Pictures from Chile

Last modified 31.03.2022 | Published 22.02.1988Chile, Photo Galleries, South America

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This is a collection of Sandalsand’s pictures from Chile. They cover the country from north to south almost the entire length.

If you look up all articles from Chile, you will also find world heritage sites and regular travelogues. Before anything else, start with these pictures from Chile.

Chile is a stretched-out country under the Andes mountain range in South America. This gallery has pictures from almost the entire length of the country.

Afterwards, find more photo galleries on Sandalsand

Fast facts

Learn about the country on Wikipedia. Here is a moderated excerpt:

Chile is a country in the western part of South America. It occupies a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Chile covers an area of 756,096 square kilometers, with a population of 17.5 million as of 2017. Chile is the southernmost country in the world, the closest to Antarctica. The country shares land borders with Peru to the north, Bolivia to the north-east, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far south. Chile also controls the Pacific islands of Juan Fernández, Isla Salas y Gómez, Desventuradas, and Easter Island in Oceania. It also claims about 1,250,000 square kilometers of Antarctica under the Chilean Antarctic Territory. The country’s capital and largest city is Santiago, and its national language is Spanish.

Chile is a developing country with a high-income economy and ranks 43rd in the Human Development Index. It is among the most economically and socially stable nations in South America, leading Latin America in rankings of competitiveness, per capita income, globalization, state of peace, economic freedom, and low perception of corruption.

Chile also ranks high regionally in sustainability of the state, democratic development, and has the lowest homicide rate in the Americas after Canada.