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BOLIVIA TODAY
Country Facts
Full Name: Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia (Plurinational State of Bolivia)
Area: 1,083,300 sq km
Population: 10.6 million (2010)
Constitutional Capital: Sucre (population: 132,000) Seat of Government: La Paz
People: Indigenous, primarily Aymara, Quechua, and Guarani, Mestizo
Language(s): Under the 2009 Constitution, all 36 Indigenous tongues are official languages, as well as Spanish
Religion(s): Roman Catholic (95%), Protestant (Evangelical Methodist)
Currency: Boliviano
Major political organisations: Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS);
Government: Democracy with elections held every five years. The 2009 State Constitution provides for an executive and a legislature consisting of a 36-member Senate and 130-member Chamber of Deputies.
Head of State: Juan Evo Morales Ayma
Foreign Minister: David Choquehuanca
Membership of international groupings/organisations: Bolivia holds membership of the UN; WTO; G-11; G77; Organisation of American States (OAS); Andean Community (CAN); Latin American Integration Association (ALADI); Rio Group; MERCOSUR (associate membership); Inter-American Developmental Bank (IADB); IMF, IMF, UNASUR (Union of South American Nations)
DID YOU KNOW?
Bolivia has not only has the highest capital city in the world La Paz (3,640m), but also the highest navigable lake, Titicaca (3,805m). British construction workers brought soccer to Bolivia in the 19th century. One of the clubs they founded, ‘Always Ready’, still exists today.
