Bolivia

• Bolivia
  Bolivia
  Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
  
  
• Environmental issues in Bolivia
  Environmental issues in Bolivia
  This page covers environmental issues in Bolivia.A land-use survey conducted in 2001 chicana 6 percent loss of primary forest over the previous two decades. Even with this encroaching desertification, however, forests still cover more than 50 percent of Bolivian territory...
  
  
• Foreign aid to Bolivia
  Foreign aid to Bolivia
  In 1998 the World Bank and International Monetary Fund awarded Bolivia a debt relief package worth US$760 million . Bolivia has also received relief under the World Bank’s Heavily Indebted Poor Countries program, which, if Bolivia meets all checkpoints, will total US$1.2 billion by 2011...
  
  
• ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
  ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
  ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes are two-letter country codes defined in ISO 3166-1, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , to represent countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest...
  
   country code for Bolivia: BO
  Bolivia
  Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
  
  
• ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
  ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
  ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 codes are three-letter country codes defined in ISO 3166-1, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , to represent countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest...
  
   country code for Bolivia: BOL
  Bolivia
  Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
  
  
• ISO 3166-2:BO
  ISO 3166-2:BO
  ISO 3166-2:BO is the entry for Bolivia in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently for Bolivia, ISO 3166-2 codes are...
  
   region codes for Bolivia
• Tupac Katari Guerrilla Army
  Tupac Katari Guerrilla Army
  The Tupac Katari Guerrilla Army is an indigenous guerrilla movement in Bolivia. The organization descends directly from the original revolutionaries trained by Che Guevara in the 1960s. Their objective is to fight for social equality in Bolivia and amongst its indigenous population...
  
  

Buildings and structures in Bolivia

• Basilica of Our Lady of Copacabana
  Basilica of Our Lady of Copacabana
  The Basilica of Our Lady of Copacabana is a 16th century Spanish colonial shrine that houses the image of the Virgin of Copacabana. It is located in the town of Copacabana, Bolivia on the shores of Lake Titicaca near the Peruvian border in the region known as the Altiplano...
  
  
• Palacio Quemado
  Palacio Quemado
  The Palacio Quemado is a popular name to denote the Bolivian Palace of Government, located on Plaza Murillo in downtown La Paz. It is the building from which the Bolivian executive conducts its business.The building has had many incarnations...
  
  

Airports in Bolivia

• List of airports in Bolivia
• La Paz / El Alto: El Alto International Airport
  El Alto International Airport
  El Alto International Airport is an international airport located south west of La Paz, La Paz Department, Bolivia.The airport is located in the city of El Alto and has served since the first half of the 20th century, but was modernized in the late 1960s, when its runway was lengthened and a new...
  
  
• Cochabamba: Jorge Wilstermann International Airport
  Jorge Wilstermann International Airport
  Jorge Wilstermann International Airport, known in Spanish as Aeropuerto Internacional Jorge Wilstermann is an airport serving Cochabamba, a city in the Cochabamba department of Bolivia...
  
  
• Sucre: Juana Azurduy de Padilla International Airport
  Juana Azurduy de Padilla International Airport
  Juana Azurduy de Padilla International Airport is an airport that serves Sucre, Bolivia, the nation's constitutional capital city.The only runway at Juana Azurduy de Padilla is 9400 feet in length, and is at an altitude of . Because of this high altitude, many people who arrive at Sucre via rapid...
  
  
• Santa Cruz: Viru Viru International Airport
  Viru Viru International Airport
  Viru Viru International Airport is an aviation facility located in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.The idea to build a new, modern airport in Santa Cruz was conceived in 1976, in view of the obsolence of the old airport known as El Trompillo. Soon after, construction of the airport began...
  
  
• Santa Cruz: El Trompillo Airport
  El Trompillo Airport
  El Trompillo Airport is located in the south part of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, about 2km away from the central plaza.-Creation:It was created in 1920 with a lane that measured no more than 800 meters . The airport was given the name of “Captain Horacio Vasquez” honoring a pilot who died in an accident...
  
  

Archaeological sites in Bolivia

• Chiripa
  Chiripa
  The archeological site of Chiripa Pata is located in the Lake Titicaca region in Bolivia. It lays 15 km east of the city Chiripa and quite close to Pequery....
  
  
• El Fuerte de Samaipata
  El Fuerte de Samaipata
  El Fuerte de Samaipata , also known simply as 'El Fuerte', is an archaeological site and UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the Santa Cruz Department, Florida Province, Bolivia. It is situated in the eastern foothills of the Bolivian Andes, and is a popular tourist destination for Bolivians and...
  
  
• Incallajta
  Incallajta
  Incallajta is a monumental Inca site in central Bolivia, Cochabamba Department, Carrasco Province, Pocona Municipality, approximately 130 kilometers east of Cochabamba. It was most recently excavated by Larry Coben...
  
  
• Tiwanaku
  Tiwanaku
  Tiwanaku, is an important Pre-Columbian archaeological site in western Bolivia, South America. Tiwanaku is recognized by Andean scholars as one of the most important precursors to the Inca Empire, flourishing as the ritual and administrative capital of a major state power for approximately five...
  
  

Football venues in Bolivia

• Estadio Félix Capriles
  Estadio Félix Capriles
  The Estadio Félix Capriles is a multi-purpose stadium in Cochabamba, Bolivia. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 32,000 people., although it's normal capacity is 27,588. It is the home stadium of Club Jorge Wilstermann and Club Aurora. It is...
  
  
• Estadio Hernando Siles
  Estadio Hernando Siles
  Estadio Hernando Siles is a sports stadium in La Paz, Bolivia. It is the country's largest sports complex with a capacity of 42,000 seated spectators and is named after Hernando Siles Reyes, the 31st President of Bolivia...
  
  
• Estadio IV Centenário
  Estadio IV Centenário
  Estadio IV Centenario is a multi-use stadium in Tarija, Bolivia. It is currently used mostly for football matches, on club level by Unión Central and Ciclón. The stadium has a capacity of 15,000 people....
  
  
• Estadio Jesús Bermúdez
  Estadio Jesús Bermúdez
  The Estadio Jesús Bermúdez is a multi-purpose stadium in Oruro, Bolivia. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium has a capacity of 28,000 people....
  
  
• Estadio Libertador Simón Bolivar
  Estadio Libertador Simón Bolivar
  Estadio Libertador Simón Bolivar is a multi-use stadium in the Tembladerani neighborhood of the city of La Paz, Bolivia. It is most often used for football matches, on club level by Club Bolívar. The stadium has a capacity of 25,000 people....
  
  
• Estadio Mario Mercado Vaca Guzmán
  Estadio Mario Mercado Vaca Guzmán
  Estadio Víctor Agustín Ugarte, also known by its old name Estadio Mario Mercado Vaca Guzmán, is a multi-purpose stadium in Potosí, Bolivia. At an altitude of 3960 m above sea level, it is one of the world's highest situated stadiums. It is currently used mostly for football matches, on club level...
  
  
• Estadio Olímpico Patria
  Estadio Olímpico Patria
  Estadio Olímpico Patria is a multi-purpose stadium in Sucre, Bolivia. It is currently used for football matches and is the home venue for 1st division team Club Universitario and Independiente Petrolero, and was used for the Copa América 1997. The stadium holds 32,000 people and was opened in...
  
  
• Estadio Rafael Mendoza
  Estadio Rafael Mendoza
  Estadio Rafael Mendoza Castellón is a multi-use stadium in the neighborhood of Achumani, La Paz, Bolivia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and belongs to the "Club The Strongest" The stadium has a capacity of 15,000 people....
  
  
• Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera
  Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera
  Estadio Ramón "Tahuichi" Aguilera is a multi-purpose stadium in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. It is used mostly for football matches, on club level by Club Blooming, Oriente Petrolero, and Club Destroyers. The stadium has a capacity of 38,000 people and was built in 1939...
  
  

Cities in Bolivia

• List of cities in Bolivia
• Achacachi
  Achacachi
  Achacachi is a town on the Altiplano plateau in the South American Andes in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It is the capital of the Omasuyos Province.-History of Achacachi:...
  
  
• Arani (Bolivia)
  Arani (Bolivia)
  Arani is the capital of Arani Province and Arani Municipality located in Cochabamba Department in the center of Bolivia at an altitude of 9,400 ft . At the time of census 2001 it had 3,512 inhabitants.....
  
  
• Arque
  Arque
  Arque is a location in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. It is the seat of Arque Province and Arque Municipality. Arque is situated at an elevation of 10,735 ft on the northern bank of Arque River....
  
  
• Camiri
  Camiri
  Camiri is a town in Bolivia, Santa Cruz Department, Cordillera Province. It is the seat of the Camiri Municipality. The town has an estimated population of 33,705 inhabitants,...
  
  
• Capinota
  Capinota
  Capinota is a small town in the Bolivian Department of Cochabamba and capital of the Capinota Province.-Location:Capinota is situated at an altitude of 2.380 m where the rivers Río Arque and Río Rocha meet to become the Río Caine and the Río Grande downstream...
  
  
• Caranavi
  Caranavi
  Caranavi is the capital of the Caranavi Province in the Yungas region of Bolivia, South America. On 23 December 2009, part of the province was detached from the municipality of Caranavi to become the municipality of Alto Beni.-Geography:...
  
  
• Cobija
  Cobija
  The Bolivian city of Cobija is located about 600 km north of La Paz in the Amazon Basin on the border of Brazil and Peru. Cobija lies on banks of the Rio Acre across from the Brazilian city Brasiléia. Cobija lies at an elevation of ca...
  
  
• Cochabamba
  Cochabamba
  Cochabamba is a city in central Bolivia, located in a valley bearing the same name in the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cochabamba Department and is the fourth largest city in Bolivia with an urban population of 608,276 and a metropolitan population of more than 1,000,000 people...
  
  
• Copacabana, Bolivia
  Copacabana, Bolivia
  Copacabana is the main Bolivian town on the shore of Lake Titicaca, from where boats leave for Isla del Sol, the sacred Inca island. The town has a large 16th-century shrine, the Basilica of Our Lady of Copacabana. Our Lady of Copacabana is the patron saint of Bolivia. The town is a destination for...
  
  
• Coroico
  Coroico
  Coroico is a town in Nor Yungas Province, in the La Paz Department of western Bolivia.-History:Coroico Viejo was founded above the Kori Huayco River...
  
  
• El Alto
  El Alto
  At one time merely a suburb of adjacent La Paz, Bolivia, on the Altiplano highlands, the city of El Alto is today one of Bolivia's largest and fastest-growing urban centers. As of the 2001 census, the population was 649,958. In 2010, the population may be nearly 900,000, or more. The city contains...
  
  
• Inquisivi
  Inquisivi
  Inquisivi is the capital of the Inquisivi Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. It was officially named on Nov. 2, 1844. Residents of Inquisivi are called Inquisivenos....
  
  
• La Higuera
  La Higuera
  La Higuera is a small village in Bolivia located in the Province of Vallegrande, in the Department of Santa Cruz. It is situated in the La Higuera Canton belonging to the Pucará municipality.-Geography:...
  
  
• La Paz
  La Paz
  Nuestra Señora de La Paz is the administrative capital of Bolivia, as well as the departmental capital of the La Paz Department, and the second largest city in the country after Santa Cruz de la Sierra...
  
  
• Mizque
  Mizque
  Mizque is a town in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. It is the capital of the Mizque Province. Mizque is located in the valley of the Mizque River, one of the main tributaries of the Río Grande....
  
  
• Montero
  Montero
  Montero has an elevation of 300 meters above sea level and an average temperature of 23 °C. The city is predominantly agricultural, producing soybeans, cotton, corn and rice....
  
  
• Orinoca
  Orinoca
  Orinoca is a district in the Andamarca Municipality in the Bolivian Sud Carangas Province in Oruro Department.-Location:The Orinoca District is located at , 3,800 m above sea-level, on the western shore of Lake Poopó, 180 km south of Oruro...
  
  
• Oruro, Bolivia
  Oruro, Bolivia
  Oruro is a city in Bolivia with a population of 235,393 , located about equidistant between La Paz and Sucre at approximately 3710 meters above sea level. It is the capital of the department of Oruro....
  
  
• Potosí
  Potosí
  Potosí is a city and the capital of the department of Potosí in Bolivia. It is one of the highest cities in the world by elevation at a nominal . and it was the location of the Spanish colonial mint, now the National Mint of Bolivia...
  
  
• Presto, Bolivia
  Presto, Bolivia
  Presto is a Bolivian town located in Jaime Zudáñez Province, Chuquisaca Department, 95 km east of Sucre....
  
  
• Puerto Suárez
  Puerto Suárez
  Puerto Suárez is an important inland river port and municipality in Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. It is located 10 km west of the border with Brazil.-Location:...
  
  
• Punata
  Punata
  Punata is the capital of Punata Province and Punata Municipality in Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. At the time of census 2001 it had a population of 14,742 inhabitants...
  
  
• Quillacollo
  Quillacollo
  Quillacollo is the capital of Quillacollo Province in Cochabamba Department, Bolivia.- Population and growth :The city of Quillacollo is located westward of Cochabamba City. Quillacollo's population is 74,980 based on the 2001 census and is estimated to reach 85,224 in 2009...
  
  
• Riberalta
  Riberalta
  Riberalta is a town in the Beni Department in northern Bolivia, situated where the Madre de Dios River joins the Beni River. Riberalta is on the south bank of the Beni River....
  
  
• Sacaba
  Sacaba
  Sacaba is the capital of the Bolivian province of Chapare. The city, located 13 kilometers eastward from Cochabamba, is the second largest city in the Cochabamba Department after Cochabamba city...
  
  
• Santa Cruz de la Sierra
  Santa Cruz de la Sierra
  Santa Cruz de la Sierra, commonly known as Santa Cruz, is the capital of the Santa Cruz department in eastern Bolivia and the largest city in the country...
  
  
• Sucre
  Sucre
  Sucre, also known historically as Charcas, La Plata and Chuquisaca is the constitutional capital of Bolivia and the capital of the department of Chuquisaca. Located in the south-central part of the country, Sucre lies at an elevation of 2750m...
  
  
• Tapacarí
  Tapacarí
  Tapacarí is the capital of Tapacarí Province in Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. It is located at an elevation of 2997 m. At the time of census 2001 it had a population of 411 .- External links :*...
  
  
• Tarija, Bolivia
  Tarija, Bolivia
  Tarija or San Bernardo de la Frontera de Tarixa is a city in southern Bolivia. Founded in 1574, Tarija is both the capital and largest city within the Tarija Department, with an airport offering regular service to primary Bolivian cities, as well as a regional bus terminal with domestic and...
  
  
• Tiraque
  Tiraque
  Tiraque is a location in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. It is the seat of the Tiraque Province. At the time of census 2001 it had a population of 1,906.-External links:*...
  
