Chile (
i// or
/ˈtʃɪli/[7]), officially the
Republic of Chile (
Spanish:
República de
Chile,
[reˈpuβlika ðe
ˈtʃile] (
listen)),
is a South American country occupying a long, narrow strip of land between the
Andes mountains to the east and the
Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders
Peru
to the north,
Bolivia to the
northeast,
Argentina to the east,
and the
Drake Passage in
the far south. Chilean territory includes the Pacific islands of
Juan
Fernández,
Salas y Gómez,
Desventuradas, and
Easter Island. Chile also
claims about 1,250,000 square kilometres (480,000 sq mi) of
Antarctica, although all claims are suspended under
the
Antarctic Treaty.
More at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile
No comments:
Post a Comment