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Chile is a country in South America.
Insignia
Chile’s official emblems as stated in the Chilean Political Constitution[1] are the flag, the coat of arms, and the national anthem.
Official emblems
National Anthem,
instrumental versionNational Anthem with lyrics
Historical flags and coats of arms
- Flag of the Old Republic (1812 - 1814)
- Transition period flag (1817 - 1818)
- Coat of arms of the old republic (1812 - 1814)
- Transition period coat of arms (1818 - 1834)
- 1834-1920
Official logos[2],[3]
- Chile official logo in red, primary version
- Chile official logo in red
- Chile official logo in blue, primary version
- Chile official logo in blue
- Chile official logo in cerulean, primary version
- Chile official logo in cerulean
- Chile official logo in yellow, primary version
- Chile official logo in yellow
- Chile official logo in grey, primary version
- Chile official logo in grey
- Chile official logo for Korea
- Chile official logo for Korea, in blue
- Chile official logo for Japan
- Chile official logo for Japan, in blue
Other coats of arms, emblems and flags
- Emblem of the Chilean Republic
- Cockade of Chile
- Presidential Flag
- Coat of arms of the Chilean army
- Coat of arms of the Chilean navy
- Coat of arms of the Chilean air force
- Roundel of the Carabineros de Chile
- Logo of the Chilean Investigative Police
- Coat of arms of the Chilean Gendarmerie
- Naval Jack of Chile
- Flag of the Spanish Empire, 16th Century
Institutions
- National Congress, Legislative Power
- La Moneda, Executive Power
- Tribunals Palace, Judicial Power
- Comptroller General of Chile
- Constitutional Court
- National Statistics Institute
- Central Bank
Maps
- General Map Of Chile
- Situation on South-America
- Orthographic Projection
- Topographic Map
- Chilean Territories and Reclamations
- Blank Map of Chilean Regions
- Blank Map of Chilean Provinces
- Blank Map of Chilean Communes
- Administrative Map with Cities
- Population Density Map (2006)
- Human Development Index Map (2010)
- Satellite Image of Chile
- Mt. Osorno and Mt. Calbuco
- metal exports
- earthquake fault
Chilean Regions
Click on some regional coat to see its respective gallery page
Chilean Cities
(Listed on north-south order)
Universities
- Inacap, National
Companies
- CCNI, Valparaíso
- Aguas Andinas, Santiago
- Teléfonica Chile S.A., Santiago
- Bethia Holdings, Santiago
Chilean Gastronomy
- Caldillo de congrio
- Paila marina
- Ajiaco
- Almejas a la parmesana
- Charquicán
- Empanadas de horno
- Pan batido/
Marraqueta/
Pan francés - Cazuela
- Umu (Isla de Pascua/Easter Island)
- Porotos
- Curanto (Chiloé)
- Asado
- Sopaipillas
- Chorrillana (Valparaíso)
- Chacarero
- Completo
- Pastel de choclo
- Terremoto (Santiago)
- Piscola
- Borgoña
- Cola de mono
- Chicha con vino pipeño
- Jote
- Cerveza
Old Pictures
- Main Square of Santiago, 1850
- View of Valparaíso about 1852
- Mapuche Family, 1860
- Firemen of Valparaíso on 1861
- Puerto Montt, 1862
- Chañarcillo Station, 1862
- De la Compañía Church After Fire of 1863
- San Francisco Square, Valparaíso, 1863
- Valparaíso stock exchange, 1867
