Chile Total population: 17 million HDI: 0.822

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Chile Total population: 17 million HDI: 0.822 Spanish Conquistadors heard the name from the Incans in the 1500’s First European: Ferdinand Magellan

Chile Today President Feb. 27, 2010 – 8.8 earthquake, 5th largest ever recorded and tsunami. 500 deaths, million lost homes Aug. 2010 – 33 miners trapped and rescued after 17 days Highest degree of economic freedom in South America

Santiago, Chile Lake houses in southern Chile Capital of Chile, Santiago 40% of Chile’s population Lake houses in southern Chile

Ther Andes Mountains

Landscape Chile stretches 2,670 miles and widest point is 217 miles Longest north-south country in world Controls Easter Island Andes – longest mountain range, 4300 miles long Highest mountain range outside Asia Highest peak – Mt. Aconcagua – 22,000 feet On Ring of Fire

Atacama Desert, Chile 600 mi. plateau, driest non-polar desert

Named after Simon Bolivar Bolivia Named after Simon Bolivar

Landscape Lake Titicaca – highest navigable lake in the world, on border between Peru and Bolivia, largest lake in South America

La Paz, Bolivia, executive and legislative branch On the Altiplano, second highest plateau in the world Typical Bolivian street

Sucre, judicial capital

Ecuador Includes Galapagos Islands Colonized by Spain Largest city is Guayaquil

Highest waterfall in Ecuador

Quito, the capital of Ecuador