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{{Infobox country
| conventional_long_name = Plurinational State of Bolivia
| common_name            = Bolivia
| native_name            = {{small|{{nobold|{{native name|es|Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia}}<br />{{native name|gn|Tetã Hetãvoregua Mborivia}}<br />{{native name|ay|Wuliwya Suyu}}<br />''Puliwya Mamallaqta'' ([[Quechuan languages|Quechua]])<!--end nobold:-->}}}}
| image_flag             = Flag of Bolivia.svg
| other_symbol           = <div style="padding:0.3em;">
[[File:Banner of the Qulla Suyu.svg|100px|]]</div>
| other_symbol_type      = Dual flag<br />{{nobold|{{lang|es|[[Wiphala]]}}}}
| image_coat             = Escudo de Bolivia.svg
| national_motto         = {{Native name|es|"La Unión es la Fuerza"|italics=off|nolink=yes}}<br/>{{small|"Unity is Strength"}}{{lower|0.2em|<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bcb.gov.bo/sitio/monedas/ligera/monedas/m10c.html | title=Moneda de 10 Centavos |trans-title=10 Cent Coins | language=es | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070428004356/http://www.bcb.gov.bo/sitio/monedas/ligera/monedas/m10c.html | archive-date=28 April 2007 | publisher=[[Central Bank of Bolivia]] | access-date=28 January 2014}}</ref>}}
| national_anthem        = {{native name|es|"[[National anthem of Bolivia|Himno Nacional de Bolivia]]"|nolink=yes|italic=no}}<br/><center>[[File:Himno Nacional de Bolivia instrumental.ogg]]</center>
| image_map              = BOL orthographic.svg
| map_width              = 220px
| alt_map                = 
| image_map2             = Bolivia - Location Map (2011) - BOL - UNOCHA.svg
| alt_map2               = 
| map_caption            = {{map caption |location_color=dark green |region=[[South America]] |region_color= grey }}
| capital                = [[Sucre]] {{small|(constitutional and judicial)}}<br/>[[La Paz]] {{small|(executive and legislative)}}
| largest_city           = {{nowrap|[[Santa Cruz de la Sierra|Santa Cruz]]}}<br/>{{small|{{coord|17|48|S|63|10|W}}}}
| languages_type         = Official languages<ref name="languages">{{cite web|url=http://bolivia.justia.com/nacionales/nueva-constitucion-politica-del-estado/primera-parte/titulo-i/capitulo-primero/|title=Nueva Constitución Política Del Estado > PRIMERA PARTE > TÍTULO I > CAPÍTULO PRIMERO > Modelo De Estado: Ley de Bolivia |language=es-ES |website=JUSTIA Bolivia |access-date=24 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225051614/http://bolivia.justia.com/nacionales/nueva-constitucion-politica-del-estado/primera-parte/titulo-i/capitulo-primero/|archive-date=25 February 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
| languages              = {{unbulleted list
| [[Bolivian Spanish|Spanish]]
| [[Quechuan languages|Quechua]]
| [[Aymara Language|Aymara]]
| [[Guarani language|Guarani]]
| [[Languages of Bolivia|and 33 others (all Indigenous languages)]]
}}
| ethnic_groups          = {{unbulleted list
|68% [[Mestizo]] (mixed [[Indigenous peoples in Bolivia|Native]] and [[White Bolivians|White]])
|20% [[Indigenous peoples in Bolivia|Native Bolivian]]
|5% [[White Bolivians|White Bolivian]]
|2% [[Cholo]]
|1% [[Afro-Bolivians|Afro-Bolivian]]
|1% Others
|3% Unspecified
}}
| ethnic_groups_year     = 2009<ref name="cia">{{cite web | url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bl.html | title=South America :: Bolivia | work=[[The World Factbook]] | publisher=[[Central Intelligence Agency]] | access-date=25 March 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110213095613/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bl.html | archive-date=13 February 2011 | url-status=deviated | archivedate=11 December 2018 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211183042/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bl.html }}</ref>
| religion_year          = 2018
| religion_ref           = <ref>[https://www.statista.com/statistics/1066911/religious-affiliation-in-bolivia/ Religion affiliation in Bolivia as of 2018. Based on Latinobarómetro.] Survey period: 15 June to 2 August 2018, 1,200 respondents.</ref>
| religion               = 88.9% [[Christianity]]<br />—70.0% [[Catholic Church in Bolivia|Roman Catholic]]<br />—17.2% [[Protestantism in Bolivia|Protestant]]<br />—1.7% Other [[List of Christian denominations|Christian]]<br />9.3% [[Irreligion in Latin America|No religion]]<br />1.2% Other [[Religion in Bolivia|religion]]s<br />0.6% No answer
| demonym                = [[Bolivians|Bolivian]]
| government_type        = [[Unitary state|Unitary]] [[Presidential system|presidential]] [[Republic|constitutional republic]]
| leader_title1          = [[President of Bolivia|President]]
| leader_name1           = [[Luis Arce]]
| leader_title2          = [[Vice President of Bolivia|Vice President]]
| leader_name2           = [[David Choquehuanca]]
| legislature            = [[Plurinational Legislative Assembly]]
| upper_house            = [[Chamber of Senators (Bolivia)|Chamber of Senators]]
| lower_house            = [[Chamber of Deputies (Bolivia)|Chamber of Deputies]]
| sovereignty_type       = Independence
| sovereignty_note       = 
| established_event1     = Recognized
| established_date1      = 21 July 1847
| established_event2     = Admitted to the [[United Nations]]
| established_date2      = 14 November 1945
| established_event3     = Current republic
| established_date3      = 7 February 2009
| established_event4     = 
| established_date4      = 
| area_km2               = 1,098,581
| area_footnote          = 
| area_rank              = 27th <!-- Area rank should match [[List of countries and dependencies by area]] -->
| area_sq_mi             = 424,163
| percent_water          = 1.29
| population_estimate    = {{increase}} 8,014,380 hab
| population_estimate_year = census
| population_estimate_rank = 83rd
| population_density_km2 = 10.4
| population_density_sq_mi = 26,9
| population_density_rank = 224th
| FR_total_population_estimate_year = 
| GDP_PPP                = $89.018 billion<ref name="auto"/>
| GDP_PPP_rank           = 88th
| GDP_PPP_year           = 2019
| GDP_PPP_per_capita     = $7,790<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2019/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=17&pr.y=21&sy=2019&ey=2024&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=218&s=NGDPD,PPPGDP,NGDPDPC,PPPPC&grp=0&a=|title=Report for Selected Countries and Subjects|website=www.imf.org|access-date=29 August 2020}}</ref>
| GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = 123rd
| GDP_nominal            = $40.687 billion<ref name="auto"/>
| GDP_nominal_rank       = 90th
| GDP_nominal_year       = 2019
| GDP_nominal_per_capita = $3,823<ref name="auto"/>
| GDP_nominal_per_capita_rank = 117th
| Gini                   = 42.2 <!--number only-->
| Gini_year              = 2018
| Gini_change            = decrease
| Gini_ref               = <ref name="WB1">{{cite web |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.GINI?locations=BO |title=GINI index (World Bank estimate) – Bolivia |publisher=[[World Bank]] |access-date=22 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811112826/https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.GINI?locations=BO |archive-date=11 August 2018 |url-status=live  }}</ref>
| Gini_rank              = 
| HDI                    = 0.692<!--number only-->
| HDI_year               = 2019<!-- Please use the year to which the data refers, not the publication year-->
| HDI_change             = increase <!--increase/decrease/steady/-->
| HDI_ref                = <ref name="HDI">{{cite book|title=Human Development Report 2020 The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene|date=15 December 2020|publisher=United Nations Development Programme|isbn=978-92-1-126442-5|pages=343–346|url=http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/hdr2020.pdf|access-date=16 December 2020}}</ref>
| HDI_rank               = 107th
| currency               = [[Bolivian boliviano|Boliviano]]
| currency_code          = BOB
| time_zone              = [[UTC−04:00|BOT]]
| utc_offset             = −4
| drives_on              = right
| calling_code           = [[Telephone numbers in Bolivia|+591]]
| iso3166code            = 
| cctld                  = [[.bo]]
| footnote_a             = {{note|1}} While [[Sucre]] is the constitutional capital, [[La Paz]] is the seat of government and the executive capital. See [[#Capital|below]].
}}