- Alameda, Santigo, 1867
- Arica, 1868
- Regiment Nº5 of Chilean army, Antofagasta, 1879
- Easter Island, 1880
- Take of the Morro de Arica, 1880
- Inauguration of the Navy Memorial in Valparaíso, 1886
- Voting table for deputies in Valparaíso, 1888
- Arturo Prat Funeral on Valparaíso, 1888
- Balmacedists imprisoned in Valparaíso Jail, 1891
- Mapuches and Europeans, 1897
- Puerto Montt, 1899
- Hug of the Magelly Strait, between Chilean President Errázuriz and Argentinian General Roca, 1899
- Saltpetre Workers, 1900
- Prat square, Iquique, 1901
- Family of Italian Inmigrants, 1905
- Viña del Mar, 1906
- Pulpería (Shop) on nitrate camp in Tarapacá, 1906
- Mapuche Family, 1908
- Transandine Railway
- Vadivia, 1908-1919
- Concepción Independence Square
- Punta Arenas, 1910
- Selknam People on 1930
- Bombardment of Coquimbo, 1931
- Talcahuano, 1933
- Sewell, 1942
- Coup d'Etat of Santiago, 1973
Earthquakes in Chile
- Arica 9,0 MW Earthqueake, 1868
- Valparaíso 8,2 MW Earthquake, 1906
- Vallenar 8,5 MW Earthquake, 1922
- Talca 7,6 MW Earthquake, 1928
- Chillán 7,8 MW Earthquake, 1939
- Algarrobo 8,0 MW Earthquake (Photo of San Antonio), 1985
- Punitaqui 7,1 MW Earthquake, 1997
- Tarapacá 7,8 MW Earthquake, 2005
- Cauquenes 8,8 MW Earthquake (Photo from Concepción), 2010
Chileans
- José Miguel Carrera, military, politician
- Manuel Rodríguez, lawyer, politician, military
- Bernardo O'Higgins, military, politician
- Diego Portales, businessman, politician
- Manuel Blanco Encalada, sailor, politician
- Agustín Edwards Ossandón, businessman, politician
- Patricio Lynch, sailor, military, diplomat
- Eusebio Lillo, poet, journalist, politician
- José Manuel Balmaceda, lawyer, politician
- Arturo Prat, sailor, lawyer
- Gabriela Mistral, poet, pedagogue, diplomat, feminist
- Alberto Hurtado priest, saint of the catholic church.
- Vicente Huidobro, poet, author, screenwriter
- Salvador Allende, politician
- Augusto Pinochet, military and politician
- Pablo Neruda, poet, politician
- Nicanor Parra, (anti)poet, physicist, professor
- Violeta Parra, singer, composer, painter, poet
- Alejandro Jodorowsky, filmmaker, actor, author, musician, spiritual guru, etc.
- Mario Kreutzberger (Don Francisco), TV host, philanthropist
- Antonio Skármeta, author
- Elías Figueroa, former footballer
- Isabel Allende, author, journalist.
- Michelle Bachelet, politician
- Sebastián Piñera, politician
- Manuel Pellegrini, engineer, football coach
- Roberto Bolaño, author
- Cecilia Bolocco, former Miss Universe, TV host, fashion designer, etc.
- Miryam Hernández, singer, composer
- Iván Zamorano, footballer
- Marcelo Ríos, tennist
- Leopoldo (DJ)Méndez, singer, composer, producer, celebrity, etc.
- Leonor Varela, actress, model
- Benjamín Vicuña, actor
- Tonka Tomicic, TV host, model
- Américo, singer
- Tomás González, artistic gymnast
- Nicolás Massú, tennist
- Arturo Vidal, footballer
- Alexis Sánchez, footballer
- Denise Rosenthal, singer, composer, actress
UNESCO World Heritage Sites
- Humberstone
- Santa Laura
- Easter Island
- Valparaíso
- Sewell
- Chiloé Wood Churches
Promotional videos
- Chile
- Atacama
- Easter Island
- Chilean Patagonia
