Bolivia
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Bolivia[lower-alpha 1] /bəˈlɪviə/ (listen), officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia,[lower-alpha 2][8][9] is a country in South America. It is land locked by Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Peru, and Chile. Luis Alberto Arce Catacora became the president of Bolivia in November 2020. The population of Bolivia is 8-9 million (2019).
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Plurinational State of Bolivia | |
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Motto: "La Unión es la Fuerza" (Spanish) "Unity is Strength"[1] | |
Anthem: "Himno Nacional de Bolivia" (Spanish) | |
Dual flag Wiphala | |
Capital | Sucre (constitutional and judicial) La Paz (executive and legislative) |
Largest city | Santa Cruz 17°48′S 63°10′W |
Official languages[2] | |
Ethnic groups (2009[3]) |
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Religion (2018)[4] | 88.9% Christianity —70.0% Roman Catholic —17.2% Protestant —1.7% Other Christian 9.3% No religion 1.2% Other religions 0.6% No answer |
Demonym(s) | Bolivian |
Government | Unitary presidential constitutional republic |
Luis Arce | |
David Choquehuanca | |
Legislature | Plurinational Legislative Assembly |
Chamber of Senators | |
Chamber of Deputies | |
Independence | |
• Recognized | 21 July 1847 |
• Admitted to the United Nations | 14 November 1945 |
• Current republic | 7 February 2009 |
Area | |
• Total | 1,098,581 km2 (424,164 sq mi) (27th) |
• Water (%) | 1.29 |
Population | |
• census estimate | 8,014,380 hab (83rd) |
• Density | 10.4/km2 (26.9/sq mi) (224th) |
GDP (PPP) | 2019 estimate |
• Total | $89.018 billion[5] (88th) |
• Per capita | $7,790[5] (123rd) |
GDP (nominal) | 2019 estimate |
• Total | $40.687 billion[5] (90th) |
• Per capita | $3,823[5] (117th) |
Gini (2018) | 42.2[6] medium |
HDI (2019) | 0.692[7] medium · 107th |
Currency | Boliviano (BOB) |
Time zone | UTC−4 (BOT) |
Driving side | right |
Calling code | +591 |
ISO 3166 code | BO |
Internet TLD | .bo |
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Bolivia is named after Simón Bolívar. The main languages are Spanish and Quechua, but there are other languages too.