Chile

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Seventh largest producer of wine.
The oldest mummies are in Chile – Chinchorro Mummies from 5050 BC.
Driest and highest desert – Atacama
Isolated from the rest of the world by the Atacama Dessert, the Andes, Antarctica and the Pacific Ocean.
Andes mountains have some of the largest and most active volcanoes – 1,300 in total.
Mataveri International Airport on Easter Island is the remotest airport from any other airport.
Husbands and wives with the same last name are considered brothers and sisters.
Longest country in the world – 2650 miles.
Chileans don’t pay income tax. Men and Women get equal pay and the have the highest standard of living in South America.

Valparaiso has the largest fireworks show in South America for New Years.
The national drink is Pisco sour.
Chile has the world’s largest reserve (one quarter) of copper.
Chilean National Library is the largest Spanish library outside Spain.
World’s smallest deer – Pudu lives in Chile.
World largest swimming pool in Algarrobo City.
Penguin Species: Southern Rock-hopper, Macaroni, Magellanic, Humboldt.
One of the two countries in South America that does not border Brazil.
80% of the South American glaciers lie in Chile.
El Mercurio is the largest Spanish Chilean Newspaper. The Valparaiso edition is the oldest circulating Spanish language newspapers.
UFOs are seen in Chilean skies more than anywhere else in the world.