Bolivia

Country name	Plurinational State of Bolivia
Capital	La Paz (administrative capital)
Independence	6 August 1825 (from Spain)
National holiday	Independence Day, 6 August (1825)
Population	10,290,003 (July 2012 est.)
Sex ratio	1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2011 est.)
Nationality	Bolivian(s)
Religions	Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist) 5%
Languages	Spanish (official) 60.7%, Quechua (official) 21.2%, Aymara (official) 14.6%, foreign languages 2.4%, other 1.2% (2001 census)
Literacy	Age 15 and over can read and write Total population: 86.7% Male: 93.1% Female: 80.7% (2001 census)
Location	Central South America, southwest of Brazil
Geographic coordinates	17 00 S, 65 00 W
Map references	South America
Area	total: 1,098,581 sq km land: 1,083,301 sq km water: 15,280 sq km
Area - comparative	slightly less than three times the size of Montana
Land boundaries	total: 6,940 km border countries: Argentina 832 km, Brazil 3,423 km, Chile 860 km, Paraguay 750 km, Peru 1,075 km
Coastline	0 km (landlocked)
Maritime claims	none (landlocked)
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
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Rio Paraguay 90 m highest point: Nevado Sajama 6,542 m
Natural resources	tin, natural gas, petroleum, zinc, tungsten, antimony, silver, iron, lead, gold, timber, hydropower
Exports – commodities	Natural gas, Soybeans and soy products, Crude petroleum, Zinc ore, tin
Imports - commodities	Petroleum products, plastics, paper, aircraft and aircraft parts, prepared foods, automobiles, insecticides
Land use	arable land: 2.78% permanent crops: 0.19% other: 97.03% (2005)
Irrigated land	1,500 sq km (2003)
Total renewable water resources	622.5 cu km (2000)
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)	total: 1.44 cu km/yr (13%/7%/81%) per capita: 157 cu m/yr (2000)
Natural hazards	flooding in the northeast (March to April) volcanism: volcanic activity in Andes Mountains on the border with Chile; historically active volcanoes in this region are Irruputuncu (elev. 5,163 m), which last erupted in 1995 and Olca-Paruma
Environment - current issues	the clearing of land for agricultural purposes and the international demand for tropical timber are contributing to deforestation; soil erosion from overgrazing and poor cultivation methods (including slash-and-burn agriculture); desertification; loss of biodiversity; industrial pollution of water supplies used for drinking and irrigation
Environment - international agreements	party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Environmental Modification, Marine Life Conservation
Geography - note	landlocked; shares control of Lago Titicaca, world's highest navigable lake (elevation 3,805 m), with Peru