Yay RYAN!

Ryan (my little brother) just got his mission call to Santiago, Chile East Mission! I am so excited for him, i know he will do a great job and be a great missionary! Congratulations Ryan! (check McKenzie's Blog for a fun video!)

10 Fun facts about Chile.

1. Chile is the longest and narrow country planet. Chile stretches along the coast of the Pacific Ocean, 4,300 km. Total land area is 756.9 thousand sq. km.

2. The country’s population is about 15 million people. The population of the country is ranked seventh place among Latin American countries.

3. The official language of Spanish. His religion majority of the population of Catholics.

4. Santiago is the capital of Chile. It’s one of the most modern cities in South America. Santiago is home to 4.5 million residents is a third of the entire population of Chile.

5. Chile is the southernmost country in the world because is only 900 km. away from the Antarctic. City Puerto-williams is the southernmost city of the world.

6. Atacama Desert, is one of the driest places on the Earth.

7. Chilean Patagonia is the most environmentally sound place planet.

8. Easter Island is full of mysteries. One of the main mysteries of the island, which does not authorize relief already several generations of travellers and researchers remain totally unique stone statues - moai. This stone idols of all sizes, ranging from 3 to 21 metres. The average weight of a statue is between 10 and 20 tons, But among them, and this kolossa weighing between 40 and 90 tons.

9. Before 1990 in Chile of the military dictatorship, notorious gross violations of human rights but then was peacefully transferred to a civilian government.

10. The general level of Chile took 25th place among the 47 most developed nations of the world.