Geography:

• Area: 756,945 sq. km. (302,778 sq. mi.); nearly twice the size of California.
• Cities: Capital--Santiago (metropolitan area est. 6 million). Other cities--Concepcion-Talcahuano (840,000), Vina del Mar-Valparaiso (800,000), Antofagasta (245,000), Temuco (230,000).
• Terrain: Desert in north; fertile central valley; volcanoes and lakes toward the south, giving way to rugged and complex coastline; Andes Mountains on the eastern border.
• Climate: Arid in north, Mediterranean in the central portion, cool and damp in south.

Fast Facts:

• Chile is a 2,625 mile-long and 94 mile-wide country wedged between the Andes and the Pacific Ocean.
• Mining and the export especially of copper is the most important economic activity (world's largest open pit mine).
• Easter Island as well as territory in Antarctica are a part of Chile.
• The world's driest desert with no recorded rain in over 400 years is in northern Chile.
• 26% of the population is under 14.
• 100 Anglican congregations
• For over 100 years the Anglican church has been ministering among the Mapuche Indians. Bishop Abelino Apeleo was consecrated as the first Mapuche Bishop in 1994. Over 4,000 Mapuches are Anglicans.

Bishop: The Right Rev. Tito Zavala

Children of Chile

SAMS-USA missionaries:
Short-term Missions

• Chris Feuillade
• James Palmer
• Russ and Heidi Smith