'''Bolivia'''{{efn|{{IPA-es|boˈliβja|lang|ES-pe - Bolivia.ogg}}; {{lang-gn|Mborivia}} {{IPA-gn|ᵐboˈɾiʋja|}}; {{lang-ay|Wuliwya}} {{IPA-ay|wʊlɪwja|}}; [[Quechuan languages|Quechua]]: ''Puliwya'' {{IPA-qu|pʊlɪwja|}}}} {{IPAc-en|audio=en-us-Bolivia.ogg|b|ə|ˈ|l|ɪ|v|i|ə}}, officially the '''Plurinational State of Bolivia''',{{efn|{{lang-es|Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia}} {{IPA-es|esˈtaðo pluɾinasjoˈnal de βoˈliβja|-|ES-pe - Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia.ogg}}}}<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web |url=https://www.who.int/countries/bol/en/ |title=Bolivia (Plurinational State of) |publisher=World Health Organization |date=11 May 2010 |access-date=30 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006023403/http://www.who.int/countries/bol/en/ |archive-date=6 October 2010 |url-status=live  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://data.un.org/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Bolivia%20(Plurinational%20State%20of) |title=Bolivia (Plurinational State of) |publisher=UNdata |access-date=30 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100702212308/http://data.un.org/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Bolivia%20(Plurinational%20State%20of) |archive-date=2 July 2010 |url-status=live  }}</ref> is a [[country]] in [[South America]].  It is land locked by [[Brazil]], [[Paraguay]], [[Argentina]], [[Peru]], and [[Chile]].  [[Luis Arce|Luis Alberto Arce Catacora]] became the president of ''Bolivia'' in [[November]] [[2020]].
The [[population]] of Bolivia is 8-9 million (2019).

