National Flag:
The Chilean flag is also known in Spanish as La Estrella Solitaria (The Lone Star). The star represents a guide to progress and honor and an independent state. The blue symbolizes the sky and the Pacific Ocean, white is for the snow-covered Andes, and red stands for the blood spilled to achieve independence.
Important Geographical Facts:
Cazuela de Ave // basically their own chicken soup, made with chicken, potatoes, rice & green peppers.
Cola De Mono // chilean egg nog, mostly made during the christmas holiday, eaten with bread as a tradition
Chilean Salad // usually served to accompany pastel de choclo
The Chilean flag is also known in Spanish as La Estrella Solitaria (The Lone Star). The star represents a guide to progress and honor and an independent state. The blue symbolizes the sky and the Pacific Ocean, white is for the snow-covered Andes, and red stands for the blood spilled to achieve independence.
Important Geographical Facts:
- Chile has the largest pool in the world located at San Alfonso del Mar resort. It’s 3,233 ft covering 20 acres. 66 million gallons of water and the maximum depth (how deep) is 115 ft.
- An earthquake of 8.8 magnitude happened in 2010 which is still the 5th largest ever recorded. The earthquake could be felt very strongly and ended up triggering a tsunami which devastated a bunch of coastal towns and tsunami warning were issued for 53 countries. It even cause minor damage to San Diego area. Chile is still trying to recover from it financially/economically and some of the damage to structures.
- The Chile National Football/soccer team recently won the Copa America championship against Argentina
- Chile National Football/Soccer team has high class players such as Arturo Vidal, Alexis Sanchez, Eduardo Vargas, etc.
Cazuela de Ave // basically their own chicken soup, made with chicken, potatoes, rice & green peppers.
Cola De Mono // chilean egg nog, mostly made during the christmas holiday, eaten with bread as a tradition
Chilean Salad // usually served to accompany pastel de choclo