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The Republic of Bolivia (Spanish: República e Bolivia, Spanish pronunciation: [reˈpuβ̞lika ð̞e β̞oˈliβ̞ja]), named after Simón Bolívar, is a landlocked country in central South America. It is bordered by Brazil on the north and east, Paraguay and Argentina on the south, and Chile and Peru on the west. From 1839 Sucre was the seat of government until the administrative capital was moved to La Paz in 1898. Sucre remains the constitutional capital and seat of the Supreme Court (Corte Suprema de Justicia).

Trivia about bolivia

  • This nation lost its direct access to the Pacific around 1880 but retains a navy that patrols its rivers & a large lake
  • Alpacas are bred for wool there; Singani is a favorite drink; the National Museum of Arts is in La Paz
  • In this country the Chapare region east of La Paz is fertile banana terrain
  • 1 of the 2 landlocked countries of South America, its judicial capital is Sucre
  • It's named for the man who "liberated" it from Spain in 1824 & was its first president
  • Lake Titicaca is on the border of Peru & this country
  • Has the highest population of the 3, with about 9 million
  • Once known as Upper Peru, it has had over twenty presidents since World War II
  • Part of this South American country's city of La Paz lies in a canyon carved by the La Paz River
  • This country is named after "the George Washington of South America" (the actual George only got cities & a state)
  • Co-capitals:La Paz & Sucre
  • This country's supreme court is in Sucre, not in La Paz
  • Dating from 1624, this country's San Francisco Xavier University in Sucre is one of the oldest in the Americas
  • Then known as Upper Peru, this country gained independence in 1825; General Sucre soon became president
  • This country that's named for a South American hero lies on Peru's eastern border
  • In 1884 it lost its Atacama province to Chile & became a landlocked country
  • Butch was reportedly killed near San Vicente in this country in 1909, though no one knows for sure
  • Evo Morales, an Aymara Indian, is this nation's first indigenous president
  • It has 2 capitals: La Paz & Sucre
  • At over 15,000 feet high, the highest railway station in South America is in Condor in this small country
  • This landlocked country of South America is a prime source of mined bismuth
  • In 1980 Luis Garcia Meza took power in this landlocked S. Amer. country that's had more than 180 coups in its history
  • ...this country & you might find yourself in Paraguay, Argentina or Chile
  • The world's largest producer of Brazil nuts is not Brazil but this landlocked neighbor
  • Its Altiplano region was home to the great Tihuanaco empire
  • When the War of the Pacific ended in 1884, this now landlocked country lost its only coastal territory to Chile

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