Local short name form

Official name

Area

Population

Capital

Currency

International telephone access code

ISO 3166 country codes

Car nationality plate code

Internet country code

GRC Country Code

   1.234,45

(where , indicates the decimal separator and . the thousands separator)

   Note: This section last updated 6th April 2021

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The official language is Spanish . Other languages are: Central Aymara (899 speakers); Huilliche (3 000 speakers); Kawesqar (10 speakers); Mapudungin (400 000 speakers); Rapa Nui (2 200 on Easter Island, 300 in mainland Chile) and Yámana (4 speakers).

Each person usually has a given name followed by two family names, that of the father followed by that of the mother, for example:

   Barbara Betancourt Perez

People may also have two given names.

Upon marriage, females may take their husband’s name as a further given name, in this way:

   Barbara Betancourt Perez de Lopez

where the de indicates “(wife) of”. De usually indicates a married female, but may also be part of a name.

   Tables of names can be acquired: given names , surnames/family names , family name prefixes , forms of address , job titles 

The following company type may be found:

   Asociación (Association)
   EIRL  - Empresa Individual de Responsabilidad Limitada - individual enterprise with limited liability
   SA - Sociedad anónima
   Sociedad colectiva
   SpA  - Sociedad por acciones - limited partnership with shares
   Srl – Sociedad de responsabilidad limitada – limited liability company
   Sociedad en Comandita

   Comprehensive tables of these strings can be acquired – see http:www.grcdi.nl/addresses.htm 

   Note: This section last updated 4th June 2020

Addresses are written in the following format:

   Recipient name
   {thoroughfare type[]}Thoroughfare name[, ]house number{[, ]floor etc. indicators}
   Postal code[ ]SETTLEMENT

For example:

or

Many buildings in rural areas are not numbered, in which case the address includes the thoroughfare name and often also S/N, sin numero, meaning “without number”.

When addresses are written in Spanish, calle, the Spanish word for street, is rarely written. The Spanish thoroughfare type, when included, is written before, and separately from, the thoroughfare name. It should be written with the first letter in lower case. For further information about address components, please refer to the chapter on Spain.

A single-digit sorting code may be found in Santiago addresses where no postal code is given.

   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired 

The word for post office box is Casilla Postal, sometimes abbreviated to Casilla or CP. The number of the post office in which the post office box is situated (e.g. Correo 25); the name of the post office and sometimes also the street address of the post office may be written in an address containing a post office box number.

   Note: This section last updated 4th June 2020

Chile has introduced a 7-digit postal code (Código Postal). The format is NNNNNNN determining a geographical area, down to one side of a housing block in urban areas. In rural areas the code may refer to a municipality, in which case the last four digits are 0000.

   Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired 

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Chile - Postal code format

Chile - Postal code specifics

Chile - Postal code regular expression

Chile - Postal code level of coverage

Chile - Postal code map

   Note: This section last updated 28th December 2015

Refer to Exonyms in Chile for full lists of place names in Chile in other languages.

   Note: This section last updated 15th January 2019

Chile has 16 regions (regiones, singular - region), not used in addresses:

    Aisén del General Carlos Ibanez del Campo 
    Antofagasta 
    Araucanía 
    Arica y Parinacota  
    Atacama 
    Bio-Bío 
    Coquimbo 
    Libertador General Bernardo O’Higgins 
    Los Lagos 
    Los Ríos  
    Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena 
    Maule 
    Nũble     
    Region Metropolitana (Santiago) 
    Tarapacá 
    Valparaíso 

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All numbers (when called from abroad) have a total of 8 or 9 digits. Mobile numbers have the area codes 8 or 9.

   Tables of telephone number information/formats can be acquired – see http://www.grcdi.nl/telephone.htm