General Information Concerning Bolivia

Official name: Republic of Bolivia.
Bolivia was born as a republic on the 6th of August, 1825, a free, independent, sovereign, multiethnic and multicultural nation, according to the National Constitution.

Area: 1,098,870 square kilometers

Population: 8,300,000 (2001)

Tipo de Gobierno: República

Type of government: Republic:
System of government: Bolivia is a unitary, representative and democratic republic with three branches of government, the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Branches.
Constitutional Capital: The city of Sucre (founded in 1538 by Pedro Anzúrez de Campo Redondo) has been designated as the Constitutional Capital of the Republic.
The seat of government is the city of La Paz, founded in 1548 by Alonso de Mendoza.

Political Divisions:

Flag:	Coat of arms:
Three horizontal stripes of equal size, of colors red (upper), yellow (middle) and green (lower).

Ethnic groups:
Quechua 30%, Aymara 25%, Mestizo (mixed descent) 30% and White 15%.

Languages:
Spanish (official)
Quechua, Aymara and Tupi Guarani (indigeneous

Religion:
95% Catholic, 5% Protestant (Methodist, Evangelical)

Political Map of Bolivia: