BOLIVIA

About Bolivia
About Bolivia : Capital city

Sucre (official) La Paz (administrative)

About Bolivia :

Area : 1.1 million square

kilometer or
424,164 square miles
About Bolivia :

Population : 10.2 million

Life expectancy:
66 years (men),
71 years (women)
Population : 10.2 million
Life expectancy:
66 years (men),
71 years (women)

Population of Bolivia are composed mostly of indigenous group, with Aymara occupying 25%,
Mestizo (ethnic mix of indigenous people and Europeans or Europeans descendants) 30%, and
Quechua 30.0%. meanwhile, only 15% are European.
About Bolivia :
Major languages : Spanish, Quechua, Aymara, Guarani
Currency : Boliviano
Major religion : Christianity
About Bolivia : Government structure

Chief of State: President Juan Evo Morales Ayma

Head of Government: President Juan Evo Morales Ayma
Government Name:
Plurinational State of Bolivia
Government Type: Republic
Culture and Religion: Bolivian culture is very diverse, it includes people
of Spanish origin, descendants of the colonisers, indigenous groups from
the Andes and mestizos.

President Juan Evo Morales Ayma

About Bolivia : Fun Facts
It is the highest and most isolated country in South America.
About Bolivia : Fun Facts

has the second-largest reserves

of natural gas in South America
one of the world's largest
producers of coca, the raw
material for cocaine
About Bolivia : Fun Facts
Most people are farmers
Bolivia gets over 8000 mm of rain, on average, per year, which makes
it one of the wettest countries in the world.
More than 40% of all animal and plant life on planet Earth is found in
Bolivia in its tropical rainforests and Pantanal Wetlands.
Tourist Attractions
Tourist Attractions : wildlife

1.) Wildlife
The mammalian life in Bolivia is well adjusted to the altitude as most of the
wildlife is native to the Andes, or at least fits in with the alpine nation. A
couple of the continent's most iconic animals are native to Bolivia including
the llama, alpaca, vicuna (a camel species), cougars (puma), wolves, foxes,
and deer.
Tourist Attractions : wildlife
Tourist Attractions :
2.) Salar de Uyuni
One of the flattest places in the world
the 4,000 square-miles salt flats were formed by a prehistoric lake.
It made entirely from bricks of salt. The salt flats are at their most
spectacular after a rain, when water sitting atop the cemented salt
acts like a mirror, perfectly reflecting the sky above.
Tourist Attractions :
3.) Tiwanaku
Located near the south-eastern
shore of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia
one of the most important
precursors to the Inca Empire.
The community grew to urban
proportions between the 7th and 9th
centuries, becoming an important
regional power in the southern
Andes. At its peak the city had
between 15,00030,000 inhabitants.
represents the greatest megalithic
architectural achievement of pre-
Inca South America.
Tourist Attractions :
4.) San Pedro prison

Unlike other prisons around

the world, this special prison
permits its inmates to live
with their families, work,
earn and even buy or rent
their accommodations.
Tourist Attractions :
5.) Cal Orko

5,055 footprints from at least 8 different species of dinosaurs in Bolivia on Cal

Orko, an imposing limestone slab 1.5 km long and more than 100 meters high.
The marks are 68 million years old. And they are on a vertical wal.
Tourist Attractions :
6.) Madidi National Park
Madidi National Park stretches
from the Andes to the Amazon.
one the most biologically diverse
parks in the world.
Home to elusive jaguar, a giant
otter or the titi monkey, species
of monkey found nowhere else in
the world.
More than 11 percent of the
planets 9,000 species of birds
can be found in Madidi National
Park.
Tourist Attractions :
7.) SHOPPING

Recommended Places: La Paz, Feria Del Alto,

Mercado Rodriquez, Tarabuco Sunday Market
Tourist Attractions :
Feria Del Alto

This place usually opens on Sunday

and Thursday and it has ponchos,
alpaca sweaters, leather clothes,
textiles and handicraft items.
Tourist Attractions :
Mercado Rodriquez

Mercado Rodriquez has fresh

fruits, vetgetables, seafood, and
fish.
Tourist Attractions :
Tarabuco Sunday Market

This is a local market, which sells varieties of herbs for cooking,

especially big dried red chilies.
Challenges Bolivia Face Right Now
long-running tensions over the exploitation and export of the
resource. Indigenous groups say the country should not relinquish
control of the reserves, which they see as Bolivia's sole remaining
natural resource.
The country and the people are looking for other ways to earn a
living besides farming.