KIDS QUIZ
COUNTRIES AND CAPITALS
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West of Mexico
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South of Peru
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Central America
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Honduras
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Detailed explanation-1: -Located in southern South America, Chile borders the countries of Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru. This is a strategic location relative to sea lanes between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (Strait of Magellan, Beagle Channel, Drake Passage).
Detailed explanation-2: -Chile limits in the north with Peru, divided by a border line known as the “Linea de la Concordia” (160 km.). On the east, a line running through the highest summits of the Andes, separates Chile from Argentina and Bolivia. Chile’s southern boundary is the South Pole, and on the west the Pacific Ocean.
Detailed explanation-3: -Southern Chile is an informal geographic term for any place south of the capital city, Santiago, or south of Biobío River, the mouth of which is Concepción, about 300 kilometres (200 mi) south of Santiago.
Detailed explanation-4: -Images showed migrants shoving Peruvian border patrol officers in an effort to enter the country. Officials in Arica, the northern Chilean city that borders Peru and is around 2, 000 kilometers (1, 245 miles) from the capital of Santiago, declared a migration emergency Thursday.