Chile

The country calling code for Chile is +56. Country calling codes identify the destination country when placing an international call. The international access prefix used to leave your originating country varies by telephone network. On mobile phones, the + symbol is generally used instead. After the country code, dial the local Chile number, dropping any leading zero used for domestic dialling.

Chile is assigned CL as its ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code and CHL as its alpha-3 code. Alpha-2 codes are the two-letter codes used in web addresses, currency pairs and shipping forms. Alpha-3 codes are the three-letter codes used in banking, aviation and international standards work. The internet country code top-level domain for Chile is .cl. ISO country codes are standardized identifiers, but they can change when countries or territories undergo changes in international status or classification.

The official currency of Chile is the Chilean peso, with the ISO 4217 code CLP and the symbol $. Prices, salaries and official accounts inside Chile are quoted in CLP. Exchange rates move daily, so check a live rate before converting rather than relying on a figure you saw last week.

The primary time zone for Chile is -06:00, currently UTC-06:00. This country spans multiple time zones. The clock above shows the primary time zone, so local time elsewhere in Chile may differ. The clock reads from your own device, so it follows daylight saving rather than showing a fixed offset.

The capital of Chile is Santiago. Chile sits in Americas, specifically the South America subregion. Its approximate centre point is -30.00000000, -71.00000000. Traffic in Chile drives on the right. Languages recorded for Chile: Spanish.

Chile shares a land border with 3 countries: Argentina, Bolivia (Plurinational State of) and Peru. Land borders are not the same as nearest countries: a country across a narrow strait can be closer than one you share a fence with. The nearby page ranks countries by straight-line distance instead.