Bolivia is named after [[Simón Bolívar]]. The main languages are Spanish and Quechua, but there are other languages too.

== History ==

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 Bolívar]] helped Bolivia to be an independent country.

== Geography ==
[[File:Bl-map.png|left|thumb|Map of Bolivia from the [[CIA World Factbook]]]]
[[File:Salar_de_Uyuni,_Bolivia2.jpg|left|thumb|Uyuni]]

Bolivia is 424,135 [[square miles|mi²]] (1,098,581 [[square kilometre|km²]]).<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Factbook |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2147rank.html |access-date=2009-06-07 |archive-date=2014-02-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209041128/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2147rank.html |url-status=deviated |archivedate=2014-02-09 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209041128/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2147rank.html }}</ref> 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 in 1879 in the [[War of the Pacific]]. The west of Bolivia is on the [[Andes]] mountain range. The highest mountain in Bolivia is called Nevado de Sajama and it is near the city of Oruro. Although this part of the country is very high with lots of mountains, there are also parts of Bolivia which are very flat, and parts of the country which are very near sea level. There is also a bit of Bolivia covered by the Amazon rainforest, and a big lake which is the highest lake in the world. This lake is called [[Lake Titicaca]].

The major cities are [[La Paz]], [[El Alto]], [[Santa Cruz, Bolivia|Santa Cruz de la Sierra]] and [[Cochabamba, Bolivia|Cochabamba]].  For other places in Bolivia see [[List of cities in Bolivia]].

== Demographics ==
The population of Bolivia is approximately 10,907,778 people. The ethnic composition of the country is like the following:
* 62%: [[Native American]].
* 26%: [[Mestizo]].
* 10%: [[Caucasian|White]].
* 2%: [[Black]]

== Economy ==
Bolivia suffers from [[poverty]]. Over 65% of the population lives below the poverty line.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Km2MDwAAQBAJ&dq=bolivia+population+below+poverty+line+2019&pg=PA296|title=Children's Rights and Sustainable Development: Interpreting the UNCRC for Future Generations|last=Fenton-Glynn|first=Claire|date=2019-04-18|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-107-19302-4|location=|page=296|language=en}}</ref>

== Divisions ==
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.<ref>Political Constitution of Bolivia, Article 269</ref>

