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the El Choro trail through the jungles of Bolivia
Bolivia is a South American country surrounded by Brazil on the nothern end, Paraguy & Argentina on the southern & Chile & Peru on the west. The country gets its name from Simon Bolivar. Sucre was the capital until replaced in 1898 by La Paz. Bolivia was once known & referred to as " Upper Peru ". Bolivia became a republic August 6, 1825.
Facts about Boliva : - its largest city is Santa Cruz de Sierra. - its official languages are Spanish, Quechua & Aymara. - its current presidennt is Evo Morales. - Vice President ; Alvaro Garcia. - the western part of Bolivia is surrounded by two chains of the Andes, which is a plateau, the Altiplano. - Almost half of the poulation lives on the platau. - the Bolivian flag is red, yellow & green. - Lake Titcaca is the highest body of water in the wold. - Bolivia is famous for its mineral wealh. - Bolivia's mostly indian population became slaves after the 16th century.
Evo Morales. - PRES.
9 departments. - Beni. ( Trinidad ) - Chuquisaca. ( Sucre ) - Cochabamba. - La Paz. - Oruro. - Pando. ( Cobija ) - Potsi. - Santa Cruz ( Santa Cruz de Sierra ) - Tarija. ( the departments are broken down into provinces, Bolivia has 1OO, which are broken down into municipalities )
- B O L i V i A.
did you know ? Bolivia is almost three times the size of Montana ? Bolivia's climate varies with the altitude? Some of its natual resouces are tin natural gas & hydropower ? One of the natural hazards is flooding in the northeast ? A couple of current issues are loss of biodiversity & drinkable water ? 95% of Bolivians are Roman Catholic ? Its constitution was written Febuary 6th 1967 ? 1 Boliviano is equal to 0.122356 U.S.dollars ?
