Chile is the world's fifth largest Wine # Exporting countries | exporter of wine and the Wine # Production | eighth largest producer.

:* Bío Bío Region, eighth region of Chile ( first level )

The Guggenheims also had a process for treating the low grade ores developed by Elias Anton Cappelen Smith and were immediately interested, organised the Chile Exploration Company ( Chilex ) in January 1912 and eventually bought out Burrage for US $ 25 million in Chilex stock.

The Guggenheims also had a process for treating the low grade ores developed by E A Capellen Smith and were immediately interested, organised the Chile Exploration Company ( Chilex ) in January 1912 and eventually bought bought out Burrage for US $ 25 million in Chilex stock.

A former defense researcher and strategist and member of the Institute for Strategic Studies in London, and a member of Oxford's All Souls College, he was a senior grade public affairs officer for the U. N. Economic Commission for Latin America in Santiago, Chile during the Allende government.

The image is the combination of the 2. 2-metre MPG / ESO telescope of the La Silla Observatory in Chile and a 0. 4-meter amateur telescope.

* 1557 – Mapuche leader Lautaro is killed by Spanish forces at the Battle of Mataquito in Chile.

Abalone is also farmed in Australia, Hawaii, Canada, Chile, France, Iceland, Ireland, Mexico, Namibia, New Zealand, South Africa, Thailand, and the United States.

The meat of this mollusk is considered a delicacy in certain parts of Latin America ( especially Chile ), France, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and East Asia ( especially in China, Japan, and Korea ).

For example, the main crossover of the Andes between Argentina and Chile is still accomplished through the Paso Internacional Los Libertadores.

However, there is one railroad that connects Chile with Argentina via the Andes, and there are others that make the same connection via southern Bolivia.

There is a long history of mining in the Andes, from the Spanish silver mines in Potosí in the 16th century to the vast current porphyry copper deposits of Chuquicamata and Escondida in Chile and Toquepala in Peru.

In October 1704, after the ships had parted ways because of a dispute between Stradling and Dampier, the Cinque Ports was brought by Stradling to an island that is today known as Robinson Crusoe Island in the uninhabited archipelago of Juan Fernández off the coast of Chile for a mid-expedition restocking of supplies and fresh water.

Much like on the U. S., alcoholic beverages in Chile are not sold on Sunday mornings, while on election days their sale is prohibited by law during the entire day ( starting the Saturday before ).

Five kinds of Phaseolus beans were domesticated by pre-Columbian peoples: common beans ( Phaseolus vulgaris ) grown from Chile to the northern part of what is now the United States, and lima and sieva beans ( Phaseolus lunatus ), as well as the less widely distributed teparies ( Phaseolus acutifolius ), scarlet runner beans ( Phaseolus coccineus ) and polyanthus beans ( Phaseolus polyanthus ) One especially famous use of beans by pre-Columbian people as far north as the Atlantic seaboard is the " Three Sisters " method of companion plant cultivation:

Chile ( or ), officially the Republic of Chile (,, Mapudungun: Gulumapu ), is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west.

The relatively small central area dominates in terms of population and agricultural resources, and is the cultural and political center from which Chile expanded in the late 19th century when it incorporated its northern and southern regions.

Southern Chile is rich in forests and grazing lands, and features a string of volcanoes and lakes.

Today, Chile is one of South America's most stable and prosperous nations, a recognized middle power and an emerging economy.

Chile is a founding member of the United Nations, the Union of South American Nations and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States.

About 4, 000 years ago, migrating Native Americans settled in the fertile valleys and coastal areas of what is present day Chile.

The Inca Empire briefly extended their empire into what is now northern Chile, where they collected tribute from small groups of fishermen and oasis farmers but were not able to establish a strong cultural presence in the area.

However, the title of discoverer of Chile is usually assigned to Diego de Almagro.

The beginning of the Independence movement is traditionally dated as September 18, 1810 when a national junta was established to govern Chile in the name of the deposed king Ferdinand VII.

