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Chile (/ˈtʃɪli/;Spanish: [ˈtʃile]), officially the Republic of Chile (Spanish: República de Chile ), is a South American country occupying a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far south. Chilean territory includes the Pacific islands of Juan Fernández, Salas y Gómez, Desventuradas, and Easter Island in Oceania. Chile also claims about 1,250,000 square kilometres (480,000 sq mi) of Antarctica, although all claims are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty.
The arid Atacama Desert in northern Chile contains great mineral wealth, principally copper. The relatively small central area dominates in terms of population and agricultural resources, and is the cultural and political center from which Chile expanded in the late 19th century when it incorporated its northern and southern regions. Southern Chile is rich in forests and grazing lands, and features a string of volcanoes and lakes. The southern coast is a labyrinth of fjords, inlets, canals, twisting peninsulas, and islands.
The peso is the currency of Chile. The current peso has circulated since 1975, with a previous version circulating between 1817 and 1960. Its symbol is defined as a letter S with either one or two vertical bars superimposed prefixing the amount,$ or ; the single-bar symbol, available in most modern text systems, is almost always used. Both of these symbols are used by many currencies, most notably the US dollar, and may be ambiguous without clarification such as CLP$ or US$. The ISO 4217 code for the present peso is CLP. It is officially subdivided into 100 centavos, although there are no current centavo-denominated coins. The exchange rate was around CLP$600 to 1 U.S. dollar at the end of 2014; by August 2015 it fell to 694 per 1 US dollar.
The first Chilean peso was introduced in 1817, at a value of 8 Spanish colonial reales. Until 1851, the peso was subdivided into 8 reales, with the escudo worth 2 pesos. In 1835, copper coins denominated in centavos were introduced but it was not until 1851 that the real and escudo denominations ceased to be issued and further issues in centavos and décimos (worth 10 centavos) commenced. Also in 1851, the peso was set equal 5 French francs on the sild, 22.5 grams pure silver. However, gold coins were issued to a different standard to that of France, with 1 peso = 1.37 grams gold (5 francs equalled 1.45 grams gold). In 1885, a gold standard was adopted, pegging the peso to the British pound at a rate of 13⅓ pesos = 1 pound (1 peso = 1 shilling 6 pence). This was reduced in 1926 to 40 pesos = 1 pound (1 peso = 6 pence). From 1925, coins and banknotes were issued denominated in cóndores, worth 10 pesos. The gold standard was suspended in 1932 and the peso's value fell further. The escudo replaced the peso on 1 January 1960 at a rate 1 escudo = 1000 pesos.
The Dingling (Chinese: 丁零) are an ancient people mentioned in Chinese historiography in the context of the 1st century BCE. They are assumed to have been an early Turkic-speaking people, whose original constituents mainly assimilated into the Xiongnu and Xianbei groups. They originally lived on the bank of the Lena River in the area west of Lake Baikal, gradually moving southward to Mongolia and northern China. They were subsequently part of the Xiongnu Empire, and thus presumably related to the invaders known as Huns in the west. Around the 3rd century they were assimilated into the Tiele, also named Gaoche (高車) or Chile (敕勒), who gradually expanded westward into Central Asia, expelled from Mongolia by the Rouran and establishing a state Turpan in the 5th century. The Tiele were a collection of early Turkic tribes, largely descended from the Chile.
The Dingling were a warlike group of hunters, fishers, and gatherers of the southern Siberian mountain taiga region from Lake Baikal to northern Mongolia. Chinese records do not mention the physical appearance of the Dingling, suggesting general homogeneity with people of the Asiatic region, and their name appears rarely.
Meet Max from Austria. He is currently doing his Internship in Santiago de Chile and in this video he is going to share some of his favorite spots of the city and activities that he likes to do. Are you interested in doing an internship in Chile and improving your Spanish skills? If so, make sure to visit our website www.chileinside.cl (available in ENG/GER/ESP) to get ready for your own adventure!! You will also find lots of useful information about our Volunteer Work, Work & Travel, Farm Stay and Au Pair programs as well as Spanish Courses all over the country. If you are more drawn to other countries in South America, make sure to check out www.southamerica-inside.com/en for more information on programs in countries such as Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Paraguay, Pa...
Kelsey Fuller is one of the lucky winners in our recent 'Day in the Life of an Intern' photo and video contest. This video gives an amazing overview of the fantastic time she had while interning with an adventure tourism company in Vina del Mar, Chile. For more information about our programs, please visit us at: http://www.adelanteabroad.com
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Internship abroad in Santiago, Chile final video for ISA
ContactChile interns from different parts of the world speak about their time in Chile during their Internship Program.
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Early Childhood Studies student Lizabeth Alley taught English in two schools near Santiago in Chile in summer 2016. In this video Lisabeth explains how the internship has benefited her and what made it a great experience. If you are an Early Childhood Studies student at Oxford Brookes, you can apply for the three-month internship in Chile, South America. Find out more about studying BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies at Oxford Brookes university: https://www.brookes.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/early-childhood-studies/ Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brookes.education/ and on Twitter: https://twitter.com/brookes_edu Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF_Zrw8TG8VXxbCZHNWw0LQ?sub_confirmation=1 Find more videos on the university’s main YouTube ch...
Oxford Brookes University offers its students of Early Childhood Studies and English Language and Communication the opportunity to do a three-month internship, teaching children in schools near Santiago in Chile. English Language and Communication student Louise Webb and Early Childhood Studies student Lizabeth Alley went to South America in summer of 2016. In this video, they answer frequently asked questions about their time in Chile. The questions include: What is the typical working day like? What does the teaching involve? What are the schools and pupils like? What do you learn during the internship? What is it like living with families? What are Chile and Santiago like? How much holiday do you get? Where's good to go on your holiday? What can you do in the evenings? What’s th...
This video gives you a view about my internship in Santiago de Chile. My main task was making a market research about lifestyle in Chile.
Hear from our scholarship winner Maile, about how she is feeling now after the excitement of winning our Intern in Chile contest. For more information about any of our programs, please visit us at: http://www.adelanteabroad.com
Coordinates: 30°S 71°W / 30°S 71°W / -30; -71
Chile (/ˈtʃɪli/;Spanish: [ˈtʃile]), officially the Republic of Chile (Spanish: República de Chile ), is a South American country occupying a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far south. Chilean territory includes the Pacific islands of Juan Fernández, Salas y Gómez, Desventuradas, and Easter Island in Oceania. Chile also claims about 1,250,000 square kilometres (480,000 sq mi) of Antarctica, although all claims are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty.
The arid Atacama Desert in northern Chile contains great mineral wealth, principally copper. The relatively small central area dominates in terms of population and agricultural resources, and is the cultural and political center from which Chile expanded in the late 19th century when it incorporated its northern and southern regions. Southern Chile is rich in forests and grazing lands, and features a string of volcanoes and lakes. The southern coast is a labyrinth of fjords, inlets, canals, twisting peninsulas, and islands.