Why Is Chile So Long?

Tomas Pueyo
6 min read5 days ago

Chile is so long, it’s curved.

But how long is it?
Why not longer?
Why is no other country as thin?
How does that make Chileans incomprehensible?

All your answers in today’s article!

Chile is as long as the US and Canada combined.
Chile is as long as all of Europe!
It can stretch from Norway to Morocco.
From London to Baghdad!

You can stack over a dozen European countries in Chile north to south.

Of course, that means Chile has every possible climate.

Chile is so long because of the Andes. Here’s a map of elevation in South America.

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Tomas Pueyo

2 MSc in Engineering. Stanford MBA. Ex-Consultant. Creator of applications with >20M users. Currently leading a billion-dollar business @ Course Hero