Full country for those interested
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Looking at a map, Chile is a thin strip of land compared to all other South American countries, which is what makes sense to do because it makes it easily identifiable to everyone when they also look at a map.
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Well they're not wrong
It's enormous, but relatively speaking, a thin strip, yeah
John Oliver on The Bugle podcast had the best description of its shape. “Chile. The country most likely to crack if baked into a biscuit.”
An interesting comparison is Canada. Chile is about as long as Canada is wide, and most of Canada lives within a short distance of the US border, so the population distribution is similar to Chile's.
I'm not sure this is malintended
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And the BBC is headquartered on a damp rock.
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It’s 2600 miles/4200km long. It’s 2300 miles NYC to Los Angeles, for perspective.
You mean the media outlet from the insignificant island in the North Sea?
thin is a good description honestly, Snow in the Andes by the morning, and beach by the afternoon.
I like it here 10/10, would be born here again.
It is a relatively thin strip of land. I drove down the Carretera Austral a few years ago, you even have to drive through Argentina, because there are the sea and mountains and not enough space to "fit" a highway (alternatively you could take the ferry).
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Somos el mejor país de Chile CTM!
Now show the population density
Viva chile mierda!
At least call it a banana due to earth's curvature
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