3 HOUR WALKING TOUR AROUND THE CITY WITH AN EXCELLENT GUIDE

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INFORMATION ABOUT SANTIAGO AND CHILE



Along with Japan, Chile is the country with the most seismic activity in the world. In 1960 it had an earthquake measuring 9.5 on the Richter scale which destroyed most of the buildings in Santiago. It is the South American country with the least resources, unlike many others it doesn’t have gold or anything to sell of worth, it has a big copper industry and like Argentina it is self-sufficient in wine-making and olive oil production. The flag is red, white and blue with a star. The red stands for the blood of the Mapuche tribe (I’ll explain later), the white stands for the snow on the mountains and the blue stands for the ocean and the sky, the star suggests a united country although Chile is actually a very divided country in terms of politics. Santiago is at the foothills of the mountains and a river called the River Mapocho carrying all the mud from the mountain flows through it.

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