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Capital: Sucre Population: 9 mln Surface: 1,098,580 sq km Languages:
Spanish, Quechua, Aymara
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Bolivia is named after Simón Bolivar who led the struggle to free Bolivia and the rest of South America from Spanish colonial rule. He was also the author of Bolivia's first constitution
Exact population: 8,989,046 (July 2006 est.) Literacy: Total population: 87.2%; male: 93.1%; female: 81.6% Ethnicities: Quechua 30%, mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry) 30%, Aymara 25%, white 15% Land boundaries: Total: 6,743 km; border countries: Argentina 832 km, Brazil 3,400 km, Chile 861 km, Paraguay 750 km, Peru 900 km Terrain: Rugged Andes Mountains with a highland plateau (Altiplano), hills, lowland plains of the Amazon Basin Extremes: Lowest point: Rio Paraguay 90 m; highest point: Nevado Sajama 6,542 m Imports: Brazil 29.7%, Argentina 17.6%, US 10.8%, Chile 7.7%, Peru 7.3% (2004) Exports: Brazil 40%, US 13.9%, Colombia 8.7%, Peru 6.3%, Japan 4.5% (2004) Industries: Mining, smelting, petroleum, food and beverages, tobacco, handicrafts, clothing