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How much do you know about chile in the "Kingdom of Copper Mines"? Chilean trivia come to Get

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1. The Republic of Chile (Spanish: República de Chile), abbreviated as "Chile", is located in southwestern South America, in the western foothills of the Andes. It is bordered by Argentina to the east, Peru and Bolivia to the north, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Antarctica to the south across the sea.

2. Chile's coastline is about 10,000 km long, 4,352 km long from north to south, and the narrowest from east to west is 96.8 km. The widest 362.3 kilometers, is the world's most narrow terrain of the country, at the same time is a country across 38 latitudes, is also the world's largest number of across the latitude of the country, so the local climate is very complex and diverse, the territory includes at least seven or more climate types, including humid subtropical climate, desert climate, subtropical Mediterranean climate, temperate broadleaf forest climate, etc., most areas are divided into spring, summer, autumn and winter four seasons.

3. Chile has a land area of 756626 square kilometers (of which the land area is 756253 square kilometers and the island area is 373 square kilometers), with a population of 19.67 million, ranking seventh among South American countries.

4. Chile is a member of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States and the South American Progressive Forum, together with Argentina and Brazil, known as the ABC Countries.

5. Have a high degree of international competitiveness and quality of life, a stable political environment, a globalized and liberal economic environment, as well as a low perception of corruption and a relatively low poverty rate. In 2010, Chile became the first OECD member in South America.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (French: Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques), or OECD for short, is an intergovernmental international economic organization composed of 38 market economy countries. It aims to jointly address the economic, social and governmental challenges posed by globalization and to seize the opportunities brought about by globalization. Founded in 1961, it has a total of 38 member states and is headquartered in Paris.

6. Chile is the country with the largest copper reserves in the world, and the country with the largest production and export of copper in the world, so it enjoys the reputation of "copper mine kingdom", Escondida copper mine is currently the world's highest annual output of open-pit copper mine.

7. Chile is generally stable, the market is highly open, and the human development index ranks first in South America.

8. Chile and Peru, which make up the "left" of South America, were historically Spanish colonial zones. Therefore, the official language is Spanish, mapuche is spoken in rural areas, and English is also a commonly used foreign language.

9. Chile is dominated by roads and natural and convenient shipping, which directly forms the "Pan-American Highway", from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, the southernmost point of the Americas.

10. The first South American country to establish diplomatic relations with China on December 15, 1970.

11. The national flower is the red bell orchid, known as the flower of heroes, which is a witness to the Chilean rebellion against Spanish rule.

12. Chile ranks first in South America in the number of obese people, and the latest data show that 63.1% of Chileans are overweight, and the proportion is still on the rise.

According to 2017 data from the Chilean Ministry of Health, 1 person dies of obesity every hour, and even 30% of pet dogs are facing the problem of losing weight [petrified].

13. Chile is a country with a high incidence of earthquakes, in 1900, Chile caused the strongest earthquake in human history - 9.5 magnitude, more than 1500 people lost their lives, more than 2000 people were left homeless.

14. The smallest deer in the world is the Chilean Pudu deer, this mini deer, when it is born, has a body length of about 20 cm and a weight of less than 1 kg, and an adult deer is only 80 cm long and weighs no more than 10 kg. The most interesting thing is that when threatened, it will run away in a z-shape.

15. The world's favorite and least rain-loving places are in Chile.

The Atacama Desert in northern Chile, the driest place in the world, saw not a single drop of rain between 1845 and 1936 and averaged less than 0.1 mm of precipitation per year.

In Felix Bay, on the island of Sora Creek, it rains an average of 325 days a year.

16. Chile is a famous producer of cherries, 85% of the country's cherries are sold to China every year, 200,000 tons of cherries, feeding 500,000 fruit farmers.

17. Chile is already faster than many countries in terms of power supply, and 30% of the local electricity consumption is generated by green energy solar energy. There are more than 88 solar power plants in the local area, which is the country with the largest number of solar power stations in the entire Americas.

18. Chile has the largest swimming pool in the world! Located in the coastal city of Algarrobo, this pool is the length of 20 Olympic-sized pools.

19. Chile is the only official department in the world that specializes in UFOs [applause]

20.Chile supported China's accession to the World Trade Organization, recognized China's market economy status in 2004, and signed a free trade agreement with China in 2005, and was the first non-ASEAN country to sign a free trade agreement with China.

21. In 2016, China and Chile signed the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement, and today, China is Chile's largest trading partner, with twice the volume of trade as Chile's second largest trading partner.

22. Chile has rich mineral resources, reserves of about 150 million tons, accounting for nearly 30% of the world's reserves, ranking first, but also the first large rhenium producer, the third largest molybdenum producer, lithium ore reserves rank second in the world, in addition to Chile's Atacama Salt Lake is the world's largest salt lake.

23.Chile is one of the richer countries in South America, mainly due to the country's abundant mining industry, which ranks alongside forestry, fisheries and agriculture as the four pillars of the domestic economy. Forestry is dominated by scarce and precious timber, is the largest exporter of forest products in Latin America, and is also the world's main producer of farmed salmon and trout.

24. Chile has developed transportation, with 6,000 kilometers of railways, of which 2,800 kilometers of high-speed rail, with a speed of up to 310 kilometers per hour, and 77,800 kilometers of roads, of which the Pan-American Highway is 3,363 kilometers long, the longest highway in Latin America.

25. Chile has the highest rate of unmarried births in the world, and more than 70% of newborns are born before marriage.

26.Chile is the world's third largest exporter of kiwifruit and the fourth largest grower of kiwifruit, with a planted area of up to 8186 hectares.

27. In Chile there is a very strange beer: brewed with corn spit out of a human mouth. [Cover your face] After passing through the population, corn is treated with various sugar hydrolytic enzymes in the mouth and can be used directly to make wine.

28. The Latin scientific name of the "panda ant" is Euspinolia militaris, alias Panda Ant. First discovered in Chile in 1938, it is not a real ant, but an ant bee that looks like an ant, black and white fluff, giving them the reputation of "panda".

How much do you know about chile in the "Kingdom of Copper Mines"? Chilean trivia come to Get

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