Chile’s Economy

Chile’s average GNI has grown about almost 4.5% in 14 years which is higher than the average world growth during the same time and there was a strong break from its past time. Most of Chile's GNI is given by tourists from all over the world. The Chilean units of money are the Pesos. 480 pesos is equivalent to 1 dollar. And 947 pesos is equivalent to 1 pound.

Chile´s Physical Geography

Chile´s physical geography is the feature of South America, which has a stretch lenth of the continent. The mountain system is narow, averaging almost 518 km in width.

Climate

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Map & Climate

Chile is a country that takes almost all of the the West part of South America and goes a long the narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean. Has a very comforting climate, the climate has many things in common with El Salvador. It only has two seasons the rainy and the dry. Starts the year with the dry season but with some rain, followed by the rainy season in the middle of the year and at the ending the year it lowers the rain to beggin the dry season with a low amount of rain.

TIMELINE

1 1493 - Christopher Columbus discovers America.
2 1814 - Spain regains control of Chile.
3 1818 - O'Hoggins signs the Chilean Declaration of Independence.
4 1857 - The Civil Code of Chile comes in effect.
5 1859 - Chile's revolution makes Antonio Varas renounce to his candidature.
6 1861 - Jose Joaquin Pérez is elected president.
7 1953 - Communist Party is banned.
8 1984 - Argentina and Chile sign Peace and Friendship Treaty.
9 2006/January - Michelle Bachelet wins presidential elections.
10 2006/ August - China and Chile sign free-trade deal

Tourism story

Tourism in Chile has increased over the last decads. In 2005, tourism increased, making more than 4 billion dollars and 1 and a half billion were given by tourists. 2 million people per year go to Chile for some reason. Almost all of the people come from other countries in America, most of the people come from Argentina. Followed by a the United states, Europe, and Brazil. some tourism places are:
San Pedro de Atacama One of the most important touristic towns of Chile.
Easter Island An island known for its statues of ancesters and ancient people. Towers of Paine: An amazingly huge mountain splited into lots of towers.
Parinacota Volcano A famous volcanoes in Chile. It is near a lake.
Andes mountains One of the largest Mountain range in the world

Culture-TRADITIONS, LANGUAGE, CUSTUMES, FOOD.

Their Traditions

In Chile they celebrate:
January 1: New Year's Day
May 21: Navy Day Commemorates the great naval battle of Iquique and other naval victories
June 29: Saint Peter and Saint Paul Catholic feast celebrating these Saints.
July 16: Fiesta de la Virgin del Carmen feast celebrated by Catholics.
August 15: Assumption of Mary rembering Mary's passage to heaven
September 18: Independence Day Chileans clebrate their independence.
September 19: Armed Forces Day Honors the military and their past victories
October 12: Columbus Day (Day of the Race) Remember day Columbus arrived America.
December 25: Christmas Day Christmas in Chile.

Language Changing from El Salvador’s
2 LANGUAGE CHANGING EXAMPLES

1. The words ending in -ado like it is in El Salvador changes to create an -ao sound. Chileans like to talk fast and this helps them.
For example,
pasado (past) = pasao
For example: el tiempo está en pasao. (The time is in past)

lado(side) = lao
For example: se encuentra al otro lao. (It’s in the other side.)

2. “Po” is a means in Spanish “pues” like in El Salvador. In Chile it is often used to link between sentences or phrases. “Po” goes on the end of many things. In El Salvador we don’t do that.
For example:
¿Cómo estás?(How are you?) Bien po. (Good so)
¿Fuiste al mercado?(Did you g oto the market?) Sí, po (Yes so)

Typical Costumes

The Chilean dress up is the typical outfit of the Huaso. Very different to El Salvador’s because women in Chile use big colorful dresses with patterns, the upper part looks like a separated shirt but it is par of the dress but is completely white, with some rag that mach the dresses colors, they use colorful necklaces, sandals and a striped shawl.
Men use some straw made hats, dark trousers, dark moccasins for the shoes, white long sleeves shirt and over the shirt a “sarape” with patterns and many colors.

It's FOOD

Breakfast in Chile is regularly a loaf of bread with toppings and coffey or tea. Bread is bought fresh daily from a corner bakery, shop, or a bread salesman that travels around the neighborhood.
In El Salvador it instead would be 2 tortillas, beans and coffey. (Some carbohydrates and proteins.)

he largest meal of the day is lunch. Which usually has traditional Chilean dishes like Cazuela (a stew), Pastel de Choclo (similar to Shepard pie), or a wide variety of bean dishes. In rural areas, lunch hour means businesses will close. In El Salvador it would be some rice, fruits or vegetables, meat and juice or some tipical food. (Again proteins, carbohydrates and vegetables or fruits.)

"Once" is a light meal eaten between 4 and 7 in the afternoon. Often times this is a repeat of breakfast; with bread and sandwich toppings with some tea or coffee a tradition is that men drink their liquor at that time. In El Salvador we don’t have “Once” it is optional,

Dinner will be the size of lunch with traditional Chilean food for some families; other families would have a dinner bigger than lunch. In El Salvador there can be some typical food with fruit or vegetable juice or something hot like coffey.

TYPICAL FOOD: 1 Pastel de Choclo, 2 Chilean Salad, 3 Salsa de Cilantro Prebe,
4 Chilean Salsa.