<div align=center>
{| class="toc" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2.5"  style="width:800px; float:center; margin:0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 1em; padding:0.5e text-align:left; clear:all; margin-left:3px; font-size:90%;"
|-
| colspan="7"  style="text-align:center; background:#black; color:white; background-color:green;"|'''Territorial division of Bolivia'''
|-
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! style="background:#e8e8e8;" | '''Department'''
! style="background:#e8e8e8;" | Abbreviation<br /><small>([[ISO 3166-2:BO|ISO]])</small>
! style="background:#e8e8e8;" | '''Population'''
! style="background:#e8e8e8;" | '''Surface (km²)'''
! style="background:#e8e8e8;" | '''Density'''
! style="background:#e8e8e8;" | '''Capital city'''
!rowspan=11|[[File:Bolivia Departmentos con nombres.png|350px|Map of the departments of Bolivia]]
|-
|  style="background:#efefef; text-align:left;"|{{flag|Bolivia}}
|  style="background:#efefef; text-align:center;"|'''BO'''
|  style="background:#efefef; text-align:right;"|'''10.027.644'''
|  style="background:#efefef; text-align:right;"|'''1.098.581'''
|  style="background:#efefef; text-align:center;"|'''9,1'''
|  style="background:#efefef; text-align:left;"|'''[[Sucre]]'''
|-
|align=left|[[File:Flag of Beni.svg|border|20px|Flag of Beni]] [[Beni Department|Beni]]
|align=center| BO-B
|align=right| 430.049
|align=right| 213.564
|align=center| 1,9
|align=left| [[Trinidad, Bolivia|Trinidad]]
|-
|  style="background:#efefef; text-align:left;"|[[File:Flag of Chuquisaca.svg|border|20px|Flag of Chuquisaca]] [[Chuquisaca Department|Chuquisaca]]
|  style="background:#efefef; text-align:center;"|BO-H
|  style="background:#efefef; text-align:right;"|631.062
|  style="background:#efefef; text-align:right;"|51.524
|  style="background:#efefef; text-align:center;"|11,9
|  style="background:#efefef; text-align:left;"|[[Sucre]]
|-
|align=left|[[File:Flag of Cochabamba.svg|border|20px|Flag of Cochabamba]] [[Cochabamba Department|Cochabamba]]
|align=center|BO-C
|align=right|1.786.040
|align=right|55.631
|align=center|22,7
|align=left|[[Cochabamba]]
|-
|  style="background:#efefef; text-align:left;"|[[File:Flag of lapaz.svg|border|20px|Flag of La Paz]] [[La Paz Department, Bolivia|La Paz]]
|  style="background:#efefef; text-align:center;"|BO-L
|  style="background:#efefef; text-align:right;"|2.756.989
|  style="background:#efefef; text-align:right;"|133.985
|  style="background:#efefef; text-align:center;"|19,9
|  style="background:#efefef; text-align:left;"|[[La Paz]]
|-
|align=left|[[File:Flag of Oruro.svg|border|20px|Flag of Oruro]] [[Oruro Department|Oruro]]
|align=center|BO-O
|align=right|444.093
|align=right|53.558
|align=center|8,2
|align=left|[[Oruro]]
|-
|  style="background:#efefef; text-align:left;"|[[File:Flag of Pando.svg|border|20px|Flag of Pando]] [[Pando Department|Pando]]
|  style="background:#efefef; text-align:center;"|BO-N
|  style="background:#efefef; text-align:right;"|75.335
|  style="background:#efefef; text-align:right;"|63.827
|  style="background:#efefef; text-align:center;"|1,1
|  style="background:#efefef; text-align:left;"|[[Cobija]]
|-
|align=left|[[File:Flag of Potosí.svg|border|20px|Flag of Potosi]] [[Potosí Department|Potosí]]
|align=center|BO-P
|align=right|780.392
|align=right|118.218
|align=center|6,5
|align=left|[[Potosí]]
|-
|  style="background:#efefef; text-align:left;"|[[File:Flag of Santa Cruz.svg|border|20px|Flag of Santa Cruz]] [[Santa Cruz (department)|Santa Cruz]]
|  style="background:#efefef; text-align:center;"|BO-S
|  style="background:#efefef; text-align:right;"|2.626.697
|  style="background:#efefef; text-align:right;"|370.621
|  style="background:#efefef; text-align:center;"|7,1
|  style="background:#efefef; text-align:left;"|[[Santa Cruz de la Sierra]]
|-
|align=left|[[File:Flag of Tarija.svg|border|20px|Flag of Tarija]] [[Tarija Department|Tarija]]
|align=center|BO-T
|align=right| 496.988
|align=right|37.623
|align=center|12,5
|align=left|[[Tarija, Bolivia|Tarija]]
|-
|colspan=7 style="background:#e9e9e9;" align=righth|<small>Source: Demographic Projections 2008, Bolivian National Demographic Institute.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ine.gov.bo/cgi-bin/piwdie1xx.exe/TIPO?Grupo=0304&D2=6&D3= |title=Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Bolivia |access-date=2012-03-28 |archive-date=2008-04-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430094528/http://www.ine.gov.bo/cgi-bin/piwdie1xx.exe/TIPO?Grupo=0304&D2=6&D3= |url-status=dead }}</ref> The departmental densitiy has been calculated with the population of 2006.</small>
|}
</div>

== Culture ==

Bolivian culture has many [[Inca]], [[Aymara people|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 (soccer)|football]], and football, which is often played in the street. Zoos are also very popular, but they do not have much money.

== National symbols ==

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.

==Related pages==
* [[Bolivia at the Olympics]]
* [[Bolivia national football team]]
* [[List of rivers of Bolivia]]

== References ==
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'''Notes'''
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==Other websites==
* [http://annamap.com/bolivia/ Bolivia map]
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