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Chile, officially theRepublic of Chile, is a country in westernSouth America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest toAntarctica, extending along a narrow strip of land between theAndes Mountains and thePacific Ocean. According to the 2024 census, Chile had an enumerated population of 18.5 million. The country covers a territorial area of 756,102 square kilometers (291,933 sq mi), sharing borders withPeru to the north,Bolivia to the northeast,Argentina to the east, and theDrake Passage to the south. It also administers several Pacific islands, includingJuan Fernández,Isla Salas y Gómez,Desventuradas, andEaster Island, and claims about 1,250,000 square kilometers (480,000 sq mi) of Antarctica as theChilean Antarctic Territory. The capital and largest city isSantiago, and the national language isSpanish.
Spain conquered and colonized the region in the mid-16th century, replacingInca rule; however, theyfailed to conquer the autonomous tribalMapuche people who inhabited what is now south-central Chile. Chile emerged as a relatively stable authoritarian republic in the 1830s after its 1818declaration of independence fromSpain. During the 19th century, Chile experienced significant economic and territorial growth,putting an end to Mapuche resistance in the 1880s and gaining its current northern territory in theWar of the Pacific (1879–83) by defeating Peru and Bolivia.
In the 20th century, until the 1970s, Chile underwent a process ofdemocratization and experienced rapid population growth andurbanization, while relying increasingly on exports fromcopper mining to supportits economy. During the 1960s and 1970s, the country was marked by severe left-rightpolitical polarization and turmoil, which culminated in the11 September 1973 coup d'état that overthrewSalvador Allende's democratically electedleft-wing government, with support from theUnited States. This was followed by a16-and-a-half-year right-wing military dictatorship led byAugusto Pinochet, during which the1980 Constitution was enacted, along with numerous political and economic reforms, and which was marked by widespreadhuman rights violations, including more than3,000 deaths and disappearances. The regime ended in 1990, following areferendum in 1988, and was succeeded by acenter-left coalition, which ruled until 2010. (Full article...)
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Thecoat of arms of Pichilemu (Spanish:Escudo de armas de Pichilemu) is the officialheraldic symbol representing thecity ofPichilemu, thecapital of theChilean province ofCardenal Caro. It consists of aparty per cross referencing the importance of tourism in Pichilemu, and the commune's agricultural,huaso origins. The coat of arms is crested with a "symbolical representation of Pichilemu's past and present: abalustrade fused in amitre", worn byJosé María Caro Rodríguez, the firstCardinal of the ChileanRoman Catholic Church, who was born in the village ofSan Antonio de Petrel, in Pichilemu.
In September 1986, themunicipality of Pichilemu and the Council of Communal Development (CODECO) made a public call for tenders to create a coat of arms for the commune, similar to that of the province of Cardenal Caro. A design made by Hernán Martínez Morales fromCuricó was eventually adopted by the local government on 19 December 1986, under the administration ofMayorRené Maturana Maldonado. (Full article...)
Pedro Gutiérrez de Valdivia or Valdiva (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈpeðɾoðeβalˈdiβja]; April 17, 1497 – December 25, 1553) was a Spanishconquistador and the first Governor ofColonial Chile. After having served with theSpanish army inItaly andFlanders, he was sent toSouth America in 1535, where he served as a soldier under thePizarro brothers inPeru, gradually rising in power.
In 1540, Valdivia led an expedition of 150 Spaniards and 1,000Peruvian Indians into Chile, where he defeated a large force of indigenous warriors and foundedSantiago in 1541. He extended Spanish rule south to theBiobío River in 1546, fought again in Peru (1546–1548), and returned to Chile as Royal Governor in 1549. In 1550, he expanded Spanish rule further south intoAraucanía, where he founded the city ofConcepción and the eponymous city ofValdivia. He was captured and killed byMapuche Indians during theArauco War in 1553. (Full article...)
TheHuilliche (Spanish pronunciation:[(g)wi.ˈʝi.tʃe], Huilliche pronunciation:[wi.ˈʎi.tʃe]),Huiliche orHuilliche-Mapuche are the southern partiality of theMapuche macroethnic group inChile andArgentina. Located in theZona Sur, they inhabit bothFutahuillimapu ("great land of the south") and, as theCunco orVeliche subgroup, the northern half ofChiloé Island. The Huilliche are the principal Indigenous people of those regions. According toRicardo E. Latcham the term Huilliche started to be used in Spanish after the second founding ofValdivia in 1645, adopting the usage of the Mapuches ofAraucanía for the southern Mapuche tribes. Huilliche means 'southerners' (Mapudungunwilli 'south' andche 'people'.) A genetic study showed significant affinities between Huilliches and Indigenous peoples east of the Andes, which suggests but does not prove a partial origin in present-day Argentina.
During the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, the mainland Huilliche were generally successful at resistingSpanish encroachment. However, after theFigueroa incursion of 1792 Huilliches were decisively defeated and their territory was gradually opened to European settlement beginning with theParliament of Las Canoas. Today, most Huilliche speak Spanish, but some, especially older adults, speak theHuilliche language.Laurelia sempervirens, known in Huillichetriwe and in Spanish aslaurel, is the ritual tree of the Huilliche of Futahuillimapu. (Full article...)
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