National Government
Chile Government

National Law
Ministry of Justice

National Police
Police

National Capital
Santiago (official)
Valparaíso (legislative)

National Population
19,116,201
Latest population

Independence Day
September 18

National Helplines
Police - 133
Ambulance - 131
Fire - 132
Child help-line - 147
Wildfire/forest fire or vegetation fire - 130
Useful mnemonic is ABC123 : Ambulancia (Ambulance) 131, Bomberos (Fire) 132, Carabineros (Police) 133. 911 redirects to 133
Tollfree Airline - 800-735-5526

Emergency numbers
Ambulance: 131
Fire: 132
Police 132

National Languages
Spanish
English
indigenous
Other
Unspecified
Note: shares sum to more than 100 because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census

National Currency
Chilean Peso
CLP

National Animal
American huemul

National Bird
The Andean condor

National Flower
Lapageria rosea

National Fruit


Bordering countries
Argentina, Bolivia, Peru

NGO Shopping Malls
"Self esteem" : This is additional benefit the NGOs give to communities they serve when they sell products made by them. Corporates know the reachout & relations of NGOs with communities. So they may use NGOs to sell their products or services. So NGOs can be Mini Shopping Malls, selling products of & to communities.

Alianza Esprititualista Internacional (AEI)
Asociacion de Facultades de Ingenieria de Sistemas de America Latine (AFISAL)
Asociacion Latinoamericana de Acuicultura
Asociacion Latinoamericana de Archivos (ALA)
Casa de la Paz, Santiago de Chile
Center for Information on Migration in Latin America
Centro Interuniversitario de Desarrollo (CINDA)
Centro Latinoamericano para les Relaciones con Europa (CELARE)
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
Comite Regional de Sanidad Vegetal del Cono Sur (COSAVE)
Consejo de Directores de Carretera de Iberia e Iberoamerica
Coordination for Latin America Southern Cone Fishworkers
Coporacion de Investigaciones Economicas para Lationamerica (CIEPLAN)
El Agua S.A.
Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, Chile
Federacion de Periodistas Deportivos de America (FEPEDA)
FOCUS
Fundacion Chol Chol
Help for the Andes Foundation
Information Network on Education for Latin America
Institute of International Studies of the University of Chile
Instituto Latinoamericano de Doctrinas y Estudios Sociales (ILADES)
Mundo Accion Regional, Temuco, Chile
NESsT
Organización Mundial Ciudadana ACODECIU INTERNACIONAL
OSCUS
Patagonia Compassion
The Chol-Chol Foundation for Human Development
Un Techo para mi País
Universidad La Republica de Santiago de Chile
Universidad Santa Maria, Sede Vina del Mar, Chile, Sudamerica
VE Global

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