Have you ever noticed Chile’s unique shape? Squished in between the Andes mountain range and the Pacific Ocean is 19.5 million people, but most of them live near Santiago.
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Satellite image of Central Chile showing the effects of the current forest fires, February 07 2023.
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Population density map of Chile (minus some outlying islands).
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Map of the Captaincy General of Chile or Kingdom of Chile in 1775.
Boundaries based on the 1775 map of South America by Juan de la Cruz Cano y Olmedilla and the 1973 general map of the Kingdom of Chile by Andrés Baleato.
It includes all the territories assigned de iure without prejudice of whether they had effective possession. Among these are the Magellanic Lands (Modern Chile or Patagonia), Atacama, the Province of Cuyo (segregated a year later), Chiloé, San Carlos Island (Rapa Nui), Terra Australis (Antarctica), among other territories. It includes settlements in force in 1775 as well as those destroyed in the Araucanía area and abandoned in the Strait of Magellan.
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