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# Bolivia

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Bolivia is a country in South America. It is land locked by Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Peru, and Chile. Evo Morales became the president of Bolivia in January 2006. The population of Bolivia is 9,182,000. Bolivia is named after Simón Bolívar. The main languages are Spanish and Quechua, but there are other languages too.

## [edit] History

  Main article: History of Bolivia

Bolivia used to belong to the colony of Spain. The silver mines in Bolivia made most of Spain's money, and Spain used Bolivians as slaves to work in the mines. After many wars, Simón Bolívar helped Bolivia to be an independant country.

## [edit] Geography

Map of Bolivia from the CIA World Factbook

  Main article: Geography of Bolivia

Bolivia is 424,135 mi² (1,098,580 km²[1]). 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 doesn't have a sea. It used to own some of the Pacific coast, but it loas this in 1979 in the War of the Pacific. The west of Bolivia is on the Andes mountain range. The heighest mountain in Bolivia is called Nevado Del Sajama and is it in 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 heighest lake in the world. This lake is called Lake Titicaca.

The major cities are La Paz, Santa Cruz de la Sierra and Cochabamba.

## [edit] Culture

  Main article: Culture of Bolivia

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 foosball, which is often played in the street. Zoos are also very popular, but they don't have much money.

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## [edit] 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.

Countries and territories of South America
Independent: Argentina | Bolivia | Brazil | Chile | Colombia | Ecuador | Guyana | Paraguay | Peru | Suriname | Uruguay | Venezuela
Governed by other countries: Falkland Islands | French Guiana | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

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