  
• Torotoro (Bolivia)
  Torotoro (Bolivia)
  Toro Toro is a town in the Charcas Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia.Torotoro was founded in the late colonial period by mestizo migrants from Cochabamba and legally confirmed as a municipality on 21 November 1883. The municipality has an area of 1,169 km² and a population of 10,535...
  
  
• Trinidad, Bolivia
  Trinidad, Bolivia
  Trinidad, officially La Santísima Trinidad , is a city in Bolivia, capital of the department of Beni. The population is 130,000 ....
  
  
• Tupiza
  Tupiza
  Tupiza is a city in Potosí Department, Bolivia. It is located at around at an elevation of about 3160 m. The population is 23,100...
  
  
• Uyuni
  Uyuni
  Uyuni is a city in the southwest of Bolivia. It primarily serves as a gateway for tourists visiting the world's largest salt flats, the nearby Salar de Uyuni.-Origin:...
  
  
• Vallegrande
  Vallegrande
  Vallegrande is a small colonial town in Bolivia, located in the Department of Santa Cruz, some 125 km southwest of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. It is the capital of the Vallegrande Province and Vallegrande Municipality and serves as a regionally important market town...
  
  
• Villa Tunari
  Villa Tunari
  Villa Tunari or Tunari is a location in the department of Cochabamba, Bolivia. It is the seat of the Villa Tunari Municipality, the third municipal section of the Chapare Province. At the time of census 2001 it had a population of 2,510....
  
  
• Villamontes
  Villamontes
  Villamontes is a town in the Tarija Department in south-eastern Bolivia.-Location:Villamontes is the administrative center of Villamontes Municipio and situated at , 390 m above sea level, on the left bank of Río Pilcomayo where the river crosses the Sierra del Aguarague mountain range and flows...
  
  

Communications in Bolivia

• Communications in Bolivia
  Communications in Bolivia
  This article concerns communications in Bolivia. Bolivia is a country in South America which possesses a number of modern communications systems...
  
  
• .bo
  .bo
  .bo is the Internet country code top-level domain for Bolivia. It is administered by ADSIB, As of February 2011, the NIC was offering a registration fee of about $40 USD per year or 280 $Bs for third-level domain and $140 USD per year or 980 $Bs for second level domain.Registration is at the...
  
   Internet
  Internet
  The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
  
   country code top-level domain
  Country code top-level domain
  A country code top-level domain is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, a sovereign state, or a dependent territory....
  
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• List of people on stamps of Bolivia

National parks of Bolivia

• List of national parks of Bolivia
• Amboró National Park
  Amboró National Park
  Amboró National Park in central Bolivia is a nature reserve with over 800 species of birds, over 125 mammalian species including puma, ocelot, and the rare Spectacled Bear. Covering an area of 4,425 km² , it is protected from human settlements, hunting, mining and deforestation, though...
  
  
• Madidi
  Madidi
  Madidi is a national park in the upper Amazon river basin in Bolivia. Established in 1995, it has an area of 18,958 square kilometres, and along with nearby protected areas Manuripi-Heath, Apolobamba, and the Manu Biosphere Reserve...
  
  
• Noel Kempff Mercado National Park
  Noel Kempff Mercado National Park
  Noel Kempff Mercado National Park is a national park in northeast Santa Cruz Department, Province of José Miguel de Velasco, Bolivia, on the border with Brazil.-Description:...
  
  
• Torotoro National Park
  Torotoro National Park
  Torotoro National Park is a small national park in Bolivia, situated among the eastern mountain ranges of the South American Andes cordilleras.-Geography:...
  
  

World Heritage Sites in Bolivia

• Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos
  Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos
  The Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos are in the Santa Cruz department of eastern Bolivia. Six of the missions have been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The missions are distinguished by the fusion of European and American Indian cultural influences...
  
  
• El Fuerte de Samaipata
  El Fuerte de Samaipata
  El Fuerte de Samaipata , also known simply as 'El Fuerte', is an archaeological site and UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the Santa Cruz Department, Florida Province, Bolivia. It is situated in the eastern foothills of the Bolivian Andes, and is a popular tourist destination for Bolivians and...
  
  
• Noel Kempff Mercado National Park
  Noel Kempff Mercado National Park
  Noel Kempff Mercado National Park is a national park in northeast Santa Cruz Department, Province of José Miguel de Velasco, Bolivia, on the border with Brazil.-Description:...
  
  
• Potosí
  Potosí
  Potosí is a city and the capital of the department of Potosí in Bolivia. It is one of the highest cities in the world by elevation at a nominal . and it was the location of the Spanish colonial mint, now the National Mint of Bolivia...
  
  
• Sucre
  Sucre
  Sucre, also known historically as Charcas, La Plata and Chuquisaca is the constitutional capital of Bolivia and the capital of the department of Chuquisaca. Located in the south-central part of the country, Sucre lies at an elevation of 2750m...
  
  
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• Tiwanaku
  Tiwanaku
  Tiwanaku, is an important Pre-Columbian archaeological site in western Bolivia, South America. Tiwanaku is recognized by Andean scholars as one of the most important precursors to the Inca Empire, flourishing as the ritual and administrative capital of a major state power for approximately five...
  
  

Bolivian culture

• Culture of Bolivia
  Culture of Bolivia
  Bolivia is a country in South America located at the Andes mountains. It has a Native American population which mixed Spanish cultural elements with their ancestors' traditions. The Spanish-speaking population mainly follows the Western customs....
  
  
• Ayllus
  Ayllus
  An ayllu is a unit of familial or local self-organization, particularly in rural areas. Ayllu is a word in both the Quechua and Aymara languages referring to a network of families in a given area, often with a putative or fictive common ancestor. Ayllus are distinguished by comparative...
  
  
• Carnaval de Oruro
  Carnaval de Oruro
  The Carnival of Oruro is a more than 2000 year old religious celebration that, through creativity, continuity, and ritual, came to constitute a model of "Masterpieces of Oral Heritage and Intangible Heritage of Humanity...
  
  
• Coat of arms of Bolivia
  Coat of arms of Bolivia
  The coat of arms of Bolivia has a central cartouche surrounded by Bolivian flags, muskets, laurel branches, and has an Andean condor on top.The central cartouche has a border with ten stars in the bottom, which symbolize the nine Departamentos and the former province Litoral that was taken over by...
  
  
• Ekeko
  Ekeko
  The Ekeko is the Tiwanakan god of abundance and prosperity in the mythology and folklore of the people from the Andean Altiplano. The current representation corresponds to a reinterpretation made by the artisan Isidro Choquehuanca as a gift for an employee of the Governor and Commanding Officer of...
  
  
• Flag of Bolivia
  Flag of Bolivia
  The current flag of Bolivia was originally adopted by Bolivia in 1851. The state flag and ensign is a horizontal tricolor of red, yellow and green with the Bolivian coat of arms in the center...
  
  
• National Anthem of Bolivia
  National Anthem of Bolivia
  The national anthem of Bolivia , also known as Bolivianos, el Hado Propicio was adopted in 1851. José Ignacio de Sanjinés, a signer of both the Bolivian Declaration of Independence and the first Bolivian Constitution, wrote the lyrics...
  
  
• Public holidays in Bolivia
  Public holidays in Bolivia
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• Tinku
  Tinku
  Tinku, an Andean tradition, began as a form of ritualistic combat. It is native to the northern region of Potosí in Bolivia. In the language of Quechua, the word “tinku” means encounter. In the language of Aymara it means “physical attack.” During this ritual, men and women from different...
  
  

See also: #Sport in Bolivia

Bolivian artists

• Alfredo Da Silva
  Alfredo Da Silva
  Alfredo Da Silva is a painter, graphic artist, and photographer, known for his abstract expressionism. He came to international prominence in 1959.- Biography :...
  
  
• Roberto Berdecio
  Roberto Berdecio
  Roberto Berdecio was a Bolivian-born artist.A significant contributor to the important political and cultural art movement in Mexico during the 1950s and 1960s. He was born in Sucre, Bolivia....
  
  
• Graciela Rodo Boulanger
  Graciela Rodo Boulanger
  Graciela Rodo Aparicio is a Bolivian painter.Her love of art was influenced by her mother, a concert pianist, and her father, a businessman and art connoisseur. She studied music and art throughout childhood, giving her first piano recital at age 15, and her first art exhibitions in Vienna and...
  
  
• Nilo Soruco
  Nilo Soruco
  Danilo Soruco Arancibia was a Bolivian singer-songwriter.Soruco wrote more than 300 songs. A communist, he was banned under the Bolivian leadership of the 1970s...
  
  

Bolivian cuisine

• Anticuchos
  Anticuchos
  Anticuchos are popular and inexpensive dishes that originated in Peru, and popular also in other Andean states consisting of small pieces of grilled skewered meat....
  
  
• Chuflay
  Chuflay
  Chuflay is the name of a traditional Bolivian mixed drink. The drink is made on the rocks in a tall glass, such as a Collins glass, with a jigger of singani and filled with either ginger ale, 7-Up, or Sprite and often garnished with a slice of lime. Chuflay is used in special events, ie. weddings,...
  
  
• Guinea pig
  Guinea pig
  The guinea pig , also called the cavy, is a species of rodent belonging to the family Caviidae and the genus Cavia. Despite their common name, these animals are not in the pig family, nor are they from Guinea...
  
  
• Locro
  Locro
  Locro is a hearty thick stew popular along the Andes mountain range. The dish is a classic Ecuadorian cheese and potato soup from the Ecuadorian cuisine. This is also a dish in Peruvian cuisine, which at one point held the center of the Inca empire. It typical also in Argentina prepared by the...
  
  
• Pique macho
  Pique macho
  Pique macho is a typical Bolivian food. It is a heaped plate consisting of bite-sized pieces of beef, sausage , and french fry-cut potatoes. Added to this mixture are onions, locoto, boiled egg, mustard, mayonnaise, and ketchup....
  
  
• Salteñas
  Salteñas
  SalteñasA salteña is a type of Bolivian baked empanada.Salteñas are savory pastries filled with beef, pork or chicken mixed in a sweet, slightly spicy or very spicy sauce, and sometimes also containing peas, potatoes and other ingredients...
  
  
• Singani
  Singani
  Singani is a grape Brandy made in Bolivia, similar to pisco, distilled from a variety of the muscatel grape grown in southern Bolivia. It is Bolivia's national liquor...
  
  
• Silpancho
  Silpancho
  Silpancho is a typical Bolivian food from the city of Cochabamba. It consists of a base layer of rice, followed by a layer of boiled and sliced potatoes, followed by a thin schnitzel-style meat, followed by another layer of chopped tomato, onion and parsley mixed together and topped with either...
  
  
• Yungueño
  Yungueño
  The yungueño is a traditional mixed drink in Bolivia. It is made from a jigger of singani, simple syrup or sugar, and orange juice. The name means that the drink comes from the Yungas, a tropical and very humid region in the valleys of Bolivia inhabited by Indians who created this mix....
  
  
• Green Iguana
  Green Iguana
  The Green Iguana or Common Iguana is a large, arboreal herbivorous species of lizard of the genus Iguana native to Central and South America...
  
  
• Roasted Duck

Languages of Bolivia

• Arawakan languages
  Arawakan languages
  Macro-Arawakan is a proposed language family of South America and the Caribbean based on the Arawakan languages. Sometimes the proposal is called Arawakan, in which case the central family is called Maipurean....
  
  
• Ayacucho Quechua
  Ayacucho Quechua
  Ayacucho is one dialect of the Quechua language, spoken in the Ayacucho region of Peru, as well as by immigrants from Ayacucho in Lima. With roughly a million speakers, it is one of the largest dialects of the language along with Cusco Quechua...
  
  
• Aymara language
  Aymara language
  Aymara is an Aymaran language spoken by the Aymara people of the Andes. It is one of only a handful of Native American languages with over three million speakers. Aymara, along with Quechua and Spanish, is an official language of Peru and Bolivia...
  
  
• Barbacoan languages
  Barbacoan languages
  Barbacoan is a language family spoken in Colombia and Ecuador.-Family division:Barboacoan consists of 6 languages:*Northern* Awan...
  
  
• Guaraní language
  Guaraní language
  Guaraní, specifically the primary variety known as Paraguayan Guaraní , is an indigenous language of South America that belongs to the Tupí–Guaraní subfamily of the Tupian languages. It is one of the official languages of Paraguay , where it is spoken by the majority of the population, and half of...
  
  
• Itonama language
  Itonama language
  Itonama is a moribund language isolate spoken in the Amazonian lowlands of north-eastern Bolivia. Greenberg’s classification of Itonama as Paezan, a sub-branch of Macro-Chibchan, remains unsupported and Itonama continues to be considered an isolate or unclassified language.-Vowels:Diphthongs:...
  
  
• Plautdietsch
  Plautdietsch
  Plautdietsch, or Mennonite Low German, was originally a Low Prussian variety of East Low German, with Dutch influence, that developed in the 16th and 17th centuries in the Vistula delta area of Royal Prussia, today Polish territory. The word is another pronunciation of Plattdeutsch, or Low German...
  
  
• Puquina language
  Puquina language
  Puquina is an extinct language once spoken by the ancient Inca in the region surrounding Lake Titicaca and in the north of what is now Chile....
  
  
• Quechua
• Qusqu-Qullaw
  Qusqu-Qullaw
  Qusqu-Qullaw is a variety of the Quechua language family, spoken throughout southern Peru , Bolivia, and northern Argentina, including the prestige dialect of Cusco Quechua. With about four million speakers, it is one of the largest dialects, along with Ayacucho Quechua...
  
  
• Saraveca
• South Bolivian Quechua
  South Bolivian Quechua
  South Bolivian Quechua, also known as Central Bolivian Quechua, is a variety of Southern Quechua, spoken mainly in Bolivia and belonging to Qusqu-Qullaw Quechua. It is also spoken in Argentina, where it is also known as Colla...
  
  
• Southern Quechua
  Southern Quechua
  Southern Quechua , or only Quechua, is the most widely spoken of the major regional groupings of mutually intelligible dialects within the Quechua language family, with about 5 million speakers...
  
  
• Spanish language
  Spanish language
  Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
  
  

Bolivian writers

• Alcides Arguedas
  Alcides Arguedas
  Alcides Arguedas was a Bolivian writer and historian.-Background and political and diplomatic roles:He was born in La Paz, where he studied law and political science. He later studied sociology in Paris and represented his country at several diplomatic missions in both Europe and America...
  
  
• Yolanda Bedregal
• Javier del Granado
  Javier del Granado
  Francisco Javier del Granado y Granado , was a poet laureate and favorite son of Bolivia.Born into a distinguished aristocratic family with a rich literary pedigree, he spent most of his youth on his family's hacienda near Arani, in the department of Cochabamba, Colpa-Ciacu, a colonial-era estate...
  