Observatories
High definition images
- Abandoned room, Humberstone
- Achauta Church interior
- Barón Elevator, Valparaíso
- Discobolus
- Dog Head
- Rano Raraku, Easter Island
- Perquilauquén Railway Bridge
- Achao Church
- París-Londres street
- Clock Tower, Iquique
- Parinacota Church
- Fort Bulnes
- San Pedro de Atacama Church
- Cemetery Nº 1, Valparaíso
- Factory of Giants, Easter Island
- Pereira Palace
- Gabriela Mistral House
- Pablo Neruda
National Railroad Museum - Tupungato volcano, Andes
Nature
Mountains
Peaks
La Junta Hill, Cochamó Valley Dientes de Navarino, Navarino Island Las Peinetas Hill, Villarrica National Park Colmillo del Diablo, Siete Tazas National Park Demetrio Hill Picacho or Puntiagudo Hill Fitz Roy Mount
Volcanoes
Ojos del Salado Volcano, the highest volcano of the world -22608 ft- Llullaillaco Volcano Tupungato Volcano Parinacota Volcano Licancabur Volcano Descabezado Grande and Cerro Azul Volcanoes Copahue Volcano Llaima Volcano Osorno Volcano 2011 Eruption Puyehue-Cordón CaulleVolcanoes Tres Cruces Volcano Incahuasi Volcano
Rivers
Mapocho River Andalién River Negro River Los Palos River Maule River Bio-Bío River Calle-Calle River Blanco River Aysén River Báker River Serrano River
Waterfalls
Tocoihue Waterfalls, Dalcahue, Chiloé Queulat Glacier Waterfall Princess's Fall, Malalcahuello León Fall, Pucón Laja Falls, Los Ángeles Bride's Veil Huilo-Huilo Falls Las Chilcas Falls
Lakes
Chungará Lake Rapel Lake Caburga Lake Conguillío Lake Llanquihue Lake Todos Los Santos Lake Puyehue Lake O´Higgins/San Martín Lake Yelcho Lake San Rafael Lake Cisnes Lake Espejo Lake Grey Lake Dickson Lake Northern Ice Field, 4 200 km² (1,600 sq mi) Southern Ice Fields, 16 800 km² (6,500 sq mi)
Glaciers
Brüggen/Pio XI Glacier, biggest glacier on southern hemisphere outside Antarctica Holanda Glacier Gabriel Quiroz Glacier Nef Glacier Nena Glacier Piloto Glacier Oriental Glacier San Quintín Glacier Italia Glacier Viedma Glacier Amalia Glacier Marinelli Glacier Grey Glacier
Fjords
Puyuhuapi Fjord Comau Fjord Última Esperanza Fjord Reloncaví Fjord Queulat Fjord
Islands
- Tierra del Fuego
- Islas Gordon, Hoste, O'Brian, London, Londonberry, Darwin, Thompson, Olga, Waterman, Tomás, Carolina, Morton, Henderson, Juaréguiberry e islas Ildefonso.
- Islas Navarino, Button, Mascart, Edwards, Bertrand, Slipe, Solitario y Hermanos.
- Islas Picton, Lennox y Nueva
- Isla Grande de Chiloé
- Islas Quinchao, Chelín, Lemuy, Quehui, Chaulinec, Apiao, Alao, Linlín, Lingua, Quenac, Meulín, Teuquelín, Cahuach.
- Islas Coldita, San Pedro, Laitec, Cailín, Chaullín, Tranqui, Acuy.
- Islas Chulín, Chuit, Imerquiña, Nayahué, Autén, Talcán, LLahuén.
- Isla de Pascua
- Isla Sala y Gómez
- Isla Mocha.
- Isla Robinson Crusoe.
- Isla Quiriquina.
Atacama Desert
Atacama Valley Desert, Near Tal-Tal ALMA Observatory on Chajnantor Plateau Ice Penitents Flowered Desert Observatory on Paranal Hill Chuquicamata Mine Talar Salar Atacama Salar Moon Valley Tatio Geysers Laguna Verde Rock Formation Observatory on a snowy La Silla Hill Desert after rain La Portada, Antofagasta Desert Hand Morro de Arica Atacama or Martian Landscape?
