Where is Chile?

• Santiago, Chile is 4,700 miles from Oklahoma or 9 ½ hours by plane

Map

• Chile is 2,650 miles long– It is one of the longest

countries in the world

• The widest part of the country is only 221 miles wide

• Capital city is Santiago in the center part of the country

Santiago

The Flag

Motto and Coat of Arms

• Por la razón o la fuerza"By reason or by force" 

The National Flower and Bird

The Copihue

Chilean Bell Flower

The Condor

The Capital

• La Moneda—the capital building where the president works

• La Plaza de Armas is a historic part of the city

• Santa Lucia—a park in the middle of the city that is a great lookout place

On the way to the bus station

1) A city bus

2) A church

3) The bus station

What does Chile look like?

It all depends on what you are looking for…

Trip to Viña del Mar

• The weekend after Thanksgiving, we took a 6 hour night bus south

• We did a lot of sight-seeing

Geographic Forms

• Chile has a wide range of geographic forms

• Some of these include:– Andes Mountains– Coastlines– Deserts– Frozen land

Easter Island

• This island is hundreds of miles off the coast of Chile but it is still a part of the country.

• Statures like this stand on the island but no one knows why they were built

Climate

• The climate varies from the Northern part of Chile to the Southern part– It is hot and dry in the North– It is cold and wet in the South

• In the center part of the

country, it is green and

warm. This is where you

find the vineyards.

• The official language of Chile is Spanish

• Spanish is not the only language spoken there– English is being taught in the school systems– German→ in the Southern part of the country– Some Indigenous languages like Mapuche

Famous People

• Gabriela Mistral was the 1st Latin American to win the Noble Prize for Literature in1945

• She was from the Elqui Valley

• Pablo Neruda also won the Noble Prize in 1971

• This is his home in Vaparaíso

Schools• In Chile, students

wear uniforms• Elementary schools

are free to attend • High Schools are not

always– Public schools are– Private schools costs

a lot

• English is taught in schools

School Anniversary Week

Fun at school

• I worked with about 230 students from Pre-school through 8th grade.

• I helped teach English• Chile has a National

Teacher Day• The kids helped the

teachers celebrate

• Main Religion of Chile: Roman Catholic• Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 11% • There are many cathedrals that come in many

different shapes and sizes

Holidays

• El 18 de septiembre– Like the 4th of July for

the US– Parades,

performances and much more

• La Navidad• La Semana Santa

and La Pascua– Parades

• There are many different types of food– Cuezla – Carne de juego– Emanadas– Sea food– Pebre– Chilean Ensalada– Conpetos

• Chileans like a lot of meat and will have it for most all their meals

Sports and Games• Soccer or fútbol

– Chile is going to the World Cup this year!

• Rodeo is also popular• Kids Games

– Emboque– Trompo

Money

• The Chilean pesos are very colorful and each color has a different value

• It takes 500 Chilean pesos to make $1 US dollar.

• They use bills and coins

Fun Facts

• Chile has the driest desert in the world– The Atacama Desert

• Calama is a town in the desert that has never seen rain– This makes it the driest place in the world

• Penguins live on small

islands in Northern Chile.

Cueca→The National Dance

How do you dance the Cueca?