  
• Jaime Saenz
  Jaime Saenz
  Jaime Sáenz Guzmán was a Bolivian poet, novelist, and short story writer. Born in the city of La Paz, he lived virtually his entire life in that city, and its dark atmosphere had a powerful effect on much of his work...
  
  
• Pedro Shimose
  Pedro Shimose
  Pedro Shimose is a poet, professor and essayist from Bolivia.- Biography :Born in Riberalta in 1940 to Japanese parents and based in Madrid since 1971, Shimose is best known for his politically-inspired poetry which touches on the themes of national identity and social...
  
  
• Gastón Suárez
  Gastón Suárez
  Gastón Suárez was a Bolivian novelist and dramatist. Suárez was born in the town of Tupiza in the southern part of Potosí, Bolivia....
  
  

Religion in Bolivia

• Religion in Bolivia
  Religion in Bolivia
  The Roman Catholic church has a dominant presence in religion in Bolivia.While a vast majority of Bolivians are Catholic and Christian, a much smaller portion of the population participates actively...
  
  
• Islam in Bolivia
  Islam in Bolivia
  Statistics for Islam in Bolivia estimate a Muslim population of around two thousand, representing less than .1% of the total population.There are many Islamic organizations spread throughout the country, including Centro Islámico Boliviano in Santa Cruz, Centro Islámico Boliviano in Sucre led by...
  
  
• Roman Catholicism in Bolivia
  Roman Catholicism in Bolivia
  The Roman Catholic Church in Bolivia is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome....
  
  

Companies of Bolivia

• Genesee and Wyoming
• YPFB
  YPFB
  Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos is the state-owned petrol company of Bolivia.-History:YPFB was created in 1936 as a state-owned and run petrol company. During the first presidency of Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, capitalized oil companies were formed from YPFB properties under the...
  
  

See also: #Airlines of Bolivia

Tourism in Bolivia

• List of national parks of Bolivia
• Madidi
  Madidi
  Madidi is a national park in the upper Amazon river basin in Bolivia. Established in 1995, it has an area of 18,958 square kilometres, and along with nearby protected areas Manuripi-Heath, Apolobamba, and the Manu Biosphere Reserve...
  
  

See also: #Airlines of Bolivia

See also: #Airports in Bolivia

See also: #Ski areas and resorts in Bolivia

See also: #World Heritage Sites in Bolivia

Trade unions of Bolivia

• Bolivian Workers' Center
  Bolivian Workers' Center
  The Bolivian Workers' Center is the chief trade union federation in Bolivia. It was founded in 1952 following the national revolution that brought the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement to power. The most important affiliate of the COB was the Union Federation of Bolivian Mine Workers...
  
  
• Confederación Sindical Única de Trabajadores Campesinos de Bolivia
  Confederación Sindical Única de Trabajadores Campesinos de Bolivia
  The Single Union Confederation of Rural Workers of Bolivia is a union of peasants in Bolivia.The CSUTCB was formed in 1979 in opposition to government-sponsored peasant unions. Under the leadership of the Tupac Katari Revolutionary Movement, the CSUTCB became an independent organization...
  
  
• Corriente de Renovación Independiente y Solidaridad Laboral
  Corriente de Renovación Independiente y Solidaridad Laboral
  The Corriente de Renovación Independiente y Solidaridad Laboral is a trade union in Bolivia. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation....
  
  
• Federación Sindical de Trabajadores Mineros de Bolivia
  Federación Sindical de Trabajadores Mineros de Bolivia
  The Union Federation of Bolivian Mine Workers is a labor union in Bolivia that represents miners. Bolivia's miners are commonly regarded as the country's most class-conscious workers. The FSTMB has played an important role in Bolivia's recent history....
  
  

Schools in Bolivia

• American Cooperative School
• American Educational Association
• Cochabamba Cooperative School
  Cochabamba Cooperative School
  Cochabamba Cooperative School is an international school in Cochabamba, Bolivia which follows an English language, US-style curriculum. It was founded in 1954, with teaching based on the Calvert Method of teaching....
  
  
• ABC Spanish Tuition School, La Paz - Bolivia

Ethnic groups in Bolivia

• Aymara
  Aymara
  The Aymara or Aimara are an indigenous ethnic group in the Andes and Altiplano regions of South America; about 2 million live in Bolivia, Peru and Chile...
  
  
• Bororo people
  Bororo people
  The Bororo or Bororo-Boe people live in the Mato Grosso region of Brazil; they also extended into Bolivia and the Brazilian state of Goiás. The Western Bororo, now extinct, lived around the Jauru and Cabaçal rivers...
  
  
• Guarani people
• Quechuas
  Quechuas
  Quechuas is the collective term for several indigenous ethnic groups in South America who speak a Quechua language , belonging to several ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia and Argentina.The Quechuas of Ecuador call themselves as well as their...
  
  
• Tsimane'
  Tsimane'
  The Tsimane are an indigenous ethnic group in lowland Bolivia, living in the Pilon Lajas Reserve in the Beni Department. The Tsimané are said to number around 15,000, but an actual number is difficult to ascertain due to them living remotely and spread out. They are still a hunter-gatherer...
  
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• Yuracaré
  Yuracaré
  Yuracaré are South American indigenous people living on 2,500 square kilometres along the Chapare River watershed in Cochabamba Department and Beni Department, in the Bolivian Lowlands of the Amazon Basin. The Yuracaré reside not far from Santa Cruz de la Sierra and Cochabamba, among the forests...
  
  

Fauna of Bolivia

• Andean Cat
  Andean Cat
  The Andean Mountain Cat is a small wild cat. It is one of only two felids for which no subspecies have been classically described. Fewer than 2500 individuals are thought to exist. This cat is one of about two dozen small wild cat species found around the world...
  
  
• Andean Cock-of-the-rock
  Andean Cock-of-the-rock
  The Andean Cock-of-the-rock is a medium-sized passerine bird of the Cotinga family native to Andean cloud forests in South America. The plural is Andean Cocks-of-the-rock...
  
  
• Andean Condor
  Andean Condor
  The Andean Condor is a species of South American bird in the New World vulture family Cathartidae and is the only member of the genus Vultur...
  
  
• Andean Tinamou
  Andean Tinamou
  The Andean Tinamou is a tinamou, found commonly in high altitude shrubland, in the Andes of South America.-Etymology:...
  
  
• Argentine Grey Fox
  Argentine Grey Fox
  The South American gray fox , also known as the Patagonian fox, the chilla, or the grey zorro, is a species of zorro, the "false" foxes.-Range and habitat:...
  
  
• Bolivian Squirrel
  Bolivian Squirrel
  The Bolivian squirrel is a tree squirrel in the family Sciuridae endemic to South America. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Peru at elevations up to in the Andes region.-References:...
  
  
• Bothrops atrox
  Bothrops atrox
  Bothrops atrox is a venomous pitviper species found in the tropical lowlands of northern South America east of the Andes. No subspecies are currently recognized.-Description:...
  
  
• Brown Tinamou
  Brown Tinamou
  The Brown Tinamou is a dumpy, brownish ground bird found in humid lowland and montane forest in tropical and subtropical South America.-Taxonomy:...
  
  
• Buffy Broad-nosed Bat
  Buffy Broad-nosed Bat
  The Buffy Broad-nosed Bat, Platyrrhinus infuscus, is a bat species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, western Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru....
  
  
• Bush Dog
  Bush Dog
  The bush dog is a canid found in Central and South America, including Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru , Ecuador, the Guianas, Paraguay, northeast Argentina and Brazil...
  
  
• Crab-eating Fox
  Crab-eating Fox
  The crab-eating fox , also known as the forest fox, wood fox, and the common fox, is an extant species of medium-sized canid endemic to the central part of South America and which appeared during the Pliocene epoch...
  
  
• Dark Fruit-eating Bat
  Dark Fruit-eating Bat
  The Dark Fruit-eating Bat, Artibeus obscurus, is a bat species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.-References:*...
  
  
• Elegant Rice Rat
  Elegant Rice Rat
  Euryoryzomys nitidus, also known as the Elegant Oryzomys or Elegant Rice Rat, is a rodent species in the genus Euryoryzomys of family Cricetidae. It was previously known as Oryzomys nitidus, but is not closely related to Oryzomys as that genus is now constructed...
  
  
• Geoffroy's Cat
  Geoffroy's Cat
  Geoffroy's Cat is a wild cat in the southern and central regions of South America. It is about the size of a domestic cat. While the species is relatively common in many areas, it is considered to be "Near Threatened" by IUCN because of concern over land-use changes in the regions where it lives...
  
  
• Grey Tinamou
  Grey Tinamou
  The Grey Tinamou is a type of ground bird found throughout western and northern Brazil, eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, Colombia east of the Andes, northern Venezuela, northern Bolivia, and Guyana.-Taxonomy:...
  
  
• Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth
  Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth
  Hoffmann's two-toed sloth is a species of sloth from Central and South America. It is a solitary nocturnal and arboreal animal, found in mature and secondary rainforests and deciduous forests...
  
  
• Jaguar
  Jaguar
  The jaguar is a big cat, a feline in the Panthera genus, and is the only Panthera species found in the Americas. The jaguar is the third-largest feline after the tiger and the lion, and the largest in the Western Hemisphere. The jaguar's present range extends from Southern United States and Mexico...
  
  
• Lachesis muta
  Lachesis muta
  Lachesis muta is a venomous pitviper species found in South America. Two subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.-Description:...
  
  
• Maned Wolf
  Maned Wolf
  The maned wolf is the largest canid of South America, resembling a large fox with reddish fur.This mammal is found in open and semi-open habitats, especially grasslands with scattered bushes and trees, in south, central-west and south-eastern Brazil The maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) is the...
  
  
• Margay
  Margay
  The Margay is a spotted cat native to Middle and South America. Named for Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied, it is a solitary and nocturnal animal that prefers remote sections of the rainforest. Although it was once believed to be vulnerable to extinction, the IUCN now lists it as "Near Threatened"...
  
  
• Minor Long-nosed Long-tongued Bat
  Minor Long-nosed Long-tongued Bat
  The Minor Long-nosed Long-tongued Bat, Choeroniscus minor, is a bat species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, northwestern Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela and Trinidad....
  
  
• Pampas Cat
  Pampas Cat
  The Colocolo is a small spotted and striped cat native to the west Andean slope in central and northern Chile. Until recently it included the more widespread Pampas Cat and Pantanal Cat , and some maintain these as subspecies of the Colocolo...
  
  
• Pampas Fox
  Pampas Fox
  The Pampas fox , also known as graxaim, sorro, Azara's fox, or Azara's zorro, is a medium sized zorro or "false" fox native to South American pampas and its range is through central South America in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Brazil...
  
  
• Paradise Jacamar
  Paradise Jacamar
  The Paradise Jacamar, Galbula dea, is a small, approximately 30cm long bird with a long pointed tail, dark brown cap, white throat and long needle-like bill. It has dark greenish blue plumage with iridescent wings. Both sexes are similar....
  
  
• Paradise Tanager
  Paradise Tanager
  The Paradise Tanager, Tangara chilensis, is a brilliantly multicolored, medium-sized songbird whose length varies between 13.5 and 15 cm. It has a light green head, sky blue underparts and black upper body plumage. Depending on subspecies, the rump is yellow and red or all red...
  
  
• Puff-legs
  Puff-legs
  The pufflegs are hummingbirds from the genera Eriocnemis and Haplophaedia. They occur in humid forest, woodland and shrub at altitudes of 1000 to 4800 m. asl in the Andes of Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela. The males have a colorful green, coppery or blue plumage, and the...
  
  
• Puna Tinamou
  Puna Tinamou
  The Puna Tinamou, Tinamotis pentlandii also known as Pentland’s Tinamou is a member of the most ancient groups of bird families, the tinamous. This species is native to southern South America.-Taxonomy:...
  
  
• Red-winged Tinamou
  Red-winged Tinamou
  The Red-winged Tinamou, Rhynchotus rufescens, is a medium-sized ground-living bird from central and eastern South America.-Taxonomy:All Tinamou are from the family Tinamidae, and in the larger scheme are also Ratites. Unlike other Ratites, Tinamous can fly, although in general, they are not strong...
  
  
• Sechura Fox
  Sechura Fox
  The Sechuran fox , also called the Peruvian desert fox or the Sechuran zorro, is a South American species of canid closely related to other South American "false" foxes or zorro, of which it is the smallest...
  
  
• Short-eared Dog
  Short-eared Dog
  The short-eared dog , also known as the short-eared fox or the short-eared zorro, is a unique and elusive canid species endemic to the Amazonian basin...
  
  
• Short-headed Broad-nosed Bat
  Short-headed Broad-nosed Bat
  The Short-headed Broad-nosed Bat, Platyrrhinus brachycephalus, is a bat species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, northwestern Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.-References:*...
  
  
• Variegated Tinamou
  Variegated Tinamou
  The Variegated Tinamou, Crypturellus variegatus, a type of Tinamou commonly found in moist forest lowlands in subtropical and tropical regions of northern South America.-Etymology:...
  
  
• White-lined Broad-nosed Bat
  White-lined Broad-nosed Bat
  The White-lined Broad-nosed Bat, Platyrrhinus lineatus, is a bat species from South America. It is found in southern and eastern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, northern Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, French Guyana and Suriname....
  
  
• White-throated Tinamou
  White-throated Tinamou
  The White-throated Tinamou, Tinamus guttatus is a species of bird native to the Amazon rainforest of Brazil, northern Bolivia, southeastern Colombia, northeastern Ecuador, eastern Peru and southern Venezuela.-Taxonomy:...
  
  

Geography of Bolivia

• Geography of Bolivia
  Geography of Bolivia
  The geography of Bolivia is unique among the nations of South America. Bolivia is one of two landlocked countries on the continent, and Bolivia is more rural than urban...
  
  
• Altiplano
  Altiplano
  The Altiplano , in west-central South America, where the Andes are at their widest, is the most extensive area of high plateau on Earth outside of Tibet...
  
  
• Amazon Basin
  Amazon Basin
  The Amazon Basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries that drains an area of about , or roughly 40 percent of South America. The basin is located in the countries of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela...
  
  
• El Mutún
  El Mutún
  El Cerro Mutún is the world's largest iron ore deposit. Located in the Germán Busch Province in the Santa Cruz Department of Bolivia, near Puerto Suárez, it extends across the border into Brazil, where it is called the Serrania de Jacadigo. Also known as the "Serrania Mutún", it has an area of...
  
  
• Incallajta
  Incallajta
  Incallajta is a monumental Inca site in central Bolivia, Cochabamba Department, Carrasco Province, Pocona Municipality, approximately 130 kilometers east of Cochabamba. It was most recently excavated by Larry Coben...
  
