Chile

Why in news?

• Chileans voted overwhelmingly in favour of establishing a new constitution after one year of almost continuous social and violent protests.

About Chile:

• Chile is a country in western South America that occupies a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west.
• Chile covers an area of 756,096 square kilometres (291,930 sq mi) and has a population of 17.5 million as of 2017.
• The capital and largest city is Santiago, and the national language is Spanish.
• Chile is a founding member of the United Nations, the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the Pacific Alliance, and joined the OECD in 2010.

About Chilean economy:

• Chile is a World Bank high-income economy with high living standards.
• It is among South America's most economically and socially stable and prosperous nations and it leads Latin American nations in rankings of competitiveness, income per capita, globalization, state of peace, economic freedom, and low perception of corruption.
• It also ranks high regionally in sustainability of the state, and democratic development.

Borders and Geography:

• Chile borders Peru, Bolivia, Argentina.
• Chilean territory includes the Pacific islands of Juan Fernández, Isla Salas y Gómez, Desventuradas, and Easter Island in Oceania.
• Chile also claims about 1,250,000 square kilometres (480,000 sq mi) of Antarctica under the Chilean Antarctic Territory.
• It is the world's southernmost country that is geographically on the mainland.
• The diverse climate of Chile ranges from the world's driest desert in the north—the Atacama Desert—through a Mediterranean climate in the center, humid subtropical in Easter Island, to an oceanic climate, including alpine tundra and glaciers in the east and south.

PRELIMS QUESTION

Arrange the following capital cities in South America from north to south:
1.Bogota
2.La Paz
3.Santiago
4.Quito
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a)1-2-4-3
(b)1-4-2-3
(c)3-2-4-1
(d)1-3-4-2

Answer to prelims question