Chile is located in the southwest of South America, bordering the Pacific Ocean in the west and the Andes in the east. The length from north to south is about 4,300 kilometers, the average width from east to west is 180 kilometers, and the maximum width is only about 400 kilometers. Its territory is unique in the world. The area is about 742,000 square kilometers.
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Chile is rich in mineral resources, with world-famous copper and saltpeter, as well as iron, manganese, molybdenum, lead, zinc, mercury, gold, silver, coal, oil and natural gas. It is one of the more developed countries in South America, and the mining industry is the pillar of the national economy. The export of mineral products accounts for about 90% of the total export value, and copper, iron and saltpeter are the three major export materials. In the processing industry, food, textile and other light industries are the most important, accounting for about 60% of the total processing industry.
After World War II, steel, oil refining, cement, chemistry, machinery, wood processing and other departments have developed. Agricultural development is slow and food cannot be self-sufficient, but fishery has developed rapidly in recent years, becoming one of the major fishing countries in the world.