  
• Pantanal
  Pantanal
  The Pantanal is a tropical wetland and one of the world's largest wetland of any kind. Most of it lies within the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul, but it extends into Mato Grosso and portions of Bolivia and Paraguay, sprawling over an area estimated at between and...
  
  
• Salar de Uyuni
  Salar de Uyuni
  Salar de Uyuni is the world's largest salt flat at . It is located in the Potosí and Oruro departments in southwest Bolivia, near the crest of the Andes, and is elevated above the mean sea level. The Salar was formed as a result of transformations between several prehistoric lakes...
  
  
• Strait of Tiquina
  Strait of Tiquina
  The Strait of Tiquina is the passage that connects the larger and smaller parts of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia.-Geography:The strait is across at its narrowest point. It joins the upper lake, Lago Chicuito, and the lower lake, Lago Pequeno, or "little lake". The entire lake is called Lake Titicaca...
  
  
• Yungas
  Yungas
  The Yungas is a stretch of forest along the eastern slope of the Andes Mountains from southeastern Peru through central Bolivia. It is a transitional zone between the Andean highlands and the eastern forests. Like the surrounding areas, it has characteristics of the Neotropic ecozone...
  
  

See also: #Cities in Bolivia

See also: #National parks of Bolivia

See also: #Ports and harbours of Bolivia

Subdivisions of Bolivia

• ISO 3166-2:BO
  ISO 3166-2:BO
  ISO 3166-2:BO is the entry for Bolivia in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently for Bolivia, ISO 3166-2 codes are...
  
  
• Atacama Department
  Atacama Department
  Atacama was a department of Bolivia. It was lost to Chile in the War of the Pacific. It is now the Chilean Antofagasta Region....
  
  
• Municipalities of Bolivia
  Municipalities of Bolivia
  Municipalities in Bolivia are administrative divisions of the entire national territory governed by local elections. Municipalities are the third level of administrative divisions, below departments and provinces. Some of the provinces consist of only one municipality...
  
  
• Provinces of Bolivia
  Provinces of Bolivia
  A province is the second largest administrative division in Bolivia, after a department. Each department is divided into provinces. There are 112 provinces in total....
  
  
• Departments of Bolivia
  Departments of Bolivia
  Bolivia is divided into nine departments . Each of the departments is subdivided into provinces , which are further subdivided into municipalities ....
  
  

Mountains of Bolivia

• Acotango
  Acotango
  Volcán Acotango - is the central and highest of a group of stratovolcanoes straddling the border of Bolivia and Chile. The group is known as Nevados de Quimsachata and consists, apart of Acotango, of Volcán Humarata - to its north and Cerro Capurata - on its south.The group lies along a...
  
  
• Nevado Anallajsi
  Nevado Anallajsi
  Nevado Anallajsi is a stratovolcano in Bolivia. The date of its last eruption is unknown, but its youngest lava flows appear to have erupted from a vent on the north flank of the mountain. The main composition of the volcano is andesitic and dacitic. It overlies a plateau which is composed of...
  
  
• Cabaray
  Cabaray
  Cabaray is a stratovolcano in Bolivia. It lies between the volcanoes Isluga and Tata Sabaya, immediately east of the border with Chile....
  
  
• Chacaltaya
  Chacaltaya
  Chacaltaya is a mountain in the Cordillera Real, one of the mountain ranges of the Cordillera Oriental, itself a range of the Bolivian Andes. Its elevation is . Chacaltaya's glacier - which was as old as 18,000 years – had in 1940 an area of , reduced to in 2007 and was completely gone by 2009....
  
  
• Cerro Columa
  Cerro Columa
  Cerro Columa, or Cerro Colluma, is a maar in Bolivia. It lies north-east of Huachacalla. Its last eruption date is unknown, although some have assigned it as Holocene....
  
  
• Cordillera Central, Bolivia
  Cordillera Central, Bolivia
  The Cordillera Central is a Bolivian mountain range that divides the three river basins in the country and also has the second highest peaks in Bolivia. It is rich in minerals and starts in the north with Chaupi Orco and the three Palomanis that were in the south up to Zapaleri, forming a border...
  
  
• Cordillera Occidental, Bolivia
  Cordillera Occidental, Bolivia
  The Cordillera Occidental of Bolivia is part of the Andes , a mountain range characterized by volcanic activity, making up the natural border with Chile and starting in the north with Jucuri and ending in the south at the Licancabur volcano, which is on the southern limit of Bolivia with Chile; the...
  
  
• Cordillera Oriental, Bolivia
  Cordillera Oriental, Bolivia
  The Cordillera Oriental are parallel mountain ranges of the Bolivian Andes emplaced on the eastern and north eastern margin of the Andes. Large parts of Cordillera Oriental are forested and humid areas rich in agricultural and livestock products. Geologically Cordillera Oriental is formed by the...
  
  
• Huayna Potosí
  Huayna Potosí
  Huayna Potosí is a mountain in Bolivia, located about 25 km north of La Paz in the Cordillera Real.Huayna Potosí is the closest high mountain to La Paz, a city which is surrounded by high mountains, and itself is the highest capital city in the world. Huayna Potosí is roughly fifteen miles due...
  
  
• Illimani
  Illimani
  Illimani is the highest mountain in the Cordillera Real of western Bolivia. It lies just south of La Paz at the eastern edge of the Altiplano. It is the second highest peak in Bolivia, after Nevado Sajama, and the eighteenth highest peak in South America...
  
  
• Irruputuncu
  Irruputuncu
  Irruputuncu is a stratovolcano which lies on the border of Chile and Bolivia. It is a relatively small peak, lying within the collapse scarp of a debris avalanche from earlier in the Holocene, which was built up by eruptions to fill much of that feature. There are two craters lying at the summit,...
  
  
• Licancabur
  Licancabur
  Licancabur is a highly symmetrical stratovolcano on the southernmost part of the border between Chile and Bolivia. It is located just southwest of Laguna Verde in Bolivia. The volcano dominates the landscape of the Salar de Atacama area...
  
  
• Cerro Lípez
  Cerro Lípez
  Cerro Lípez is a stratovolcano in the Cordillera de Lípez in Sud Lípez province of Potosí Department in southwestern Bolivia. It has twin peaks and rises to 5,929 m. On some maps it is incorrectly labeled as Nuevo Mundo. Nuevo Mundo is in fact hundreds of kilometres to the northeast and five...
  
  
• Cordillera de Lípez
  Cordillera de Lípez
  The Cordillera de Lípez is a mountain range in northernPotosí, Bolivia and northern Argentina, part of the Andes. The range covers an area of 23,404 km² and runs in a northeast-southwest direction, between the parallels 22 degrees and 23 degrees, helping to form the boundary between Bolivia...
  
  
• Macizo de Larancagua
  Macizo de Larancagua
  Macizo de Larancagua is a stratovolcano in Bolivia. It lies west of Turco and is composed of andesite and dacite. The date of its last eruptive episode is unclear, but some authors have assigned it as Holocene....
  
  
• Macizo de Pacuni
  Macizo de Pacuni
  Macizo de Pacuni is a stratovolcano in Bolivia. Its composition is andesitic and dacitic, and its last eruption date is unknown, although the volcano is possibly Holocene....
  
  
• Mururata
  Mururata
  Mururata is a mountain in the Cordillera Real of Bolivia. Approximately 35km East of La Paz, the Mururata lies to the North of the Illimani. The Mururata offers accessible climbing, as its shape does not contain difficult obstacles ....
  
  
• Cerro Minchincha
  Cerro Minchincha
  Cerro Minchincha is a stratovolcano on the border of Bolivia and Chile. It is part of an east-west trending ridge of stratovolcanoes. To its east lies Olca. The only historical activity from the complex was a flank eruption from 1865-1867....
  
  
• Nuevo Mundo volcano
  Nuevo Mundo volcano
  The Nuevo Mundo volcano is a stratovolcano, lava dome and a lava flow complex between Potosí and Uyuni, Bolivia, in the Andes rising to a peak at .-History:...
  
  
• Olca
  Olca
  Olca is a stratovolcano on the border of Chile and Bolivia. It lies in the middle of a 15 km long ridge composed of several stratovolcanos. Cerro Minchincha lies to the west and Paruma to the east. It is also close to the pre-Holocene Cerro Paruma. It is andesitic and dacitic in composition,...
  
  
• Parinacota
  Parinacota
  Parinacota is a massive potentially active stratovolcano on the border of Chile and Bolivia. It is part of the Nevados de Payachata volcanic group. The other major edifice in that group is the Pleistocene peak of Pomerape...
  
  
• Paruma
  Paruma
  Paruma is a stratovolcano that lies on the border of Bolivia and Chile. It is part of a ridge that contains several stratovolcanos. Paruma lies at the eastern end of the ridge, with Olca to its west. The older volcano Cerro Paruma lies to east of Paruma. Paruma has clearly been active during the...
  
  
• Patilla Pata
  Patilla Pata
  Patilla Pata is a stratovolcano in Bolivia. The date of its last eruption is unclear, but it is unlikely to be during the Holocene as the mountain is heavily glaciated. The composition of the volcano is largely andesitic, but there are also a number of basaltic lava flows....
  
  
• Pomerape
  Pomerape
  Pomerape is a stratovolcano lying on the border of Chile and Bolivia . It is part of the Nevados de Payachata complex of volcanoes together with Parinacota Volcano to the south. It is of Pleistocene age.Climbing the volcano is alpine AD grade, sometimes on 50+ degree snow/rubble slope...
  
  
• Cordillera Real (Bolivia)
  Cordillera Real (Bolivia)
  The Cordillera Real is a mountain range in the South American Altiplano of Bolivia. This range of fold mountains, largely composed of granite, is located southeast of Lake Titicaca, and east of the Bolivian capital of La Paz, measuring 125 km in length and 20 km in width...
  
  
• Robledo
  Robledo
  Robledo is the name of a caldera in Catamarca Province, Argentina....
  
  
• Sacabaya
  Sacabaya
  Sacabaya is a pyroclastic shield in Bolivia. It is located on the Altiplano near to the Rio Lauca. The volcano is composed of ignimbrite, which has formed a shield. The shield is capped by an area of vents which has many overlapping craters, and is elongated in shape. At the southern end lies the...
  
  
• Nevado Sajama
  Nevado Sajama
  Nevado Sajama is an extinct stratovolcano and the highest peak in Bolivia. The mountain is located in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Curahuara de Carangas Municipality, Sajama Canton. It is situated in the Sajama National Park in the southwest area of the country some 16–24 km from...
  
  
• Sorata
  Sorata
  Sorata is a small town in the La Paz Department in the Bolivian Andes, northwest of the city of La Paz and east of Lake Titicaca. It is the seat of the Larecaja Province and the Sorata Municipality. At the time of census 2001 it had a population of 2,217....
  
  
• Tata Sabaya
  Tata Sabaya
  Tata Sabaya is a stratovolcano in Bolivia. It is located at the northern end of the Salar de Coipasa, which lies in the Altiplano. It also lies at eastern end of a line of volcanoes starting with Isluga in the west, and continuing with Cabaray. Its last eruption date is unknown, but it is assigned...
  
  

Rivers of Bolivia

• Abuna River
  Abuna River
  The Abuna River is a river in South America. As a part of the Amazon Basin, it forms part of the border between northern Bolivia and north-western Brazil....
  
  
• Arque River
  Arque River
  Río Arque is one of the headwaters of Río Grande and Mamoré River in Bolivia.Río Arque has its source in the Cordillera Tres Cruces on the western slope of Cerro Huaylluma at , 50 km northeast of the mining city Oruro and 65 km southwest of Cochabamba.The river flows 50 km in a...
  
  
• Beni River
  Beni River
  The Beni River is a river in the north of Bolivia.It rises north of La Paz and flows northeast through the pampas. One of the tributary rivers is Tuichi River in the Madidi National Park. Tuichi River joins the Beni River upstream from the town Rurrenabaque. South of Rurrenabaque, Río Beni runs...
  
  
• Bermejo River
  Bermejo River
  The Bermejo River is a river in South America that flows from Bolivia to the Paraguay River in Argentina. The river is generally called Bermejo in spite of its different names along its way, but it also has its own Native American names; in Wichí it is called Teuco, and in Guaraní it is called Ypitá...
  
  
• Caine River
  Caine River
  Caine is the name of a river in the eastern cordilleras of the Bolivian Andes in South America....
  
  
• Madeira River
  Madeira River
  The Madeira River is a major waterway in South America, approximately 3,250 km miles long The Madeira is the biggest tributary of the Amazon...
  
  
• Madre de Dios River
  Madre de Dios River
  The Madre de Dios River, homonymous to the Peruvian region it runs through, then becomes the Beni River in Bolivia and then turns northward into Brazil, where it is called the Madeira River...
  
  
• Mamoré
  Mamoré
  The Mamoré is a large river in Bolivia and Brazil, which unites with the Beni to form the Madeira, one of the largest tributaries of the Amazon. It rises on the northern slope of the Sierra de Cochabamba, east of the city of Cochabamba, and is known as the Chimoré down to its junction with the...
  
  
• Paraguay River
  Paraguay River
  The Paraguay River is a major river in south central South America, running through Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina...
  
  
• Pilcomayo River
  Pilcomayo River
  The Pilcomayo River is a river in central South America. At long, it is the longest western tributary of the Paraguay River. Its drainage basin is in area, and its mean discharge is ....
  
  
• Río Grande (Bolivia)
  Río Grande (Bolivia)
  The Río Grande in Bolivia rises on the southern slope of the Sierra de Cochabamba, east of the city of Cochabamba, at . At its source it is known as the Río Rocha and crosses the Cochabamba valley basin in a westerly direction...
  
  
• Yacuma River
  Yacuma River
  The Yacuma River is a river in Bolivia....
  
  

Subdivisions of Bolivia

• Departments of Bolivia
  Departments of Bolivia
  Bolivia is divided into nine departments . Each of the departments is subdivided into provinces , which are further subdivided into municipalities ....
  
  
• Provinces of Bolivia
  Provinces of Bolivia
  A province is the second largest administrative division in Bolivia, after a department. Each department is divided into provinces. There are 112 provinces in total....
  
  

See also: #Departments of Bolivia

Provinces of Bolivia

• Provinces of Bolivia
  Provinces of Bolivia
  A province is the second largest administrative division in Bolivia, after a department. Each department is divided into provinces. There are 112 provinces in total....
  
  
• Abel Iturralde Province
  Abel Iturralde Province
  Abel Iturralde is one of the twenty provinces of the Bolivian La Paz Department. It is situated in its northern part. Its name honors Abel Iturralde Palacios, a Bolivian politician. Madidi National Park is partially in this province.- Location :...
  
