Santiago $529 *

"When god looked at the world that he had built, he saw, that everywhere were rests: jungle pieces, deserts, rivers, mountains, volcano, fjords and ice. So the angels put all this on his order behind a long wall made from earth and stones - the Andes - together. Chile was created and - the country with the most differences of our planet."

Chile claims a part of the antarctic continent. It is the longest country on earth. The Atacama Desert, in the north of the country, is the driest place of the earth. The rain there is under 0.05 mm (in comparison: the south-west African coast has 20 mm). The center of Chile, with the two cities Santiago and Valparaiso, has a Mediterranean climate with average temperatures of 28°C in January and 11°C in July. In the middle of Chile, the country is very fertile. Chile's currency is the Chilean peso ( ˆ1 is about 737 chilean $).

There are about 15 million people living in Chile at the moment. The country's official language is Spanish. Most people, about 10 million, live in the center of Chile around Valparaiso and Santiago, on about 20% of the total territory. In Chile you must go to the army and to school. 2.7% are not able to read. In comparison to the other countries in South America, Chile has got the best school system. Chilean people is composed at 90% by caucasian coming from Europe. 3% of the population is Indian, like Mapuche or Rapa-nui.