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Chile
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Australia
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| Population:
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17,094,975 (2010 est.)
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20,266,899 (2007)
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| Area:
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756,946 sq. km
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7,686,850 sq. km
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| Life Expectancy:
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76.96 years
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80.62 years
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| Capital:
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Santiago (6.04 million)
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Canberra (323,056)
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| Other Major Economic Centres:
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Valparaíso / Viña del Mar (1,542,000)
Concepción (1,000,000)
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Sydney, New South Wales (4,119,190)
Melbourne, Victoria (3,592,591)
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| Language:
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Spanish
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English
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| Time Zone:
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UTC-4
Summer: UTC -3
14 hours behind AEST
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(Various) UTC +8 to +10.5
Summer: UTC +8 to +11.5
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| Internet TLD:
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.cl
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.au
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| Calling Code:
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+56
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+61
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| Climate:
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Temperate, dry in the north, wet in the south
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Generally arid to semiarid; temperate in south and east; tropical in the north
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| Currency:
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Chilean Peso (CLP)
US$1 = 510 CLP Approx (as at 01/10)
AUD$1 = 461 CLP Approx (as at 01/10)
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Australian Dollar (AUD)
US$1 = AUD$ 0.90 Approx (as at 01/10)
461 CLP = AUD$1 Approx (as at 01/10)
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| Fiscal Year:
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Calendar year
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1 July - 30 June
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| GDP (Nominal) 2008:
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US$169,5 billion (47th)
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US$980.8 billion (17th)
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| GDP (Nominal) Per Capita 2008:
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US$10.124 (58th)
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US$46.800 (13th)
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| GDP Real Growth Rate:
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3.2% (2008 est.)
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2.3% (2008)
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| Export Commodities:
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Copper, fruit, fish products, paper and pulp, chemicals, wine
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Coal, gold, meat, wool, alumina, iron ore, wheat, machinery and transport equipment
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| Exports:
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US$70.048 million (2008)
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$156 billion (2007)
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| Import Commodities:
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Petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, electrical and telecommunications equipment,
industrial machinery, vehicles, natural gas
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Machinery and transport equipment, computers and office machines, telecommunication equipment
and parts; crude oil and petroleum products
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| Imports:
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US$56.671 million (2008)
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$167.7 billion (2007)
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| Trade:
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Export Chile – Australia
US$278 millions (2007)
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Export Australia - Chile
US$256 millions (2007)
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| Unemployment Rate:
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7.8% (2008 est.)
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4.2% (2008 est.)
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| Inflation Rate
(Consumer Prices):
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-1.4% (2009)
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4.3% (2008)
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| Human Development Index (HDI) (2009):
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0.878 (44th)
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0.970 (4th)
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| Political System:
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Bicameral republican and constitutional democracy
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Federal parliamentary democracy
(federal constitutional monarchy)
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| Governing Party:
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Concertación - a five party coalition
Ranging from centre-right to left
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The Liberal Party of Australia
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| Head of State:
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President: H.E. Mr. Sebastián Piñera
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Monarch: Queen Elizabeth II
Governor-General: Ms. Quintin Bryce AC
Prime Minister: Kevin Rudd
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| Last Election:
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December 2009
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November 2007
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| Next Election:
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December 2014
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April 2011
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| Ambassadors:
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Chilean Ambassador in Australia:
H.E. Mr. José Luis Balmaceda
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Australian Ambassador in Chile:
H.E. Ms. Virginia Greville
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TLC Chile - Australia