  
• Alonso de Ibáñez Province
  Alonso de Ibáñez Province
  Alonso de Ibáñez is a province in the northern parts of the Bolivian Potosí Department. Its capital is Sacaca .-Location:...
  
  
• Aniceto Arce Province
  Aniceto Arce Province
  Aniceto Arce is a province in the southern parts of the Bolivian department Tarija. The province is named after Aniceto Arce Ruiz , President of Bolivia from 1888 until 1892.-Location:...
  
  
• Antonio Quijarro Province
  Antonio Quijarro Province
  Antonio Quijarro is a province in the central parts of the Bolivian Potosí Department situated at the Salar de Uyuni. Its seat is Uyuni.-Location:Antonio Quijarro province is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosí Department...
  
  
• Arani Province
  Arani Province
  Arani is a province in Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Arani, situated about 53 km from Cochabamba. Arani is known for its bread but also for the town's artisan wickerwork.- Subdivision :...
  
  
• Aroma Province
  Aroma Province
  Aroma is one of the twenty provinces of the Bolivian La Paz Department and is situated in the department's southern parts.- Location :Aroma province is located between 16° 43' and 17° 35' South and between 67° 22' and 68° 23' West...
  
  
• Arque Province
  Arque Province
  Arque is a rural province in Cochabamba Department in the eastern cordillera of the South American state of Bolivia. Quechua is the most commonly used language of this region.- Geography :...
  
  
• Atahuallpa Province
  Atahuallpa Province
  Atahuallpa is a province in the central parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.-Location:Atahuallpa province is one of sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department...
  
  
• Ayopaya Province
  Ayopaya Province
  Ayopaya is a province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Ayopaya .- Subdivision :Ayopaya Province is divided into three municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons....
  
  
• Bautista Saavedra Province
  Bautista Saavedra Province
  Bautista Saavedra is one of the twenty provinces of the Bolivian department of La Paz and is situated in the department's northwestern parts. The province's name honors Bautista Saavedra Mallea , Bolivia's president from 1920 to 1925.- Location :...
  
  
• Belisario Boeto Province
  Belisario Boeto Province
  Belisario Boeto is a province in the Bolivian department of Chuquisaca.- Subdivision :The province consists of only one municipality, Villa Serrano Municipality, which is identical to the province. Belisario Boeto Province is further subdivided into three cantons...
  
  
• Bernardino Bilbao Province
  Bernardino Bilbao Province
  Bernardino Bilbao is a province in the Northern parts of the Bolivian department of Potosí. It has its name after Bernardino Bilbao Rioja, Bolivian general and politician.-Location:...
  
  
• Bolívar Province, Bolivia
• Burnet O'Connor Province
  Burnet O'Connor Province
  Burnet O'Connor is a province in the northern part of Tarija Department in Bolivia.The province is also known as Burdet O'Connor and is named after Francisco Burdett O'Connor, a chronicler of the South American War of Independence and the making of Tarija.-Location:Burnet O'Connor province is one...
  
  
• Capinota Province
  Capinota Province
  Capinota is one of sixteen provinces in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its capital is the city of Capinota. The province has a population of 25,582 inhabitants .- Subdivision :...
  
  
• Caranavi Province
  Caranavi Province
  Caranavi Province is one of the twenty provinces of the Bolivian La Paz Department and is situated in the department's eastern parts. The province was created by Law 1401 on 16 December 1992 from a portion of what was then Nor Yungas Province.- Location :...
  
  
• Carangas Province
  Carangas Province
  Carangas is a province in the northern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.-Location:Carangas province is one of sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department...
  
  
• Carrasco Province
• Cercado Province (Beni)
  Cercado Province (Beni)
  Cercado is a province located in northwestern Bolivia in Beni Department. It has an area of 12,276 km ² with a population estimated by the National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia for 2006 of 94,221 and a density of 7.67 people / km ²...
  
  
• Cercado Province (Cochabamba)
  Cercado Province (Cochabamba)
  Cercado is a province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Cochabamba which is also the capital of the department.- Subdivision :The province consists of one municipality, Cochabamba Municipality...
  
  
• Cercado Province (Oruro)
  Cercado Province (Oruro)
  Cercado is a province in the northeastern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.-Location:Cercado province is one of sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department...
  
  
• Cercado Province (Tarija)
  Cercado Province (Tarija)
  Cercado is a province in the central parts of the Bolivian department Tarija.-Location:Cercado province is one of six provinces in the Tarija Department...
  
  
• Chapare Province
  Chapare Province
  Chapare, also called The Chapare and is pronounced Cha-pa-reh, is a rural province in the northern region of Cochabamba Department in central Bolivia. The majority of the territory consists of valley rainforests that surround the area's main waterway, the Chapare River, which is also a tributary of...
  
  
• Charcas Province
  Charcas Province
  Charcas is a province in the northern parts of the Bolivian Potosí Department. Its capital is San Pedro de Buena Vista .-Location:...
  
  
• Chayanta Province
  Chayanta Province
  Chayanta Municipality is the second municipal section of the Rafael Bustillo Province in the Bolivian Potosí Department. Its seat is Chayanta.-Location:...
  
  
• Chiquitos Province
  Chiquitos Province
  Chiquitanía is a region of tropical savannas in the Santa Cruz Department in eastern Bolivia."Chiquitos" is the colonial name for what is now essentially five of the six provinces that make up the Chiquitania, a region in Bolivia's Santa Cruz department. "Chiquitos" refers to a region, not a tribe...
  
  
• Cordillera Province (Bolivia)
  Cordillera Province (Bolivia)
  Cordillera is a province in the Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Lagunillas.- Geography :This area of the Santa Cruz Chaco occupies the southern part of the department, is the largest province of the country, geographically defined as the Gran Chaco and that extends to the departments...
  
  
• Cornelio Saavedra Province
  Cornelio Saavedra Province
  Cornelio Saavedra is a province in the north-eastern parts of the Bolivian Potosí Department. The capital of the province is Betanzos with 4,168 inhabitants in the year 2001....
  
  
• Daniel Campos Province
  Daniel Campos Province
  Daniel Campos is a province in the north-western parts of the Bolivian Potosí Department. It is named after the poet Daniel Campos who originated from this area. Its capital is Llica.-Location:...
  
  
• Eduardo Avaroa Province
  Eduardo Avaroa Province
  Eduardo Abaroa is a province in the southeastern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.-Location:Eduardo Abaroa province is one of sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department...
  
  
• Eliodoro Camacho Province
  Eliodoro Camacho Province
  Eliodoro Camacho is a province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia situated at Lake Titicaca. Its seat is Puerto Acosta.Camacho Province is situated in the western region of the La Paz Department bordered to the north by the Muñecas Province, to the east by the Larecaja Province, to the south by...
  
  
• Enrique Baldivieso Province
  Enrique Baldivieso Province
  Enrique Baldivieso is a province in the Bolivian department of Potosí. It is named after the former vice president Enrique Baldivieso...
  
  
• Esteban Arce Province
  Esteban Arce Province
  Esteban Arce is a province in Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Tarata.- Subdivision :The province is divided into four municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons. The municipalities with their seats are:- External links :...
  
  
• Eustaquio Méndez Province
  Eustaquio Méndez Province
  Eustaquio Méndez is a province in the north-western parts of the Bolivian department Tarija.-Location:Eustaquio Méndez province is one of six provinces in the Tarija Department...
  
  
• Florida Province
  Florida Province
  Florida is a province in the Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Samaipata. The province was created by law on December 15, 1924.-Division:The province is divided into four municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons....
  
  
• Franz Tamayo Province
  Franz Tamayo Province
  Franz Tamayo is a province in the Bolivian department of La Paz. It lies in the western part of the nation, and includes the Ulla Ulla National Reserve - which today is part of the Apolobamba Integrated Management Natural Area - in the high Andean plain on the western border with Peru...
  
  
• Germán Busch Province
  Germán Busch Province
  Germán Busch is a province in the Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. Most of the surface is covered by the Pantanal, the largest wetland area in the world.-History:...
  
  
• Germán Jordán Province
  Germán Jordán Province
  Germán Jordán is a province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Cliza.- Subdivision :Germán Jordán Province is divided into three municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons.- External links :*...
  
  
• Gran Chaco Province
  Gran Chaco Province
  Gran Chaco is a province in the eastern parts of the Bolivian department Tarija. The province voted to become an autonomous region on 6 December 2009.-Location:Gran Chaco province is one of six provinces in the Tarija Department...
  
  
• Gualberto Villarroel Province
  Gualberto Villarroel Province
  Gualberto Villarroel is a province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is San Pedro de Curahuara de Carangas.- Subdivision :The province is divided into three municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons.- External links :*...
  
  
• Hernando Siles Province
  Hernando Siles Province
  Hernando Siles is a province of the department of Chuquisaca, Bolivia. It has a population of 36.511 and covers an area of 5,473 km², giving it a population density of 6.67/km². Its capital is Monteagudo.- Subdivision :...
  
  
• Ingavi Province
  Ingavi Province
  Ingavi is a province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Viacha.- Subdivision :Ingavi Province is divided into seven municipalities which are partly further subdivided into cantons.- Population :...
  
  
• Inquisivi Province
  Inquisivi Province
  Inquisivi is a province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. The capital of the province is Inquisivi.- Subdivision :Inquisivi Province is divided into six municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons.-External links:****...
  
  
• Iténez Province
  Iténez Province
  -References:...
  
  
• Jaime Zudáñez Province
  Jaime Zudáñez Province
  Jaime Zudáñez is a province in the Bolivian department of Chuquisaca. It was named after Jaime de Zudáñez, emancipation leader born in Chuquisaca in 1772.-Subdivision:The province is divided into four municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons....
  
  
• José Ballivián Province
  José Ballivián Province
  José Ballivián is a province of the Beni Department in northern Bolivia. It is named for José Ballivián, a general and former president of Bolivia who lived from 1805 until 1852. The province has a north-south extent...
  
  
• José Manuel Pando Province
  José Manuel Pando Province
  This article is about the province. For the person, see José Manuel Pando.José Manuel Pando is a province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Santiago de Machaca.- Subdivision :...
  
  
• José María Avilés Province
  José María Avilés Province
  José María Avilés is a province in the western parts of the Bolivian department Tarija.-Location:Avilés province is one of six provinces in the Tarija Department...
  
  
• José María Linares Province
  José María Linares Province
  José María Linares is a province in the eastern parts of the Bolivian department of Potosí. Its capital is Puna.-Location:José María Linares province is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosí Department. It is located between 19° 30' and 20° 16' South and between 64° 43' and 65° 53' West...
  
  
• Juana Azurduy de Padilla Province
  Juana Azurduy de Padilla Province
  Juana Azurduy de Padilla is a province in the Chuquisaca Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Azurduy.Juana Azurduy de Padilla was the wife of a hero named Manuel Asencio Padilla and, together they fought against the Spaniards in the 19th century...
  
  
• Ladislao Cabrera Province
  Ladislao Cabrera Province
  Ladislao Cabrera is a province in the southern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro. It is named after Dr. Ladislao Cabrera .-Location:Ladislao Cabrera province is one of sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department...
  
  
• Larecaja Province
  Larecaja Province
  Larecaja is a province in the Bolivian department of La Paz. Its capital is Sorata.- Subdivision :Larecaja Province is divided into eight municipalities which are partly further subdivided into cantons.- Languages :...
  
  
• Litoral Province (Bolivia)
  Litoral Province (Bolivia)
  Litoral is a province in the southwestern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.-Location:Litoral Province is one of sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department...
  
  
• Loayza Province
  Loayza Province
  Loayza or José Ramón Loayza is a province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Luribay.- Subdivision :The province is divided into five municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons.- External links :*...
  
  
• Los Andes Province (Bolivia)
  Los Andes Province (Bolivia)
  Los Andes is one of the twenty provinces in the central parts of the Bolivian La Paz Department.- Location :Los Andes province is located between 16° 00' and 16° 47' South and between 68° 08' and 68° 45' West...
  
  
• Luis Calvo Province
  Luis Calvo Province
  Luis Calvo is a province in the Bolivian department of Chuquisaca.- Subdivision :The province is divided into three municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons. The municipalities with their seats are:...
  
  
• Mamoré Province
  Mamoré Province
  Mamoré is a province in the Beni Department, Bolivia.-References:...
  
  
• Manco Kapac Province
  Manco Kapac Province
  Manco Kapac is a province in the Bolivian department of La Paz. Its capital is Copacabana.- Subdivision :Manco Kapac Province is divided into three municipalities which are partly further subdivided into cantons.- References :* - External links :*...
  
  
• Marbán Province
  Marbán Province
  Marbán is a province in the Beni Department, Bolivia. The capital is Loreto.-References:...
  
  
• Mizque Province
  Mizque Province
  Mizque is a province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Mizque.The province, in 1992, had a population of 27,959 inhabitants, mostly indigenous citizens of Quechuan descent. In 2001, the population increased to 36,181 inhabitants and it was estimated at 41,062 in 2005...
  
  
• Modesto Omiste Province
  Modesto Omiste Province
  Modesto Omiste is a province in the south of the Bolivian Potosí Department. Its capital is Villazón.-Location:Modesto Omiste province is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosí Departamento. It is located between 21° 39' and 22° 06' South and between 65° 10' and 66° 08' West...
  
  
• Moxos Province
  Moxos Province
  Moxos is a province in the Beni Department, Bolivia. It is named after the Moxos savanna.The province consists of one municipality, San Ignacio de Moxos Municipality, which is identical to the province...
  
  
• Muñecas Province
  Muñecas Province
  Muñecas is a province in the Bolivian department of La Paz. Its capital is Chuma.- Subdivision :The province is divided into three municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons.- External links :*...
  
  
• Narciso Campero Province
  Narciso Campero Province
  Narciso Campero is a province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Aiquile. Aiquile lies on one transportation route between the citys of Cochabamba, Sucre and Santa Cruz.- Subdivision :...
  
  
• Nor Carangas Province
  Nor Carangas Province
  Nor Carangas is a province in the northern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.-Location:Nor Carangas province is one of sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department...
  
  
• Nor Chichas Province
  Nor Chichas Province
  Nor Chichas is a province in the Eastern parts of the Bolivian Potosí Department. Its seat is Cotagaita.-Location:Nor Chichas province is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosí Department. It is located between 20° 01' and 21° 08' South and between 65° 13' and 66° 17' West...
  
  
• Nor Cinti Province
  Nor Cinti Province
  Nor Cinti is a province in the Bolivian department of Chuquisaca. Its capital is Camargo.- Subdivision :The province is divided into four municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons.-External links:*...
  
