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    Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in western-central South America. It is bordered by Brazil to the north and east, Paraguay to the southeast, Argentina to the south, Chile to the southwest, and Peru to the west.

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    Bolivia used to be a colony of Spain. The silver mines in Bolivia made most of Spain's money, and Spain used the Native Bolivians as slaves to work in the mines.After many wars, Simón Bolívarhelped Bolivia to be an independent country.

    Bolivia is 424,135 mi² (1,098,581 km²). This means that Bolivia is the world's 28th-largest country (after Ethiopia). It is the same sort of size as Mauritania. Bolivia is a landlocked nation, which means every border of Bolivia is a border with another country, and so it does not have a sea. It used to own some of the Pacific coast, but it lost it...

    The population of Bolivia is approximately 10,907,778 people. The ethnic composition of the country is like the following: 1. 62%: Native American. 2. 26%: Mestizo. 3. 10%: White. 4. 2%: Black

    Bolivia is divided into nine departments. The departments are divided into 112 provinces. The provinces are divided into 339 municipalities and into native community lands.

    Bolivian culture has many Inca, Aymara and other native influences in religion, music and clothing. There is a big festival in Oruro, which is called "El carnaval de Oruro". People in Bolivia like playing football, and football, which is often played in the street. Zoos are also very popular, but they do not have much money.

    The Cantuta (often spelled kantuta or qantuta) (Cantua buxifolia or Fuchsia buxifolia) is a flower found in the Yungas, and is the national flower of Bolivia along with the patujú(Heliconia rostrata) found in the tropical regions of Bolivia.

    Notes 1. Spanish: [boˈliβja] (listen); Guarani: Mborivia [ᵐboˈɾiʋja]; Aymara: Wuliwya [wʊlɪwja]; Quechua: Puliwya [pʊlɪwja] 2. Spanish: Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia Spanish pronunciation: [esˈtaðo pluɾinasjoˈnal de βoˈliβja] (listen)

  2. May 25, 2024 · Bolivia, country of west-central South America. Although only one-third of Bolivias territory lies in the Andes Mountains, most of the nation’s largest cities are located there, and for centuries the highlands have attracted the nation’s largest amount of mining, commercial, and business investment.

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  3. Bolivia, oficialmente el Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia [10] (en quechua: Puliwya Achka Aylluska Mamallaqta; en aimara: Wuliwya Walja Suyunakana Marka; en guaraní: Tetã Hetãvoregua Mborívia), es un país soberano ubicado en la región centro occidental de América del Sur, miembro de la Comunidad Andina, [11] constituido políticamente ...

  4. The history of Bolivia involves thousands of years of human habitation. Lake Titicaca had been an important center of culture and development for thousands of years. The Tiwanaku people reached an advanced level of civilization before being conquered by a rapidly expanding Inca Empire in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

  5. The cultural development of what is now Bolivia is divided into three distinct periods: pre-Columbian, colonial, and republican. Important archaeological ruins, gold and silver ornaments, stone monuments, ceramics , and weavings remain from several important pre-Columbian cultures.

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  7. Feb 7, 2023 · 7 February 2023. A country of extremes, landlocked Bolivia is the highest and most isolated country in South America. It has the largest proportion of indigenous people, who make up around two ...

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