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Chile
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Figure 5. Easter Island (Isla de Pascua), 1986
A monolith (Moai) on Easter Island
Courtesy Embassy of Chile, Washington
Chile may have a "crazy" geography, but it is also a
land of
unparalleled beauty, with an incredible variety that has
fascinated
visitors since the Spanish conquest. Because Chile extends
from a
point about 625 kilometers north of the Tropic of
Capricorn to a
point hardly more than 1,400 kilometers north of the
Antarctic
Circle, within its territory can be found a broad
selection of the
earth's climates. For this reason, geographically it is
possible to
speak of several Chiles. The country usually is divided by
geographers into five regions: the far north, the near
north,
central Chile, the south, and the far south. Each has its
own
characteristic vegetation, fauna, climate, and, despite
the
omnipresence of both the Andes and the Pacific, its own
distinct
topography.
Data as of March 1994
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