  
• Nor Lípez Province
  Nor Lípez Province
  Nor Lípez is a province in the Bolivian department of Potosí. Its seat is Colcha "K", also called Villa Martín. The majority of the province's area was titled as the Nor Lípez Native Community Land on 19 April 2011...
  
  
• Nor Yungas Province
  Nor Yungas Province
  Nor Yungas is a province in the Yungas-area of the Bolivian department of La Paz.. Its administrative seat is the town of Coroico.- Subdivision :The province is divided into two municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons....
  
  
• Omasuyos Province
  Omasuyos Province
  Omasuyos is a province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Achacachi.The province is situated in the Altiplano bordered to the north by the Muñecas Province, to the north-east by the Larecaja Province, to the south-east by the Los Andes Province, to the south and west by Lake Titicaca...
  
  
• Oropeza Province
  Oropeza Province
  Oropeza is a province in the Chuquisaca Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Sucre which is also the constitutional capital of Bolivia and the capital of the Chuquisaca Department.- Subdivision :...
  
  
• Pacajes Province
  Pacajes Province
  Pacajes is a province in the Bolivian department of La Paz. Its capital is Coro Coro.- Subdivision :The province is divided into eight municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons.- External links :*...
  
  
• Pantaléon Dalence Province
  Pantaléon Dalence Province
  Pantaléon Dalence is a province in the eastern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.-Location:Pantaléon Dalence province is one of sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department...
  
  
• Pedro Domingo Murillo Province
  Pedro Domingo Murillo Province
  Pedro Domingo Murillo is a province in the Bolivian department of La Paz. It contains the Bolivian administrative capital, La Paz, as well as the major city of El Alto.- Subdivision :...
  
  
• Poopó Province
  Poopó Province
  Poopó is a province in the eastern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.-Location:Poopó province is one of the sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department...
  
  
• Puerto de Mejillones Province
  Puerto de Mejillones Province
  Puerto de Mejillones is a province in the western parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.-Location:Puerto de Mejillones province is one of the sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department...
  
  
• Punata Province
  Punata Province
  Punata is a province almost in the middle of the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia, located about 45 km south of the city of Cochabamba. Its capital is Punata...
  
  
• Quillacollo Province
  Quillacollo Province
  Quillacollo is a province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia.It is known for its festival in August where people from all over Bolivia come and pay homage to the Virgin of Urqupiña...
  
  
• Rafael Bustillo Province
  Rafael Bustillo Province
  Rafael Bustillo is a province in the Bolivian Potosí Department. Its name honors the Bolivian diplomat and foreign secretary Rafael Bustillo . The capital of the province is Uncía with a population of 5,709 in the year 2001, the largest town is Llallagua with 20,065 inhabitants.-Location:Rafael...
  
  
• Sajama Province
  Sajama Province
  Sajama is a province in the northwestern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.-Location:Sajama province is one of the sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department...
  
  
• San Pedro de Totora Province
  San Pedro de Totora Province
  San Pedro de Totora is a province in the northern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.-Location:San Pedro de Totora province is one of the sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department...
  
  
• Sara Province
  Sara Province
  Sara is a province in the Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Portachuelo.- Subdivision :The province is divided into three municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons....
  
  
• Saucarí Province
  Saucarí Province
  Saucarí is a province in the central parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.-Location:Saucarí province is one of the sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department...
  
  
• Sebastián Pagador Province
  Sebastián Pagador Province
  Sebastián Pagador is a province in the southeastern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.-Location:Sebastián Pagador province is one of sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department...
  
  
• Sud Carangas Province
  Sud Carangas Province
  Sud Carangas is a province in the central parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.-Location:Sud Carangas province is one of the sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department...
  
  
• Sud Chichas Province
  Sud Chichas Province
  Sud Chichas is a province in the Bolivian department of Potosí. Its seat is Tupiza.-Location:Sud Chichas province is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosí Department. It is located between 20° 51' and 21° 50' South and between 65° 15' and 66° 30' West...
  
  
• Sud Cinti Province
  Sud Cinti Province
  Sud Cinti is a province in the Bolivian department of Chuquisaca.- Subdivision :The province is divided into three municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons. The municipalities with their seats are:...
  
  
• Sud Lípez Province
  Sud Lípez Province
  Sur Lípez is a province in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. The seat of the province is San Pablo de Lípez.-Location:Sur Lípez is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosí Department...
  
  
• Sud Yungas Province
  Sud Yungas Province
  Sud Yungas is a province in the Bolivian department of La Paz. Its capital is Chulumani.- Subdivision :The province is divided into five municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons.- External links :*...
  
  
• Tapacarí Province
  Tapacarí Province
  Tapacarí is a province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Tapacarí. The province is located at a turnoff from the major highway that links Cochabamba and Oruro. It has traditionally been amongst the poorest in the department...
  
  
• Tiraque Province
  Tiraque Province
  Tiraque is a province in the Cochabamba Department in central Bolivia. Its capital is Tiraque.- Subdivision :The province is divided into two municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons....
  
  
• Tomas Barrón Province
  Tomas Barrón Province
  Tomás Barrón is a province in the northern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.-Location:Tomás Barrón province is one of the sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department...
  
  
• Tomina Province
  Tomina Province
  Tomina is a province in the Chuquisaca Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Padilla.- Subdivision :Tomina Province is divided into five municipalities which are partly further subdivided into cantons.- The people :...
  
  
• Tomás Frías Province
  Tomás Frías Province
  Tomás Frías is a province in the northern parts of the Bolivian Potosí Department. Its capital is Potosí which is also the capital of the department. The province is named after the former president Tomás Frías Ametller.-Location:...
  
  
• Vaca Diéz Province
  Vaca Diéz Province
  Vaca Diéz is a province in the Beni Department, Bolivia....
  
  
• Vallegrande Province
  Vallegrande Province
  Vallegrande is a province in the Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia.-Subdivision:The province is divided into 5 municipios :-See also:*La Higuera...
  
  
• Yacuma Province
  Yacuma Province
  Yacuma is a province in the Beni Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Santa Ana del Yacuma.- Subdivision :Yacuma Province is divided into two municipalities which are partly further subdivided into cantons....
  
  
• Yamparáez Province
  Yamparáez Province
  Yamparáez is a province in the Bolivian department of Chuquisaca. It is divided in two sections: first section with head in the town of Tarabuco, and the second section with its head in Yamparáez.- Subdivision :...
  
  

Volcanoes of Bolivia

• Acotango
  Acotango
  Volcán Acotango - is the central and highest of a group of stratovolcanoes straddling the border of Bolivia and Chile. The group is known as Nevados de Quimsachata and consists, apart of Acotango, of Volcán Humarata - to its north and Cerro Capurata - on its south.The group lies along a...
  
  
• Nevado Anallajsi
  Nevado Anallajsi
  Nevado Anallajsi is a stratovolcano in Bolivia. The date of its last eruption is unknown, but its youngest lava flows appear to have erupted from a vent on the north flank of the mountain. The main composition of the volcano is andesitic and dacitic. It overlies a plateau which is composed of...
  
  
• Cabaray
  Cabaray
  Cabaray is a stratovolcano in Bolivia. It lies between the volcanoes Isluga and Tata Sabaya, immediately east of the border with Chile....
  
  
• Cerro Columa
  Cerro Columa
  Cerro Columa, or Cerro Colluma, is a maar in Bolivia. It lies north-east of Huachacalla. Its last eruption date is unknown, although some have assigned it as Holocene....
  
  
• Irruputuncu
  Irruputuncu
  Irruputuncu is a stratovolcano which lies on the border of Chile and Bolivia. It is a relatively small peak, lying within the collapse scarp of a debris avalanche from earlier in the Holocene, which was built up by eruptions to fill much of that feature. There are two craters lying at the summit,...
  
  
• Licancabur
  Licancabur
  Licancabur is a highly symmetrical stratovolcano on the southernmost part of the border between Chile and Bolivia. It is located just southwest of Laguna Verde in Bolivia. The volcano dominates the landscape of the Salar de Atacama area...
  
  
• Cerro Lípez
  Cerro Lípez
  Cerro Lípez is a stratovolcano in the Cordillera de Lípez in Sud Lípez province of Potosí Department in southwestern Bolivia. It has twin peaks and rises to 5,929 m. On some maps it is incorrectly labeled as Nuevo Mundo. Nuevo Mundo is in fact hundreds of kilometres to the northeast and five...
  
  
• Macizo de Larancagua
  Macizo de Larancagua
  Macizo de Larancagua is a stratovolcano in Bolivia. It lies west of Turco and is composed of andesite and dacite. The date of its last eruptive episode is unclear, but some authors have assigned it as Holocene....
  
  
• Macizo de Pacuni
  Macizo de Pacuni
  Macizo de Pacuni is a stratovolcano in Bolivia. Its composition is andesitic and dacitic, and its last eruption date is unknown, although the volcano is possibly Holocene....
  
  
• Cerro Minchincha
  Cerro Minchincha
  Cerro Minchincha is a stratovolcano on the border of Bolivia and Chile. It is part of an east-west trending ridge of stratovolcanoes. To its east lies Olca. The only historical activity from the complex was a flank eruption from 1865-1867....
  
  
• Nevadoes de Quimsachata
• Nuevo Mundo volcano
  Nuevo Mundo volcano
  The Nuevo Mundo volcano is a stratovolcano, lava dome and a lava flow complex between Potosí and Uyuni, Bolivia, in the Andes rising to a peak at .-History:...
  
  
• Olca
  Olca
  Olca is a stratovolcano on the border of Chile and Bolivia. It lies in the middle of a 15 km long ridge composed of several stratovolcanos. Cerro Minchincha lies to the west and Paruma to the east. It is also close to the pre-Holocene Cerro Paruma. It is andesitic and dacitic in composition,...
  
  
• Parinacota
  Parinacota
  Parinacota is a massive potentially active stratovolcano on the border of Chile and Bolivia. It is part of the Nevados de Payachata volcanic group. The other major edifice in that group is the Pleistocene peak of Pomerape...
  
  
• Paruma
  Paruma
  Paruma is a stratovolcano that lies on the border of Bolivia and Chile. It is part of a ridge that contains several stratovolcanos. Paruma lies at the eastern end of the ridge, with Olca to its west. The older volcano Cerro Paruma lies to east of Paruma. Paruma has clearly been active during the...
  
  
• Patilla Pata
  Patilla Pata
  Patilla Pata is a stratovolcano in Bolivia. The date of its last eruption is unclear, but it is unlikely to be during the Holocene as the mountain is heavily glaciated. The composition of the volcano is largely andesitic, but there are also a number of basaltic lava flows....
  
  
• Pomerape
  Pomerape
  Pomerape is a stratovolcano lying on the border of Chile and Bolivia . It is part of the Nevados de Payachata complex of volcanoes together with Parinacota Volcano to the south. It is of Pleistocene age.Climbing the volcano is alpine AD grade, sometimes on 50+ degree snow/rubble slope...
  
  
• Robledo
  Robledo
  Robledo is the name of a caldera in Catamarca Province, Argentina....
  
  
• Sacabaya
  Sacabaya
  Sacabaya is a pyroclastic shield in Bolivia. It is located on the Altiplano near to the Rio Lauca. The volcano is composed of ignimbrite, which has formed a shield. The shield is capped by an area of vents which has many overlapping craters, and is elongated in shape. At the southern end lies the...
  
  
• Nevado Sajama
  Nevado Sajama
  Nevado Sajama is an extinct stratovolcano and the highest peak in Bolivia. The mountain is located in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Curahuara de Carangas Municipality, Sajama Canton. It is situated in the Sajama National Park in the southwest area of the country some 16–24 km from...
  
  
• Tata Sabaya
  Tata Sabaya
  Tata Sabaya is a stratovolcano in Bolivia. It is located at the northern end of the Salar de Coipasa, which lies in the Altiplano. It also lies at eastern end of a line of volcanoes starting with Isluga in the west, and continuing with Cabaray. Its last eruption date is unknown, but it is assigned...
  
  

Bolivia geography stubs

• Abel Iturralde Province
  Abel Iturralde Province
  Abel Iturralde is one of the twenty provinces of the Bolivian La Paz Department. It is situated in its northern part. Its name honors Abel Iturralde Palacios, a Bolivian politician. Madidi National Park is partially in this province.- Location :...
  
  
• Abuna River
  Abuna River
  The Abuna River is a river in South America. As a part of the Amazon Basin, it forms part of the border between northern Bolivia and north-western Brazil....
  
  
• Alonso de Ibáñez Province
  Alonso de Ibáñez Province
  Alonso de Ibáñez is a province in the northern parts of the Bolivian Potosí Department. Its capital is Sacaca .-Location:...
  
  
• Amboró National Park
  Amboró National Park
  Amboró National Park in central Bolivia is a nature reserve with over 800 species of birds, over 125 mammalian species including puma, ocelot, and the rare Spectacled Bear. Covering an area of 4,425 km² , it is protected from human settlements, hunting, mining and deforestation, though...
  
  
• Aniceto Arce Province
  Aniceto Arce Province
  Aniceto Arce is a province in the southern parts of the Bolivian department Tarija. The province is named after Aniceto Arce Ruiz , President of Bolivia from 1888 until 1892.-Location:...
  
  
• Antonio Quijarro Province
  Antonio Quijarro Province
  Antonio Quijarro is a province in the central parts of the Bolivian Potosí Department situated at the Salar de Uyuni. Its seat is Uyuni.-Location:Antonio Quijarro province is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosí Department...
  
  
• Apolo
  Apolo
  Apolo is a location in the Franz Tamayo Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia, South America, with a population of 2,123 in the year 2001. It is the seat of the Apolo Municipality....
  
  
• Arani (Bolivia)
  Arani (Bolivia)
  Arani is the capital of Arani Province and Arani Municipality located in Cochabamba Department in the center of Bolivia at an altitude of 9,400 ft . At the time of census 2001 it had 3,512 inhabitants.....
  
  
• Arani Province
  Arani Province
  Arani is a province in Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Arani, situated about 53 km from Cochabamba. Arani is known for its bread but also for the town's artisan wickerwork.- Subdivision :...
  
  
• Aroma Province
  Aroma Province
  Aroma is one of the twenty provinces of the Bolivian La Paz Department and is situated in the department's southern parts.- Location :Aroma province is located between 16° 43' and 17° 35' South and between 67° 22' and 68° 23' West...
  
  
• Arque
  Arque
  Arque is a location in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. It is the seat of Arque Province and Arque Municipality. Arque is situated at an elevation of 10,735 ft on the northern bank of Arque River....
  
  
• Arque Province
  Arque Province
  Arque is a rural province in Cochabamba Department in the eastern cordillera of the South American state of Bolivia. Quechua is the most commonly used language of this region.- Geography :...
  
