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Bolivia INFORMATION |
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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 counter-coups. Comparatively democratic civilian rule was established in 1982, but leaders have faced difficult problems of deep-seated poverty, social unrest, and drug production. Current goals include attracting foreign investment, strengthening the educational system, resolving disputes with coca growers over Bolivia's counterdrug efforts, and waging an anticorruption campaign.
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COUNTRY FACTS |
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Area:
total: 1,098,580 sq km
land: 1,084,390 sq km
water: 14,190 sq km
Climate:
varies with altitude; humid and tropical to cold and semiarid
Terrain:
rugged Andes Mountains with a highland plateau (Altiplano), hills, lowland plains of the Amazon Basin
Population:
8,724,156
Languages:
Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara (official)
Capital:
La Paz (seat of government); Sucre (legal capital and seat of judiciary)
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