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Chile travel guide

Population:  16,888,760
Size:  756,950 km2

Capital city: Santiago de Chile.

Languages: Spanish, plus several indigenous languages.

Famous for: Literature and poetry.

Popular cuisine: Fresh fish is very popular and there are strong Spanish, German and traditional Andean influences apparent in the country’s cuisine.

Popular drinks: Red wine from Chile’s many vineyards and pisco sours (Chile and Peru both claim to have invented this refreshing lemon, egg white and pisco based cocktail, both countries prepare it deliciously).

National music: Folklore, rock.

Famous Chileans: Pablo Neruda (poet), Isabel Allende (novelist).

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