map from CIA World Factbook. PD. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cile_map.gif 3 empanadas picture by jules. CC-BY 2.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vegetable_empanadas.jpg 1 empanada picture by Jdvillalobos. CC-BY 3.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Empanada_barranquillera.jpg Empanadas on blue plate picture by Wilfrador. PD. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Empanadas_Zulianas.jpg