After 20 years, Chile is now heading in a new direction.

The politics of Chile takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Chile is both head of state and head of government, and of a formal multi-party system that in practice behaves like a two-party one, due to binomialism.

The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature of Chile.

In Chile, the term equivalent to Kindergarten is " Educación parvularia ", sometimes also called " Educación Preescolar ".

The vineyards of Chile fall between the latitudes of 32 and 38 ° s which, in the Northern Hemisphere would be the equivalent of southern Spain and North Africa.

* 1906 – An estimated 8. 2 M < sub > W </ sub > earthquake hits Valparaíso, Chile, killing 3, 886 people.

In 2006, the Government of Chile ran a surplus of $ 11. 3 billion, equal to almost 8 % of GDP.

* Chile Freeway 8

* 2010 – An earthquake measuring 8. 8 on the Richter scale strikes central parts of Chile leaving over 500 victims, and thousands injured.

* 1985 – A magnitude 8. 3 earthquake struck the Valparaíso Region of Chile, killing 177 and leaving nearly a million people homeless.

* December 8 – Church of the Company Fire in Santiago, Chile, kills between 2, 000 and 3, 000.

* August 16 – A magnitude 8. 2 earthquake in Valparaíso, Chile leaves approximately 20, 000 dead.

* March 3 – An 8. 0 on the Richter magnitude scale earthquake hits Santiago and Valparaíso in Chile leaving 177 dead, 2, 575 hurt, 142, 489 destroyed houses and about a million people homeless.

* July 8 – 1730 Valparaiso earthquake in Chile.

* February 8 – A magnitude 8. 3 earthquake occurs in Concepción, Chile.

* The 8. 8 magnitude February 27, 2010 Chile earthquake and tsunami cost 525 lives.

In what was his first fight outside Argentina, he and South American champion Jaime Miranda battled to an 8 round no contest ( a no contest is declared when circumstances beyond boxing cause the fight to be stopped ) in Santiago, Chile.

* Very Large Telescope, a system of four large ( 8. 2 meter diameter ) optical telescopes organized in an array formation, located in northern Chile

* The four 8. 2 m telescopes comprising the Very Large Telescope in Chile

During the 1870s, Peru capitalized on the guano exploitation and nationalized all industries in the region, leaving Peru with 58. 8 % of all saltpeter production, while Chile held 19 % and Great Britain 13. 5 %.

Two other chains started in 2008, Unimarc, which bought several small local chains and has over 20 % of the grocery segment in Chile and Southern Cross, a Chilean Investment Fund that has around 8. 6 % of the supermarket segment, mainly oriented to the southern areas of the country.

The feast of the Assumption on August 15 is a public holiday in many countries, including Austria, Belgium, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Ecuador, France, Germany ( Bavaria and Saarland only ), Greece, Lebanon, Lithuania, Italy, Malta, Mauritius, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland ( 8 cantons only ) and Vanuatu.

* The first of four 8. 4 m reflecting telescopes opens in the Very Large Telescope program of the European Southern Observatory at Cerro Paranal in Chile.

Track # 8 recorded in Santiago, Chile.

Further strandings have been recorded in Chile ( 29 ° 15 ' S, 71 ° 26 ' W ) and Monterey Bay ( a 3. 6 m ( 11. 8 ft ) female found at Salinas State Beach ) in 1995 and 2001, respectively, extending the species ' range far to the north and south.

Glennon, J. A., and Pfaff, R. M., 2003, The extraordinary thermal activity of El Tatio Geyser Field, Antofagasta Region, Chile, Geyser Observation and Study Association ( GOSA ) Transactions, vol 8. pp. 31 – 78.

INDEC recorded 2. 3 million foreign tourist arrivals in 2007 ( a 12 % increase ), at the Ministro Pistarini International Airport, alone ( around half the total ); of these, 26 % arrived from Brazil, 25 % from Europe, 14 % from the United States and Canada, 8 % from Chile, 19 % from the rest of the Western Hemisphere and 8 % from the rest of the World.