Bolivia Travel Guide

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Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia is a landlocked country in central South America. It is bordered by Brazil to the north and east, Paraguay and Argentina to the south, and Chile and Peru to the west. Once part of the Incan empire, The Spanish Empire conquered the region in the 16th century.

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Population: 9.12 million. Capital: La Paz (administrative), Sucre (judicial). The population consists of three principal groups: Indians, largely Aymara and Quechua; mestizos; and descendants of Europeans. Languages: Spanish, 36 indigenous languages (all official). Religions: Christianity (predominantly Roman Catholic; also Protestant); also vestiges of pre-Columbian religion. Currency: boliviano Its main economic activities include agriculture, forestry, and fishing, mining and manufacturing goods such as textiles, clothing, refined metals, and refined petroleum. Bolivia is rich in minerals, especially tin. Bolivia may be divided into three major regions. The southwestern highlands, or Altiplano, where Lake Titicaca is located, extends through southwestern Bolivia. It is enclosed by the second region, the western and eastern branches of the Andes Mountains. Much of the eastern branch is heavily forested terrain, with many deep river valleys. The Andes mountain system reaches its greatest width in Bolivia. Two cordilleras, the western one tracing the border with Chile and the eastern running north and south across the center of the country, are divided by a high plateau (altiplano).

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Altiplano (La Paz, Oruro, Potosí)

Sub-Andean Bolivia (Cochabamba, Chuquisaca, Tarija)

Tropical Lowlands (Santa Cruz, Beni, Pando)

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• La Paz
• Sucre
• Santa Cruz
• Cochabamba
• Potosí
• Oruro
• Tupiza
• Quime