Society of Chile

The Mapuche ( , ), also known as Araucanians, are a group of Indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina, including parts of Patagonia. The collective term refers to a wide-ranging ethnicity composed of various groups who share a common social, religious, and economic structure, as well as a common linguistic heritage as Mapudungun speakers. Their homelands once extended from Choapa Valley to the Chiloé Archipelago and later spread eastward to Puelmapu, a land comprising part of the Argentine pampa and Patagonia. Today, the Mapuche represent 77.16% of Chile’s indig

thumb|Huaso in a Chilean [[wheat field, 1940]] thumb|"The Huaso and the Washerwoman" by Mauricio Rugendas (1835). thumb|Espuelas, or silvered steel spurs, of a Chilean huaso A huaso () is a Chilean countryman and skilled horseman, similar to the American cowboy, the Mexican charro (and its northern equivalent, the vaquero), the gaucho of Argentina, Uruguay and Rio Grande Do Sul, and the Australian stockman. A female huaso is called a huasa, although the term china is far more commonly used for his wife or sweetheart, whose dress can be seen in cueca dancing. Huasos are found all over Central a

demographics of country

people whose comes from stranger countries to reside in Chile

overview of the legality and prevalence of abortions in Chile

ethnic subgroup native to southern Chile

Overview of the education system in Chile

Chilean national holiday, in commeration of the First National Government

overview about pensions in Chile

Chilean radio station