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Bolivia
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General Information
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Official Name: Republic of Bolivia |
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Surface:
1,098,581 km² |
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Constitutional Capital: Sucre
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Administrative
Capital: La Paz
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Currency: Boliviano |
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Official Time: GMT - 4 horas |
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Official Languages:
Spanish, Quechua, Aymara |
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Official Religio:
Roman Catholicism
Note: Law accept freedom of religion and
worship |
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Population:
8,328,700 people
Men: 4,143,790 people
Women: 4,184,910 people |
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Urban Area:
5,307,638 inhabitants |
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Rural Area:
3,021,062 inhabitants |
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Demographic
Density: 7.6 (hab/km²)
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Natural Growth
Rate: 23.64 %
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Type Of Government:
Unitarian, democratic, multi-ethnic, and multi-lingual |
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Bolivian State’s Organization: The Bolivian
Political Constitution establishes the State’s
division into three independent branches
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The Executive
Branch, represented by the President and
Vice President, elected through direct vote
for a 5-yeat term, and non-eligible for
immediate re-election;
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The
Legislative Branch, represented by at two-chamber
Congress (Chamber of Senators and Chamber of
Representatives)
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The Judicial
Branch composed of the twelve-member Supreme
Court of Justice whose magistrates who are
appointed by Congress for a ten-year term.
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