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Contingencies and Commitments (Details Textual) $ in Thousands, $ in Thousands, $ in Thousands | 12 Months Ended |  |  |  |  |
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Dec. 31, 2022 CLP ($) | Dec. 31, 2021 CLP ($) | May 20, 2021 USD ($) | May 20, 2021 UYU ($) | Dec. 31, 2020 CLP ($) | Mar. 17, 2020 CLP ($) | Feb. 18, 2020 CLP ($)
Statement [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Capital commitments | $ 203,603,490 | $ 171,853,982 |  |  | $ 122,786,729 |  |
Explanation about the presentation of significant legal proceedings | all those present a possible risk of occurrence and causes whose committed amounts, individually, are more than ThCh$ 25,000 in the case of chilean companies and US$ 15,000 for cases of foreign subsidiaries. |  |  |  |  |  |
Legal proceedings provision | $ 496,302 | $ 576,587 |  |  |  |  |
Notional amount |  |  |  |  |  | $ 3,000,000 | $ 2,000,000
Uruguayan Subsidiary Milotur S.A [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Statement [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Capital commitments |  |  | $ 1,000,000 | $ 30,000,000 |  |  |
Banco del Estado de Chile [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Statement [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Minimum percentage holding in subsidiary | 50.10% |  |  |  |  |  |
Notional amount | $ 16,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Software [member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Statement [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Capital commitments | $ 56,446,606 |  |  |  |  |  |

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