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Baháʼí Faith In Chile
The Baháʼí Faith in Chile begins with references to Chile in Baháʼí Faith, Baháʼí literature as early as 1916, with the first Baháʼís visiting as early as 1919. A functioning community was not founded in Chile until 1940 with the beginning of the arrival of coordinated Pioneering (Baháʼí), pioneers from the United States finding national Chilean converts and achieved an independent national community in 1963. In 2002 ThBahá'í community of Chilewas picked for the establishment of the first Baháʼí House of Worship#Santiago, Chile, Baháʼí Temple of South America which the community is still prosecuting. The US government estimated 6,000 Baháʼís in Chile as of 2007 though the Association of Religion Data Archives (relying mostly on the World Christian Encyclopedia) estimated some 26,000 Baháʼís in 2005. ʻAbdu'l-Bahá's Tablets of the Divine Plan ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, the son of the founder of the religion, wrote a series of letters, or tablets (religious), table ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. Chile had a population of 17.5 million as of the latest census in 2017 and has a territorial area of , sharing borders with Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. The country also controls several Pacific islands, including Juan Fernández Islands, Juan Fernández, Isla Salas y Gómez, Desventuradas Islands, Desventuradas, and Easter Island, and claims about of Antarctica as the Chilean Antarctic Territory. The capital and largest city of Chile is Santiago, and the national language is Spanish language, Spanish. Conquest of Chile, Spain conquered and colonized the region in the mid-16th century, replacing Incas in Central Chile, Inca rule; however, they Arauco War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |