The 1999 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ permanent crops: 0%

       permanent pastures: 18%

       forests and woodland: 22%

       other: 55% (1993 est.)

      Irrigated land: 12,650 sq km (1993 est.)

      Natural hazards: severe earthquakes; active volcanism; tsunamis

      Environment—current issues: air pollution from industrial and vehicle emissions; water pollution from raw sewage; deforestation contributing to loss of biodiversity; soil erosion; desertification

      Environment—international agreements:

       party to: Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty,

       Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species,

       Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine

       Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution,

       Wetlands, Whaling

       signed, but not ratified: Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol

      Geography—note: strategic location relative to sea lanes between

       Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (Strait of Magellan, Beagle Channel,

       Drake Passage); Atacama Desert is one of world's driest regions

      People

      Population: 14,973,843 (July 1999 est.)

      Age structure:

       0–14 years: 28% (male 2,137,255; female 2,044,605)

       15–64 years: 65% (male 4,845,523; female 4,885,328)

       65 years and over: 7% (male 440,010; female 621,122) (1999 est.)

      Population growth rate: 1.23% (1999 est.)

      Birth rate: 17.81 births/1,000 population (1999 est.)

      Death rate: 5.53 deaths/1,000 population (1999 est.)

      Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1999 est.)

      Sex ratio:

       at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

       under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female

       15–64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female

       65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female

       total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (1999 est.)

      Infant mortality rate: 10.02 deaths/1,000 live births (1999 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth: total population: 75.46 years male: 72.33 years female: 78.75 years (1999 est.)

      Total fertility rate: 2.25 children born/woman (1999 est.)

      Nationality: noun: Chilean(s) adjective: Chilean

      Ethnic groups: white and white-Amerindian 95%, Amerindian 3%, other 2%

      Religions: Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 11%, Jewish less than 1%

      Languages: Spanish

      Literacy:

       definition: age 15 and over can read and write

       total population: 95.2%

       male: 95.4%

       female: 95% (1995 est.)

      Government

      Country name:

       conventional long form: Republic of Chile

       conventional short form: Chile

       local long form: Republica de Chile

       local short form: Chile

      Data code: CI

      Government type: republic

      Capital: Santiago

      Administrative divisions: 13 regions (regiones, singular—region);

       Aisen del General Carlos Ibanez del Campo, Antofagasta, Araucania,

       Atacama, Bio-Bio, Coquimbo, Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins,

       Los Lagos, Magallanes y de la Antartica Chilena, Maule, Region

       Metropolitana, Tarapaca, Valparaiso

       note: the US does not recognize claims to Antarctica

      Independence: 18 September 1810 (from Spain)

      National holiday: Independence Day, 18 September (1810)

      Constitution: 11 September 1980, effective 11 March 1981; amended 30 July 1989

      Legal system: based on Code of 1857 derived from Spanish law and subsequent codes influenced by French and Austrian law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; does not accept compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

      Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal and compulsory

      Executive branch:

       chief of state: President Eduardo FREI Ruiz-Tagle (since 11 March

       1994); note—the president is both the chief of state and head of

       government

       head of government: President Eduardo FREI Ruiz-Tagle (since 11

       March 1994); note—the president is both the chief of state and head

       of government

       cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president

       elections: president elected by popular vote for a six-year term;

       election last held 11 December 1993 (next to be held NA December

       1999)

       election results: Eduardo FREI Ruiz-Tagle elected president; percent

       of vote—Eduardo FREI Ruiz-Tagle (PDC) 58%, Arturo ALESSANDRI 24.4%,

       other 17.6%

      Legislative branch: bicameral National Congress or Congreso

       Nacional consists of the Senate or Senado (48 seats, 38 elected by

       popular vote; members serve eight-year terms—one-half elected every

       four years) and the Chamber of Deputies or Camara de Diputados (120

       seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)

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