Travelling Chile
// January 19th, 2010 // No Comments » // Tourism places
The country of Chile is a republic settled on the southwestern coast of South America . It partakes borders with Argentina to the east, Bolivia to the northeast and Peru to the north. Chile is divided into 13 regions.
A long and narrow coastal region on the west side of the Andes Mountains, Chile stretches over 4,630 km north to south, but only 430 km at its widest point east to west. The economic system is generally export driven. Its main export product still continues to be copper, followed by agribusiness products. While the main industry of the northern part of Chile is mostly mining related, the southern half has quite an extensive agricultural and dairy industry. (more…)