Other Countryside
Chile from the Space Robinson Crusoe Island Cape Horn Lighthouse, the southernmost lighthouse in the american continent Diego Ramírez islands and it's lighthouse, last place before the Antarctic. Ancud Cliffs, Chiloé Beagle Channel Strait of Magellan Cape Horn Milodón Cave Marble Cathedral Rainbow Valley Tinoco Tunnel Malleco Viaduct Villa Las Estrellas (Stars Town), Antarctica - Rebolledo bridge
Flora
- Español: Araucaria AraucanaEnglish: Araucaria Araucana
- Español: AlerceEnglish: Fitzroya
- Español: Palma ChilenaEnglish: Chilean Palmtree
- Español: RaulíEnglish: Raulí
- Español: CopihueEnglish: Copihue or Chilean Bellflower
- Español: Azara PetiolarisEnglish: Azara Petiolaris
- Español: Papas de ChiloéEnglish: Potatos from Chiloé
- Español: Frutillas/FresasEnglish: Strawberries
Fauna
Mammals
- Español: PumaEnglish: Puma/Cougar/
Mountain Lion - Español: HuemulEnglish: South Andean Deer
- Español: Pudú
(Pudu puda)English: Southern Pudu (Pudu puda) - Español: GüiñaEnglish: Kodkod
- Español: Gato MontésEnglish: Geoffroy's Cat
- Español: Zorro ChiloteEnglish: Darwin's Fox
- Español: Zorro CulpeoEnglish: Culpeo
- Español: VicuñaEnglish: Vicuña
- Español: AlpacaEnglish: Alpaca
- Español: LlamasEnglish: Llamas
- Español: GuanacoEnglish: Guanaco
- Español: Murciélago VampiroEnglish: Common Vampire Bat
- Español: Quirquincho AndinoEnglish: Andean Hairy Armadillo
- Español: QuirquinchoEnglish: Piche
- Español: QuiqueEnglish: Lesser Grison
- Español: VizcachaEnglish: Southern Viscacha
- Español: Chinchilla Cola LargaEnglish: Long Tailed Chinchilla
- Español: Ballena AzulEnglish: Blue Whale
- Español: OrcaEnglish: Killer Whale
- Español: Delfín OscuroEnglish: Dusky Dolphin
- Español: Lobo FinoEnglish: Lobo Fino
Marsupials
- Español: Monito del MonteEnglish: Monito del Monte
Birds
- Condor.
- Flamenco andino/Andean Flamingo.
- Ñandú.
- Avoceta andina/Andean Avocet.
- Southern Lapwing.
- Picaflor de Juan Fernández/Juan Fernández Firecrown.
- Chuncho/
Austral Pygmy-Owl - Loica.
- Zorzal chileno/Austral Thrush.
- Bandurrias/Black-faced Ibises.
- Águila Mora/
Black Chested Buzzard Eagle - Cisnes de cuello negro/Blackneck swan.
- Cachaña/Austral Parakeet.
- Gaviota de cola negra/Belcher's Gull.
- Pato overo/Chiloe Wigeon.
- Tagua Gigante/
Fulica gigantea - Cauquén comùn.
- Gaviotín Monja/
Larosterna inca - Cauquén de Magallanes/Magellan Goose.
- Chincol/Rufous-collaredSparrow
- Jote de Cabeza Negra/Coragyps atratus
- Tiuque/
Chimango Caracara - Pinguino de Magallanes /Magellanic Penguin.
Fish
- Tollo de Cachos
- Lisa
- Puye
- Sierra
- Palometa
- Lamprea Chilena
- Merluza Chilena
- Tiburón de Aleta Corta
- Anchoveta
- Albacora
- Trucha Arcoíris
- Jurel
- Tiburón Azulejo/Blue shark
- Carpa/Common carp
Spiders
- Español: Araña del RincónEnglish: Corner Spider
- Español: Araña PollitoEnglish: Chilean Rose Tarantula
- Español: Araña Poto Colorado o del TrigoEnglish: Black Widow
- Español: Araña TigreEnglish: Tiger Spider
- Español: Araña LoboEnglish: Wolf Spider
- ↑ Chile’s political constitution Article 2, Political Constitution of Chile -1980, BCN Chilean congress library
- ↑ Official website for Chile archive copy at the Wayback Machine This is Chile, Creative Commons Atribución-Compartir Igual 3.0 (share alike), retrieved on January 18, 2015
- ↑ Chile’s official brand. Archived from the original on 2015-09-27. Retrieved on 2014-10-01.