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| República de Bolivia Bulibiya Mama Llaqta Wuliwya Suyu Republic of Bolivia | |||||
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| Motto: ¡La unión es la fuerza! (Spanish) "Unity is strength!" | |||||
| Anthem: Bolivianos, el hado propicio | |||||
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| Capital |  La Paz (government) Sucre (legal) | ||||
| Largest city |  Santa Cruz de la Sierra | ||||
| Official languages | Spanish, Quechua, Aymara | ||||
| Government | Socialist | ||||
| - President | Evo Morales | ||||
| Independence | |||||
| - from Spain | August 6, 1825 | ||||
| Area | |||||
| - Total | 1,098,581 km² (n/a) 424,163 sq mi | ||||
| - Water (%) | 1.29 | ||||
| Population | |||||
| - census | 8,857,870 | ||||
| - Density | 8.4 /km² (210th) 21.8 /sq mi | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | 2005 estimate | ||||
| - Total | $25.684 billion (101st) | ||||
| - Per capita | $2,817 (125th) | ||||
| HDI (2004) |  0.692 (medium) (115th) | ||||
| Currency | Boliviano (BOB) | ||||
| Internet TLD | .bo | ||||
| Calling code | +591 | ||||
Bolivia, officially the Republic of Bolivia (Spanish: República de Bolivia, IPA , Quechua: Bulibya, Aymara: Wuliwya), named after Simón Bolívar, is a landlocked country in central South America. It is bordered by Brazil on the north and east, Paraguay and Argentina on the south, and Chile and Peru on the west.
Bolivia, the world's third biggest cocaine producer, should redesign its coat of arms to include coca leaves, according to one group of delegates to an assembly rewriting the constitution.
Photo: a bottle of marihuana drink in Bolivia.
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The AK Press just released a concise and articulate new book about social movements and resource wars in Bolivia: "The Price of Fire" by Benjamin Dangl (co-founder of upsidedownworld.org). This link has info about the book and a video of Ben in New York City at the very first stop on his book tour.
Visiting Bolivia, the firebrand leftist leader Mr Chavez said that capitalism was "the road to hell".