Bolivia

Bolivia: Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia

Population: 10,715,000 (2017)

Languages: Spanish & 36 indigenous languages [such as Aymara, Borôro, Cayubaba, Leco, Wichí Lhamtés Nocten, etc.] are the official languages; American & Bolivian Sign Language ( Ethnologue)  

Land: 424,200 mi² (considered Central South America; it is nearly 3x the size of Montana) Major Places: Sucre (official capital – Supreme Court residence), La Paz (capital of government), Santa Cruz de la Sierra and Cochabamba

Political System: Unitary Multiparty Republic with 2 Legislative Houses (President is head of state and head of the government)

Independence Day = August 6, 1825

Gross Domestic Product:
Worth 37.51 Billion US dollars in 2017, it represents 0.06 percent of the world economy. ( Trading Economics)  

Top Production Items: 
 

• Petroleum Gas: $1,504,690 (16.5% of shares)
• Crude Oil: $ 251,036 (2.76% of shares)
• Tin: $ 137,345 (1.51% of shares)

3 Interesting Facts:
 

• Nearly 78% of the population identify as Roman Catholic
• The clock on the National Congress building in the main square of La Paz runs backwards to remind people to think differently.
• Bolivia has multiple active and extinct volcanoes; the active volcanoes are along the Cordillera Occidental, otherwise known as the West Andes

Catholic Dioceses in Bolivia:

4 Archdioceses