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As nationality was deemed a personal right, a change in nationality of one spouse, or the state of marriage, did not impact the other spouse under Chilean law, [25] unless by marriage to a foreigner another nationality was automatically acquired. If marriage bestowed another nationality, Chilean nationality automatically was canceled. [26]
However, many Chileans do not equate their nationality with ethnicity, but with citizenship and allegiance to Chile. This has resulted due to immigration to Chile throughout its history, and thus the term "Chilean" can now also include people identifying with the country whose connection may not be ethnic, but cultural, historical, legal, or ...
Chile is a diverse society, [16] home to individuals with varied ethnic backgrounds. Studies on the ethnic makeup of Chile differ significantly from one another. According to censuses from the colonial period, the white population exceeded 70% of the population of Chile (approximately 79% in 1810).102
Some of Chile's flora has an Antarctic origin due to land bridges which formed during the Cretaceous ice ages, allowing plants to migrate from Antarctica to South America. [102] Chile had a 2018 Forest Landscape Integrity Index mean score of 7.37/10, ranking it 43rd globally out of 172 countries. [103]
Immigration to Chile has contributed to the demographics and the history of this South American nation. Chile is a country whose inhabitants are mainly of Iberian, mostly of Andalusian and Basque origin, [1] and Native American, mostly descended from Mapuche peoples. [2]
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Chile's Constitution grants nationality to "those born in Chilean territory, with the exception of the children of foreigners who are in Chile in service of their government, and the children of transient foreigners, all of which, however, may opt for the Chilean nationality." [42] [21] [43] Ecuador [21] Guyana [21] Paraguay [21]
The territory of Chile has been populated since at least 3000 BC. By the 16th century, Spanish invaders began to raid the region of present-day Chile, and the territory was a colony from 1540 to 1818, when it gained independence from Spain.