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| Overview | People | Geography | Economy | Government | Communications | Transport | Military | Map |
| Country | Bolivia |
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| Capital | name: La Paz (administrative capital) geographic coordinates: 16 30 S, 68 09 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) note: Sucre (constitutional capital) |
| Population | 9,119,152 (July 2007 est.) |
| GMT | -4 |
| Location | Central South America, southwest of Brazil see map |
| Area | total: 1,098,580 sq km land: 1,084,390 sq km water: 14,190 sq km |
| Ethnic groups | Quechua 30%, mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry) 30%, Aymara 25%, white 15% |
| Religions | Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist) 5% |
| Languages | Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara (official) |
| Government type | republic |
| National holiday | Independence Day, 6 August (1825) |
| Constitution | 2 February 1967; revised in August 1994; referendum on new constitution to be held 6 August 2007 |
| Legal system | based on Spanish law and Napoleonic Code; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| Background | Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and countercoups. Democratic civilian rule was established in 1982, but leaders have faced difficult problems of deep-seated poverty, social unrest, and illegal drug production. In December 2005, Bolivians elected Movement Toward Socialism leader Evo MORALES president - by the widest margin of any leader since the restoration of civilian rule in 1982 - after he ran on a promise to change the country's traditional political class and empower the nation's poor majority. However, since taking office, his controversial strategies have exacerbated racial and economic tensions between the Amerindian populations of the Andean west and the non-indigenous communities of the eastern lowlands. |
| Internet country code | .bo |