  
• Atacama Department
  Atacama Department
  Atacama was a department of Bolivia. It was lost to Chile in the War of the Pacific. It is now the Chilean Antofagasta Region....
  
  
• Atahuallpa Province
  Atahuallpa Province
  Atahuallpa is a province in the central parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.-Location:Atahuallpa province is one of sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department...
  
  
• Ayopaya
  Ayopaya
  Ayopaya or Independencia is a town in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. It is the capital of the Ayopaya Province and Ayopaya Municipality. At the time of census 2001 it had a population of 2,014.- External links :*...
  
  
• Ayopaya Province
  Ayopaya Province
  Ayopaya is a province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Ayopaya .- Subdivision :Ayopaya Province is divided into three municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons....
  
  
• Lake Ballivián
• Bautista Saavedra Province
  Bautista Saavedra Province
  Bautista Saavedra is one of the twenty provinces of the Bolivian department of La Paz and is situated in the department's northwestern parts. The province's name honors Bautista Saavedra Mallea , Bolivia's president from 1920 to 1925.- Location :...
  
  
• Belisario Boeto Province
  Belisario Boeto Province
  Belisario Boeto is a province in the Bolivian department of Chuquisaca.- Subdivision :The province consists of only one municipality, Villa Serrano Municipality, which is identical to the province. Belisario Boeto Province is further subdivided into three cantons...
  
  
• Beni River
  Beni River
  The Beni River is a river in the north of Bolivia.It rises north of La Paz and flows northeast through the pampas. One of the tributary rivers is Tuichi River in the Madidi National Park. Tuichi River joins the Beni River upstream from the town Rurrenabaque. South of Rurrenabaque, Río Beni runs...
  
  
• Bernardino Bilbao Province
  Bernardino Bilbao Province
  Bernardino Bilbao is a province in the Northern parts of the Bolivian department of Potosí. It has its name after Bernardino Bilbao Rioja, Bolivian general and politician.-Location:...
  
  
• Bolívar Province (Bolivia)
  Bolívar Province (Bolivia)
  Bolívar Province is a province in the Bolivian department of Cochabamba. Its capital is the city of Bolívar, named after Simón Bolívar, a Venezuelan military and political leader.- Subdivision :...
  
  
• Burnet O'Connor Province
  Burnet O'Connor Province
  Burnet O'Connor is a province in the northern part of Tarija Department in Bolivia.The province is also known as Burdet O'Connor and is named after Francisco Burdett O'Connor, a chronicler of the South American War of Independence and the making of Tarija.-Location:Burnet O'Connor province is one...
  
  
• Caine River
  Caine River
  Caine is the name of a river in the eastern cordilleras of the Bolivian Andes in South America....
  
  
• Capinota Province
  Capinota Province
  Capinota is one of sixteen provinces in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its capital is the city of Capinota. The province has a population of 25,582 inhabitants .- Subdivision :...
  
  
• Caranavi
  Caranavi
  Caranavi is the capital of the Caranavi Province in the Yungas region of Bolivia, South America. On 23 December 2009, part of the province was detached from the municipality of Caranavi to become the municipality of Alto Beni.-Geography:...
  
  
• Carangas Province
  Carangas Province
  Carangas is a province in the northern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.-Location:Carangas province is one of sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department...
  
  
• Carrasco Province
• Catavi
  Catavi
  Catavi is a tin mine in Bolivia, near the city of Llallagua in the province of Bustillos, Potosí Department. Along with the Siglo XX mine, it is part of a mining complex in the area.-History:...
  
  
• Cercado Province (Beni)
  Cercado Province (Beni)
  Cercado is a province located in northwestern Bolivia in Beni Department. It has an area of 12,276 km ² with a population estimated by the National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia for 2006 of 94,221 and a density of 7.67 people / km ²...
  
  
• Cercado Province (Cochabamba)
  Cercado Province (Cochabamba)
  Cercado is a province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Cochabamba which is also the capital of the department.- Subdivision :The province consists of one municipality, Cochabamba Municipality...
  
  
• Cercado Province (Oruro)
  Cercado Province (Oruro)
  Cercado is a province in the northeastern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.-Location:Cercado province is one of sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department...
  
  
• Cercado Province (Tarija)
  Cercado Province (Tarija)
  Cercado is a province in the central parts of the Bolivian department Tarija.-Location:Cercado province is one of six provinces in the Tarija Department...
  
  
• Cerro Columa
  Cerro Columa
  Cerro Columa, or Cerro Colluma, is a maar in Bolivia. It lies north-east of Huachacalla. Its last eruption date is unknown, although some have assigned it as Holocene....
  
  
• Cerro Lípez
  Cerro Lípez
  Cerro Lípez is a stratovolcano in the Cordillera de Lípez in Sud Lípez province of Potosí Department in southwestern Bolivia. It has twin peaks and rises to 5,929 m. On some maps it is incorrectly labeled as Nuevo Mundo. Nuevo Mundo is in fact hundreds of kilometres to the northeast and five...
  
  
• Chalalan
  Chalalan
  Chalalan is an ecolodge in the Madidi National Park of Bolivia. The lodge sits on the Tuichi river, and can be accessed from within Bolivia by flying to Rurrenabaque and taking a boat up the Beni River and Tuichi River....
  
  
• Chapare Province
  Chapare Province
  Chapare, also called The Chapare and is pronounced Cha-pa-reh, is a rural province in the northern region of Cochabamba Department in central Bolivia. The majority of the territory consists of valley rainforests that surround the area's main waterway, the Chapare River, which is also a tributary of...
  
  
• Charcas Province
  Charcas Province
  Charcas is a province in the northern parts of the Bolivian Potosí Department. Its capital is San Pedro de Buena Vista .-Location:...
  
  
• Chayanta Province
  Chayanta Province
  Chayanta Municipality is the second municipal section of the Rafael Bustillo Province in the Bolivian Potosí Department. Its seat is Chayanta.-Location:...
  
  
• Chiquitos Province
  Chiquitos Province
  Chiquitanía is a region of tropical savannas in the Santa Cruz Department in eastern Bolivia."Chiquitos" is the colonial name for what is now essentially five of the six provinces that make up the Chiquitania, a region in Bolivia's Santa Cruz department. "Chiquitos" refers to a region, not a tribe...
  
  
• Chulumani
  Chulumani
  Situated four hours from La Paz, Chulumani is the capital of the Sud Yungas region in Bolivia. Agriculture dominates the area, which produces bananas, coffee, and coca leaves. Chulumani is subtropical with warm temperatures and high humidity....
  
  
• Chuquiago
  Chuquiago
  Chuquiago, , is the Aymara name for the area that later became the city of La Paz, Bolivia. This aymara name comes from two aymara words "chuqui", 'gold' and "yapu", 'farm'. Residents of Chuquiago are called "Chukuta"....
  
  
• Chuquisaca Department
  Chuquisaca Department
  Chuquisaca is a department of Bolivia located in the center south. It borders on the departments of Cochabamba, Tarija, Potosí, and Santa Cruz. The departmental capital is Sucre, which is also the constitutional capital of Bolivia.-Geography:...
  
  
• Cobija
  Cobija
  The Bolivian city of Cobija is located about 600 km north of La Paz in the Amazon Basin on the border of Brazil and Peru. Cobija lies on banks of the Rio Acre across from the Brazilian city Brasiléia. Cobija lies at an elevation of ca...
  
  
• Cochabamba Department
  Cochabamba Department
  Cochabamba is one of the nine component departments of Bolivia. It is known to be the "granary" of the country because of its variety of agricultural products due to Cochabamba's geographical position. It has an area of 55,631 km². Its population, in the 2007 census, was 1,750,000...
  
  
• Copacabana, Bolivia
  Copacabana, Bolivia
  Copacabana is the main Bolivian town on the shore of Lake Titicaca, from where boats leave for Isla del Sol, the sacred Inca island. The town has a large 16th-century shrine, the Basilica of Our Lady of Copacabana. Our Lady of Copacabana is the patron saint of Bolivia. The town is a destination for...
  
  
• Cordillera Occidental, Bolivia
  Cordillera Occidental, Bolivia
  The Cordillera Occidental of Bolivia is part of the Andes , a mountain range characterized by volcanic activity, making up the natural border with Chile and starting in the north with Jucuri and ending in the south at the Licancabur volcano, which is on the southern limit of Bolivia with Chile; the...
  
  
• Cordillera Oriental, Bolivia
  Cordillera Oriental, Bolivia
  The Cordillera Oriental are parallel mountain ranges of the Bolivian Andes emplaced on the eastern and north eastern margin of the Andes. Large parts of Cordillera Oriental are forested and humid areas rich in agricultural and livestock products. Geologically Cordillera Oriental is formed by the...
  
  
• Cordillera Province (Bolivia)
  Cordillera Province (Bolivia)
  Cordillera is a province in the Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Lagunillas.- Geography :This area of the Santa Cruz Chaco occupies the southern part of the department, is the largest province of the country, geographically defined as the Gran Chaco and that extends to the departments...
  
  
• Cordillera Real (Bolivia)
  Cordillera Real (Bolivia)
  The Cordillera Real is a mountain range in the South American Altiplano of Bolivia. This range of fold mountains, largely composed of granite, is located southeast of Lake Titicaca, and east of the Bolivian capital of La Paz, measuring 125 km in length and 20 km in width...
  
  
• Cordillera de Lípez
  Cordillera de Lípez
  The Cordillera de Lípez is a mountain range in northernPotosí, Bolivia and northern Argentina, part of the Andes. The range covers an area of 23,404 km² and runs in a northeast-southwest direction, between the parallels 22 degrees and 23 degrees, helping to form the boundary between Bolivia...
  
  
• Cornelio Saavedra Province
  Cornelio Saavedra Province
  Cornelio Saavedra is a province in the north-eastern parts of the Bolivian Potosí Department. The capital of the province is Betanzos with 4,168 inhabitants in the year 2001....
  
  
• Coroico
  Coroico
  Coroico is a town in Nor Yungas Province, in the La Paz Department of western Bolivia.-History:Coroico Viejo was founded above the Kori Huayco River...
  
  
• Daniel Campos Province
  Daniel Campos Province
  Daniel Campos is a province in the north-western parts of the Bolivian Potosí Department. It is named after the poet Daniel Campos who originated from this area. Its capital is Llica.-Location:...
  
  
• Eduardo Avaroa Province
  Eduardo Avaroa Province
  Eduardo Abaroa is a province in the southeastern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.-Location:Eduardo Abaroa province is one of sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department...
  
  
• El Alto
  El Alto
  At one time merely a suburb of adjacent La Paz, Bolivia, on the Altiplano highlands, the city of El Alto is today one of Bolivia's largest and fastest-growing urban centers. As of the 2001 census, the population was 649,958. In 2010, the population may be nearly 900,000, or more. The city contains...
  
  
• El Fuerte de Samaipata
  El Fuerte de Samaipata
  El Fuerte de Samaipata , also known simply as 'El Fuerte', is an archaeological site and UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the Santa Cruz Department, Florida Province, Bolivia. It is situated in the eastern foothills of the Bolivian Andes, and is a popular tourist destination for Bolivians and...
  
  
• Eliodoro Camacho Province
  Eliodoro Camacho Province
  Eliodoro Camacho is a province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia situated at Lake Titicaca. Its seat is Puerto Acosta.Camacho Province is situated in the western region of the La Paz Department bordered to the north by the Muñecas Province, to the east by the Larecaja Province, to the south by...
  
  
• Enrique Baldivieso Province
  Enrique Baldivieso Province
  Enrique Baldivieso is a province in the Bolivian department of Potosí. It is named after the former vice president Enrique Baldivieso...
  
  
• Esteban Arce Province
  Esteban Arce Province
  Esteban Arce is a province in Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Tarata.- Subdivision :The province is divided into four municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons. The municipalities with their seats are:- External links :...
  
  
• Eustaquio Méndez Province
  Eustaquio Méndez Province
  Eustaquio Méndez is a province in the north-western parts of the Bolivian department Tarija.-Location:Eustaquio Méndez province is one of six provinces in the Tarija Department...
  
  
• Florida Province
  Florida Province
  Florida is a province in the Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Samaipata. The province was created by law on December 15, 1924.-Division:The province is divided into four municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons....
  
  
• Franz Tamayo Province
  Franz Tamayo Province
  Franz Tamayo is a province in the Bolivian department of La Paz. It lies in the western part of the nation, and includes the Ulla Ulla National Reserve - which today is part of the Apolobamba Integrated Management Natural Area - in the high Andean plain on the western border with Peru...
  
  
• Germán Busch Province
  Germán Busch Province
  Germán Busch is a province in the Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. Most of the surface is covered by the Pantanal, the largest wetland area in the world.-History:...
  
  
• Germán Jordán Province
  Germán Jordán Province
  Germán Jordán is a province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Cliza.- Subdivision :Germán Jordán Province is divided into three municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons.- External links :*...
  
  
• Gran Chaco Province
  Gran Chaco Province
  Gran Chaco is a province in the eastern parts of the Bolivian department Tarija. The province voted to become an autonomous region on 6 December 2009.-Location:Gran Chaco province is one of six provinces in the Tarija Department...
  
  
• Gualberto Villarroel Province
  Gualberto Villarroel Province
  Gualberto Villarroel is a province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is San Pedro de Curahuara de Carangas.- Subdivision :The province is divided into three municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons.- External links :*...
  
  
• Hernando Siles Province
  Hernando Siles Province
  Hernando Siles is a province of the department of Chuquisaca, Bolivia. It has a population of 36.511 and covers an area of 5,473 km², giving it a population density of 6.67/km². Its capital is Monteagudo.- Subdivision :...
  
  
• Huayna Potosí
  Huayna Potosí
  Huayna Potosí is a mountain in Bolivia, located about 25 km north of La Paz in the Cordillera Real.Huayna Potosí is the closest high mountain to La Paz, a city which is surrounded by high mountains, and itself is the highest capital city in the world. Huayna Potosí is roughly fifteen miles due...
  
  
• Ingavi Province
  Ingavi Province
  Ingavi is a province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Viacha.- Subdivision :Ingavi Province is divided into seven municipalities which are partly further subdivided into cantons.- Population :...
  
  
• Inquisivi
  Inquisivi
  Inquisivi is the capital of the Inquisivi Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. It was officially named on Nov. 2, 1844. Residents of Inquisivi are called Inquisivenos....
  
  
• Inquisivi Province
  Inquisivi Province
  Inquisivi is a province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. The capital of the province is Inquisivi.- Subdivision :Inquisivi Province is divided into six municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons.-External links:****...
  
