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GMT-4 in winter, GMT-3 in summer
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LanguagesOfficial language: Spanish Spoken languages: Indian dialects Business language: Spanish, English. Free translation tools in Chile : Babel Fish Free English-Spanish-English translation of texts and web pages Systran Free French-Spanish-French translation of texts and web pages Dictionarios.com Free Spanish-Catalan-English-French Dictionary |
ReligionReligious practises : Catholics 88.8% Protestants 11% Jews 0.2%. |
Political systemDemocratic republic, presidential regime. Since 1994, the president of the republic is elected for a 6-year term by universal suffrage. The National Legislative Congress is the Chilean two chambers parliament and composed of the senate ( 85 members) and the House of Representatives ( 120 members); legislative elections take place every 4 years. Michelle BACHELET has been president since 11th of March of 2006. |
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Tourist sites" Salto del Laja ", famous for the waterfalls. Another tourist attraction is Puyehne, in the province of Orsano, with its thermal springs, warm water swimming pools, and its lake strewed with beautiful islands. For more information about tourism
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FoodTraditional dishesCazuela (chicken stew with rices, corn, potatoes), Empanada (sort of doughnut stuffed with meat, poultry or fish with onions, eggs and olives), alpaca's steack (Altiplano), goat, fishes and seafood on the coast, local wines, pisco (brandy), chicha (fermented corn). There are numerous markets where it is possible to eat.
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