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Official Name of Bolivia: Republic of Bolivia
Government type in Bolivia: republic
Capital of Bolivia: Sucre
Primary Language in Bolivia: Spanish, Quechua, Aymara
Currency in Bolivia: boliviano

Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and counter-coups. Comparatively democratic civilian rule was established in the 1980s, but leaders have faced difficult problems of deep-seated poverty, social unrest, and drug production. Current goals include attracting foreign investment, strengthening the educational system, resolving disputes with coca growers over Bolivia's counterdrug efforts, continuing the privatization program, and waging an anticorruption campaign. Landlocked; shares control of Lago Titicaca, world's highest navigable lake (elevation 3,805 m), with Peru.

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» Aranjuez
» Aranjuez
» Calacoto
» Calacoto
» Camiri
» Camiri
» Cobija
» Cobija
» Cochabamba
» Cochabamba

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