Chile (i/ˈtʃɪli/[7] or /ˈtʃɪleɪ/), officially theRepublic of Chile (Spanish: República de Chile, [reˈpuβlika ðe ˈtʃile] ( )), is a South American country occupying a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west.