Portal:Bolivia

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Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. Its geography primarily consists of an Andean region to the west and tropical lowlands to the east and north. The country has a diverse environment, including the vast Amazonian plain, the Gran Chaco, temperate valleys, the high-altitude Altiplano plateau, snow-capped peaks, and mountains, encompassing a wide range of climates and biomes across its regions and cities. It includes part of the Pantanal, the largest tropical wetland in the world, along its eastern border. Bolivia is bordered by Brazil to the north and east, Paraguay to the southeast, Argentina to the south, Chile to the southwest, and Peru to the west. The seat of government is La Paz, which contains the executive, legislative, and electoral branches of government, while the constitutional capital is Sucre, the seat of the judiciary. While most population and urban centers lie in the Andean region, the largest city and principal industrial center is Santa Cruz de la Sierra, located in the eastern tropical lowlands.

Bolivia is a constitutionally unitary state divided into nine departments. Its geographic Andean-lowland divide is matched by economic and cultural differences such as those associated with the camba and colla demonyms. One-third of the country is within the Andean mountain range. With an area of 1,098,581 square kilometers (424,164 sq mi), Bolivia is the fifth-largest country in South America and, alongside Paraguay, is one of two landlocked countries in the Americas. It is the largest landlocked country in the Southern Hemisphere; it has inland ports accessing the Atlantic Ocean through two river systems: Acre-Purus-Amazon and Paraguay-Paraná. Bolivia had a population of 11.4 million as of the latest census in 2024. It is multiethnic, including Amerindians, Mestizos, and the descendants of Europeans and Africans. Spanish is the official and predominant language, although 36 indigenous languages also have official status, of which the most commonly spoken are Guaraní, Aymara, and Quechua.

Bolivia was ruled by an oligarchy composed of land-owning and mining interests, in which the people who were apart of the oligarchy were Simón Iturri Patiño, Moritz Hochschild, and Carlos Víctor Aramayo, until the Bolivian National Revolution of 1952 established universal suffrage, nationalized lucrative tin mining and made a limited land reform. There was a succession of military and civilian governments with the last non-elected military ruler leaving office in 1982. (Full article...)

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Guerrillero Heroico, 1960

Ernesto "Che" Guevara de la Serna (14 May 1928 – 9 October 1967) was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, politician, and military theorist. A major figure of the Cuban Revolution, his stylized visage has become a countercultural symbol of rebellion and global insignia in popular culture.

As a medical student, Guevara travelled throughout South America and was appalled by the poverty, hunger, and disease he witnessed. His burgeoning desire to help overturn what he saw as the capitalist exploitation of Latin America by the US prompted his involvement in Guatemala's social reforms under President Jacobo Árbenz, whose CIA-assisted overthrow at the behest of the United Fruit Company solidified Guevara's political ideology. In Mexico City, Guevara met Raúl and Fidel Castro, joined their 26th of July Movement, and sailed to Cuba aboard the yacht Granma with the intention of overthrowing US-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista. Guevara rose to prominence among the insurgents, was promoted to second-in-command, and played a pivotal role in the two-year guerrilla campaign which deposed the Batista regime. (Full article...)

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... that a burgeoning technocratic elite co-opted parts of the Bolivian government under Hugo Banzer and founded their own party in 1977?
... that Julia Figueredo was the first indigenous woman to be elected president of La Paz's parliamentary delegation?
... that German-born physician Pablo Busch was labelled a "witch or curandero" by indigenous tribes in Bolivia?
... that Toribia Álvaro became a candidate for the Bolivian parliament because no other women of the Uru of Lake Poopó were willing to run?
... that Adelio Paucara taught mathematics at rural schools before joining the Red Ponchos, a radical Aymara force that confronted the Bolivian military?
... that Quechua trade unionist Cornelia Flores went from farming to helping to draft the Bolivian constitution?

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The flag of Bolivia adopted on October 31, 1851 by the government of Manuel Isidoro Belzu

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Image 1Oil refinery plant in Cochabamba belonging to Brazilian state-owned company Petrobras. (from Economy of Bolivia)
Image 2The Diablada dance primeval, typical and main of Carnival of Oruro a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity since 2001 in Bolivia (Image: Fraternidad Artística y Cultural "La Diablada"). (from Culture of Bolivia)
Image 3The Salar de Uyuni is a major tourist destination in Bolivia. (from Economy of Bolivia)
Image 4Bolivian children playing the tarka. (from Culture of Bolivia)
Image 5Electricity generation in Bolivia in terawatt-hours (from Economy of Bolivia)
Image 6Historical GDP per capita development (from Economy of Bolivia)
Image 7Antonio José de Sucre, hero of Ayacucho (from History of Bolivia)
Image 8Estadio Hernando Siles (from Culture of Bolivia)
Image 9Inca expansion (1438–1533 CE) (from History of Bolivia)
Image 10Francisco Pizarro (from History of Bolivia)
Image 11Headquarters of the Bolivian Stock Exchange in La Paz. (from Economy of Bolivia)
Image 12Bolivia's territorial losses between the second half of the 19th century and first half of the 20th century (from History of Bolivia)
Image 13The Cerro Rico, from which the Spanish drew most of their silver (from History of Bolivia)
Image 14Traditional folk dress during a festival in Bolivia. (from Culture of Bolivia)
Image 15Quinoa field near Lake Titicaca. Bolivia is the world's second largest producer of quinoa. (from Economy of Bolivia)
Image 16"Map of Bolivia, Showing Forest and Agriculture Areas, and Mineral Localities" from 1912 (from Economy of Bolivia)
Image 17Headquarters of YPFB in La Paz, Bolivia's largest energy company. (from Economy of Bolivia)
Image 18An Afro-Bolivian woman in Coroico. (from Culture of Bolivia)
Image 19Bolivia during the Peru-Bolivian Confederation (from History of Bolivia)
Image 20Cerro Rico in Potosi, still a major silver mine. Bolivia is the world's 8th largest producer of silver. (from Economy of Bolivia)
Image 21Lithium mine in the Salar de Uyuni (from Economy of Bolivia)
Image 22Satellite view of coca leaf and tropical fruit plantations in the Ivirgazama region of Bolivia. Several tropical areas in the country have experienced major deforestation. (from Economy of Bolivia)

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Largest populated areas

v t e Largest cities or towns in Bolivia Census 2024, INE
Rank	Name	Department	Pop.	Rank	Name	Department	Pop.
1	Santa Cruz de la Sierra	Santa Cruz	1,610,982	11	Warnes	Santa Cruz	151,248
2	El Alto	La Paz	885,825	12	La Guardia	Santa Cruz	147,726
3	La Paz	La Paz	757,431	13	Trinidad	Beni	128,589
4	Cochabamba	Cochabamba	665,505	14	Montero	Santa Cruz	126,886
5	Oruro	Oruro	298,350	15	Viacha	La Paz	113,554
6	Sucre	Chuquisaca	296,746	16	Riberalta	Beni	110,302
7	Tarija	Tarija	238,749	17	Yacuíba	Tarija	97,634
8	Sacaba	Cochabamba	219,092	18	Villa Tunari	Cochabamba	93,747
9	Potosí	Potosí	218,702	19	Tiquipaya	Cochabamba	61,840
10	Quillacollo	Cochabamba	166,741	20	Cobija	Pando	55,114

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