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Name:
Bolivia
(long form)
Republic of Bolivia
Capital City:
La Paz (877,363 pop.)
(2,364,235 metro)
Bolivia Population:
(
2010 est.
)
World Populations
(all countries)
Currency:
Bolivia Boliviano
(conversion rates)
Five Hundred Bolivia Boliviano
Ethnicity:
Quechua 30%, mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry) 30%, Aymara 25%, white 15%
GDP total:
$47.98 billion (
2010 est
)
GDP per capita:
$4,800 (
2010 est
)
Land Sizes
Language:
Spanish 60.7% (official), Quechua 21.2% (official), Aymara 14.6% (official), foreign languages 2.4%, other 1.2% (2001 census)
Largest Cities:
(
by population
) La Paz, Santa Cruz, Cochabamba, Oruro, Sucre, Tarija, Potosi, Quillacollo
Name:
The name Bolivia is dervied from the surname of Simon Bolivar.
National Day:
August 6
Religion:
Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist) 5%
Symbols
Aerial view over La Paz, Bolivia
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