Introduction, see Netherlands for a good example of this
Subdivisions
Chile is divided into 16 regions, or regiones, each assigned a Roman numeral that generally increases from north to south:
- Tarapacá I
- Antofagasta II
- Atacama III
- Coquimbo IV
- Valparaíso V
- O'Higgins VI
- Maule VII
- Biobío VIII
- Araucanía IX
- Los Lagos X
- Aysén XI
- Magallanes XII
- Metropolitan RM
- Los Ríos XIV
- Arica y Parinacota XV
- Ñuble XVI
The Metropolitan Region, which contains Santiago, is the only one that doesn't use its Roman Numeral, instead using the code RM.
License Plates
License plates in Chile are white with black text and borders: AB·CD·12. Taxis have orange AB·CD·12 or yellow AB·CD·12 license plates instead. CHILE is printed on the bottom.
Phone Codes
Although phone codes were deprecated in Chile, they are still built into the current number format. They are suffixed with a two (2), and are organized by region:
Capital Region
- Santiago
- Valparaíso
South-Central 4x
- Biobío
- Ñuble
- Biobío
- Araucanía
North 5x
- Coquimbo
- Atacama
- Coquimbo
- Antofagasta
- Tarapacá
- Arica y Parinacota
South 6x
- Magallanes
- Los Ríos
- Los Lagos
- Los Lagos
- Aysén
North-Central 7x
- Maule
- O'Higgins
- Linares
- Maule
Roads, Markings, and Signage
Haven't finalized the format of this, but feel free to take a crack at it, and suggest what you think is good :)
Highways & Road Numbering Schemes
See Netherlands or Portugal for a good example of this
Geography
New section that I had forgotten about. We need an example for this.
Architecture
Haven't done anything on this yet, Simi's the expert
Language
Spanish is the national language of Chile, and is the language you will encounter most often. It is characterized by its use of the tilde on top of an N, and the use of inverted punctuation at the beginning of phrases.
Script
Spanish uses the 26 standard letters of the Latin alphabet, plus one extra character (Ññ):
Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii
Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Ññ Oo Pp Qq
Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
In addition, Spanish employs the acute accent over vowels:
Áá Éé Íí Óó Úú
Spanish is also notable for using inverted exclamation and question marks at the beginning of their respective phrases:
¡...!
¿...?
Sample
Todos los seres humanos nacen libres e iguales en dignidad y derechos y, dotados como están de razón y conciencia, deben comportarse fraternalmente los unos con los otros.
Meta-Gaming
Anything specifically related to Street View goes here, including coverage, Google car, rifts, etc.