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- White star in top left corner represents a guide to progress and honor. The blue in the flag symbolizes the sky, the white is for the snow covered andes, and the red represents the blood spilled to achieve independence.
National Symbols: Huemul (mountain deer), Andean condor(bird), national colors red white and blue
Capital: Santiago
Presidential Republic Government
Gained Independence September 18th, 1810
National Anthem
Holidays
- Good Friday: April 14th, Christian Holiday commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
- Holy Saturday: April 15th, Commemorates the day that Jesus Christ’s body lay in the tomb.
- Navy Day: May 21st, Commemorates the Battle of Iquique (Conflict between Chile, Peru, and Bolivia in 1879).
- Battle of Arica: June 7th, Commemorates the Battle of Arica (Chile attacked Peru On June 7 1880).
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel: July 16th, Holiday in honor of virgin Mary.
- Assumption of Mary: August 15th, Recognizing the death of virgin mary.
- Nativity of Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins: August 20th, Celebrating the birth of Bernardo O’Higgins Chilean, War of Independence leader who helped in freeing Chile from spanish rule.
- Fiestas Patrias: September 18th, Commemoration of the beginning of the Chilean independence process.