BOLIVIA
Bolivia is the only landlocked Andean country. It has a largely indigenous Indian population that has preserved its native languages and much of its traditional way of life. It borders Peru and Chile in the west, Brazil in the east, and Paraguay and Argentina in the south
GENERAL INFORMATION
- Area 1,098,581 sq. km (424,164 sq. mi.)
- Capital City La Paz (Administrative)
- Sucre (Judicial)
- Gross National Product
- per capita $ 570 (1988 estimate)
- Currency unit Boliviano
- Population 7'314,000 (1990 estimate)
- Density 40.7 persons/sq. mi. (1986 estimate)
- Urban-rural population 48.4 % urban, 51.6% rural
- Natural increase 2.8% (1985-1990)
- Illiteracy rate 25.8% (1985 estimate)
- Highest point 22,700 ft (Ancohuma)
- Main cities Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Cochabamba, Oruro
- National Holiday Independence Day, 5-7 August
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