Concept in Definition ABC

The concept of chili presents two well-extended uses in our language.

On the one hand it designates the chili pepper or very hot pepper that is used to season and prepare dishes.
It should be noted that the use of it dates back thousands of years, and 7,500 years ago, in America, they were used to prepare food and when Christopher Columbus discovered America he popularized them as peppers because of their similar taste to black pepper and introduced them to Europe.

The very high content of the compound known as capsaicin It is the one that provokes in the palates that so special and characteristic itchiness.

In addition to its food use, chili has been used with medicinal and curative objectives, especially for the numbing property of capsaicin that is able to sleep any part of the epidermis in which it is deposited.

Red chili peppers have large amounts of vitamin C and carotene, while green peppers have lower amounts of the aforementioned vitamins. They also have high doses of B vitamins, magnesium, iron and potassium.

And on the other hand the word chili designates that nation which is located in the extreme southwest of South America. Its formal name is Republic From Chile and the capital is the city of Santiago de Chile.

Its area is 756,102.4 square kilometers and is bordered to the north by Peru, northeast with Bolivia, east with Argentina and to the west with the ocean peaceful.

In 1978 there was the division administrative in regions, provinces and communes, being today 15 regions, 54 provinces and 346 communes.

Currently and since the end of the eighties of the last century, Chile has a form of governmentdemocratic presidential. Sebastian Piñera he is the current president of the republic. The official language is Spanish.

In the latest surveys it was known that the country is densely populated by 17 million individuals who enjoy a high human development looming from the high GDP per capita that it boasts and also of the excellent quality of life that Chileans experience and those who live there.