Travel and Tourism - Chile - November 2014
Chile – Key Facts
 
Capital: 	Santiago	
Population: 	17,363,894 (July 2014 est)	
Climate: 	Temperate with desert in the north, Mediterranean in the central regions, and a cool and damp climate in the south	
Language:  	Spanish – official (99.5%), English (10.2%), indigenous (1% – includes Mapudungun, Aymara, Quechua, Rapa Nui), other (2.3%), unspecified (0.2%) (2012 census). (Note: sum is more than 100% as some subjects gave more than one answer)	
Total area:  	756,102 sq km	
Ethnic groups: 	White and non-indigenous (88.9%), Mapuche (9.1%), Aymara (0.7%), other indigenous groups (1%), unspecified (0.3%) (2012 est)	
Religion:  	Roman Catholic (66.7%), Evangelical or Protestant (16.4%), Jehovah’s Witnesses (1%), other (3.4%), none (11.5%), unspecified (1.1%) (2012 est)	
Currency: 	Chilean Peso (CLP)	
Total tourist arrivals:  	3.6 million (2013, Sernatur) 	
Total international tourism receipts: 	US$24 billion (2014 est, Sernatur)	
GDP: 	US$281.7 billion (2013 est, CIA World Factbook)	
Unemployment rate:  	6% (2013 est, CIA World Factbook)	
Major airports: 	Santiago (Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport),
Arica, Antofagasta, Iquique, Puerto Montt, Punta Arenas, Temuco	
Major ports and harbours:  	Coronel, Huasco, Lirquen, Puerto Ventanas, San Antonio, San Vicente, Valparaiso