  
• Isla del Sol
  Isla del Sol
  Isla del Sol is an island in the southern part of Lake Titicaca. It is part of the modern Plurinational State of Bolivia. Geographically, the terrain is harsh; it is a rocky, hilly island. There are no motor vehicles or paved roads on the island...
  
  
• Iténez Province
  Iténez Province
  -References:...
  
  
• Jaime Zudáñez Province
  Jaime Zudáñez Province
  Jaime Zudáñez is a province in the Bolivian department of Chuquisaca. It was named after Jaime de Zudáñez, emancipation leader born in Chuquisaca in 1772.-Subdivision:The province is divided into four municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons....
  
  
• José Ballivián Province
  José Ballivián Province
  José Ballivián is a province of the Beni Department in northern Bolivia. It is named for José Ballivián, a general and former president of Bolivia who lived from 1805 until 1852. The province has a north-south extent...
  
  
• José Manuel Pando Province
  José Manuel Pando Province
  This article is about the province. For the person, see José Manuel Pando.José Manuel Pando is a province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Santiago de Machaca.- Subdivision :...
  
  
• José María Avilés Province
  José María Avilés Province
  José María Avilés is a province in the western parts of the Bolivian department Tarija.-Location:Avilés province is one of six provinces in the Tarija Department...
  
  
• José María Linares Province
  José María Linares Province
  José María Linares is a province in the eastern parts of the Bolivian department of Potosí. Its capital is Puna.-Location:José María Linares province is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosí Department. It is located between 19° 30' and 20° 16' South and between 64° 43' and 65° 53' West...
  
  
• Juana Azurduy de Padilla Province
  Juana Azurduy de Padilla Province
  Juana Azurduy de Padilla is a province in the Chuquisaca Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Azurduy.Juana Azurduy de Padilla was the wife of a hero named Manuel Asencio Padilla and, together they fought against the Spaniards in the 19th century...
  
  
• La Plata Basin
  La Plata Basin
  The Río de la Plata Basin , sometimes called the Platine basin or Platine region, is the name given to the hydrographical area that covers parts of Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay...
  
  
• Ladislao Cabrera Province
  Ladislao Cabrera Province
  Ladislao Cabrera is a province in the southern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro. It is named after Dr. Ladislao Cabrera .-Location:Ladislao Cabrera province is one of sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department...
  
  
• Laguna Verde, Bolivia
  Laguna Verde, Bolivia
  Laguna Verde is a salt lake in the southwest of the altiplano of Bolivia, in the Potosí Department, Sur Lípez Province, on the Chilean border at the foot of thevolcano Licancabur. Visitors may find some flamingoes dancing in the salt....
  
  
• Larecaja Province
  Larecaja Province
  Larecaja is a province in the Bolivian department of La Paz. Its capital is Sorata.- Subdivision :Larecaja Province is divided into eight municipalities which are partly further subdivided into cantons.- Languages :...
  
  
• Licancabur
  Licancabur
  Licancabur is a highly symmetrical stratovolcano on the southernmost part of the border between Chile and Bolivia. It is located just southwest of Laguna Verde in Bolivia. The volcano dominates the landscape of the Salar de Atacama area...
  
  
• Litoral Province (Bolivia)
  Litoral Province (Bolivia)
  Litoral is a province in the southwestern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.-Location:Litoral Province is one of sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department...
  
  
• Loayza Province
  Loayza Province
  Loayza or José Ramón Loayza is a province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Luribay.- Subdivision :The province is divided into five municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons.- External links :*...
  
  
• Los Andes Province (Bolivia)
  Los Andes Province (Bolivia)
  Los Andes is one of the twenty provinces in the central parts of the Bolivian La Paz Department.- Location :Los Andes province is located between 16° 00' and 16° 47' South and between 68° 08' and 68° 45' West...
  
  
• Luis Calvo Province
  Luis Calvo Province
  Luis Calvo is a province in the Bolivian department of Chuquisaca.- Subdivision :The province is divided into three municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons. The municipalities with their seats are:...
  
  
• Madidi
  Madidi
  Madidi is a national park in the upper Amazon river basin in Bolivia. Established in 1995, it has an area of 18,958 square kilometres, and along with nearby protected areas Manuripi-Heath, Apolobamba, and the Manu Biosphere Reserve...
  
  
• Mamoré Province
  Mamoré Province
  Mamoré is a province in the Beni Department, Bolivia.-References:...
  
  
• Manco Kapac Province
  Manco Kapac Province
  Manco Kapac is a province in the Bolivian department of La Paz. Its capital is Copacabana.- Subdivision :Manco Kapac Province is divided into three municipalities which are partly further subdivided into cantons.- References :* - External links :*...
  
  
• Marbán Province
  Marbán Province
  Marbán is a province in the Beni Department, Bolivia. The capital is Loreto.-References:...
  
  
• Mizque
  Mizque
  Mizque is a town in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. It is the capital of the Mizque Province. Mizque is located in the valley of the Mizque River, one of the main tributaries of the Río Grande....
  
  
• Mizque Province
  Mizque Province
  Mizque is a province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Mizque.The province, in 1992, had a population of 27,959 inhabitants, mostly indigenous citizens of Quechuan descent. In 2001, the population increased to 36,181 inhabitants and it was estimated at 41,062 in 2005...
  
  
• Modesto Omiste Province
  Modesto Omiste Province
  Modesto Omiste is a province in the south of the Bolivian Potosí Department. Its capital is Villazón.-Location:Modesto Omiste province is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosí Departamento. It is located between 21° 39' and 22° 06' South and between 65° 10' and 66° 08' West...
  
  
• Montero
  Montero
  Montero has an elevation of 300 meters above sea level and an average temperature of 23 °C. The city is predominantly agricultural, producing soybeans, cotton, corn and rice....
  
  
• Mount Copaja
  Mount Copaja
  Mount Copaja or Capaja is a mountain in the Western Andes, located in the province of Oruro, Bolivia . It has an altitude of 5097 m and is in the neighbourhood of the higher Lliscaya and Curumane peaks....
  
  
• Moxos
  Moxos
  Moxos may refer to:* Moxos savanna, also known as the Beni savanna, of northern Bolivia,* Moxos Province of northern Bolivia.* Moxos people and Moxos language...
  
  
• Moxos Province
  Moxos Province
  Moxos is a province in the Beni Department, Bolivia. It is named after the Moxos savanna.The province consists of one municipality, San Ignacio de Moxos Municipality, which is identical to the province...
  
  
• Muela del diablo
  Muela del Diablo
  The Muela del Diablo, or 'Devil's Tooth,' is an iconic feature of the La Paz landscape. The name comes from the shape it creates while being viewed from the North . Located South-East of the downtown area, it is a popular tourist attraction, used mainly for hiking, mountain biking, and sometimes...
  
  
• Muñecas Province
  Muñecas Province
  Muñecas is a province in the Bolivian department of La Paz. Its capital is Chuma.- Subdivision :The province is divided into three municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons.- External links :*...
  
  
• Narciso Campero Province
  Narciso Campero Province
  Narciso Campero is a province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Aiquile. Aiquile lies on one transportation route between the citys of Cochabamba, Sucre and Santa Cruz.- Subdivision :...
  
  
• Nevado Anallajsi
  Nevado Anallajsi
  Nevado Anallajsi is a stratovolcano in Bolivia. The date of its last eruption is unknown, but its youngest lava flows appear to have erupted from a vent on the north flank of the mountain. The main composition of the volcano is andesitic and dacitic. It overlies a plateau which is composed of...
  
  
• Nevado Sajama
  Nevado Sajama
  Nevado Sajama is an extinct stratovolcano and the highest peak in Bolivia. The mountain is located in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Curahuara de Carangas Municipality, Sajama Canton. It is situated in the Sajama National Park in the southwest area of the country some 16–24 km from...
  
  
• Nor Carangas Province
  Nor Carangas Province
  Nor Carangas is a province in the northern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.-Location:Nor Carangas province is one of sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department...
  
  
• Nor Chichas Province
  Nor Chichas Province
  Nor Chichas is a province in the Eastern parts of the Bolivian Potosí Department. Its seat is Cotagaita.-Location:Nor Chichas province is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosí Department. It is located between 20° 01' and 21° 08' South and between 65° 13' and 66° 17' West...
  
  
• Nor Cinti Province
  Nor Cinti Province
  Nor Cinti is a province in the Bolivian department of Chuquisaca. Its capital is Camargo.- Subdivision :The province is divided into four municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons.-External links:*...
  
  
• Nor Lípez Province
  Nor Lípez Province
  Nor Lípez is a province in the Bolivian department of Potosí. Its seat is Colcha "K", also called Villa Martín. The majority of the province's area was titled as the Nor Lípez Native Community Land on 19 April 2011...
  
  
• Nor Yungas Province
  Nor Yungas Province
  Nor Yungas is a province in the Yungas-area of the Bolivian department of La Paz.. Its administrative seat is the town of Coroico.- Subdivision :The province is divided into two municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons....
  
  
• Omasuyos Province
  Omasuyos Province
  Omasuyos is a province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Achacachi.The province is situated in the Altiplano bordered to the north by the Muñecas Province, to the north-east by the Larecaja Province, to the south-east by the Los Andes Province, to the south and west by Lake Titicaca...
  
  
• Oropeza Province
  Oropeza Province
  Oropeza is a province in the Chuquisaca Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Sucre which is also the constitutional capital of Bolivia and the capital of the Chuquisaca Department.- Subdivision :...
  
  
• Oruro Department
  Oruro Department
  Oruro is a department in Bolivia, with an area of 53,588 km². Its capital is the city of Oruro. At the time of census 2001 it had a population of 391,870.- Provinces of Oruro :...
  
  
• Oruro, Bolivia
  Oruro, Bolivia
  Oruro is a city in Bolivia with a population of 235,393 , located about equidistant between La Paz and Sucre at approximately 3710 meters above sea level. It is the capital of the department of Oruro....
  
  
• Pacajes Province
  Pacajes Province
  Pacajes is a province in the Bolivian department of La Paz. Its capital is Coro Coro.- Subdivision :The province is divided into eight municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons.- External links :*...
  
  
• Palacio Quemado
  Palacio Quemado
  The Palacio Quemado is a popular name to denote the Bolivian Palace of Government, located on Plaza Murillo in downtown La Paz. It is the building from which the Bolivian executive conducts its business.The building has had many incarnations...
  
  
• Patacamaya
  Patacamaya
  Patacamaya is a city in Bolivia, situated in the La Paz Department. It is the seat of the Patacamaya Municipality, the fifth municipal section of the Aroma Province. Patacamaya lies in the Altiplano, approximately 100 km southeast of La Paz. It contains the intersection between 'Carretera 1'...
  
  
• Pampagrande
  Pampagrande
  Pampagrande , Bolivia lies about 200 kilometers to the West of Santa Cruz de la Sierra in the foothills of the Andes at an altitude of 2000 meters. This tiny community on a river of the same name suffers from financial hardship...
  
  
• Pando Department
  Pando Department
  Pando is a department of Bolivia, with an area of , adjoining the border with Brazil. Pando has a population 66,689 . Its capital is the city of Cobija....
  
  
• Pantaléon Dalence Province
  Pantaléon Dalence Province
  Pantaléon Dalence is a province in the eastern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.-Location:Pantaléon Dalence province is one of sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department...
  
  
• Parinacota
  Parinacota
  Parinacota is a massive potentially active stratovolcano on the border of Chile and Bolivia. It is part of the Nevados de Payachata volcanic group. The other major edifice in that group is the Pleistocene peak of Pomerape...
  
  
• Pedro Domingo Murillo Province
  Pedro Domingo Murillo Province
  Pedro Domingo Murillo is a province in the Bolivian department of La Paz. It contains the Bolivian administrative capital, La Paz, as well as the major city of El Alto.- Subdivision :...
  
  
• Pomerape
  Pomerape
  Pomerape is a stratovolcano lying on the border of Chile and Bolivia . It is part of the Nevados de Payachata complex of volcanoes together with Parinacota Volcano to the south. It is of Pleistocene age.Climbing the volcano is alpine AD grade, sometimes on 50+ degree snow/rubble slope...
  
  
• Poopó
  Poopó
  Poopó Lake is a large saline lake located in a shallow depression in the Altiplano Mountains in Bolivia at an altitude of approximately 3,700 metres. Because the lake is long and wide it makes up the eastern half of the Oruro Department, a mining region in southwest Bolivia...
  
  
• Poopó Province
  Poopó Province
  Poopó is a province in the eastern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.-Location:Poopó province is one of the sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department...
  
  
• Presto, Bolivia
  Presto, Bolivia
  Presto is a Bolivian town located in Jaime Zudáñez Province, Chuquisaca Department, 95 km east of Sucre....
  
  
• Provinces of Bolivia
  Provinces of Bolivia
  A province is the second largest administrative division in Bolivia, after a department. Each department is divided into provinces. There are 112 provinces in total....
  
  
• Puerto Aguirre
  Puerto Aguirre
  Puerto Aguirre is an important inland riverport in Bolivia near the borderwith Brazil. It is privately held by Central Aguirre Ltd.. It is part of themunicipality of Puerto Quijarro. It is connected via the Tamengo Canal to the...
  
  
• Puerto Busch
  Puerto Busch
  Puerto Busch is located in the province of Germán Busch, Santa Cruz Province, republic of Bolivia on the Paraguay River in eastern Bolivia. It is named in honor of General Germán Busch, who fought in the Chaco War....
  
  
• Puerto Quijarro
  Puerto Quijarro
  Puerto Quijarro is an inland river port and municipality situated on theTamengo Canal in Bolivia by the border with Brazil. It is part of the province of Germán Busch in the Santa Cruz Department. The Tamengo Canal connects it to the important Paraguay/Paraná waterway. It is Bolivia's only...
  
  
• Puerto Suárez
  Puerto Suárez
  Puerto Suárez is an important inland river port and municipality in Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. It is located 10 km west of the border with Brazil.-Location:...
  
  
• Puerto de Mejillones Province
  Puerto de Mejillones Province
  Puerto de Mejillones is a province in the western parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.-Location:Puerto de Mejillones province is one of the sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department...
  
  
• Punata
  Punata
  Punata is the capital of Punata Province and Punata Municipality in Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. At the time of census 2001 it had a population of 14,742 inhabitants...
  
  
• Punata Province
  Punata Province
  Punata is a province almost in the middle of the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia, located about 45 km south of the city of Cochabamba. Its capital is Punata...
  
  
• Quillacollo
  Quillacollo
  Quillacollo is the capital of Quillacollo Province in Cochabamba Department, Bolivia.- Population and growth :The city of Quillacollo is located westward of Cochabamba City. Quillacollo's population is 74,980 based on the 2001 census and is estimated to reach 85,224 in 2009...
  
  
• Quillacollo Province
  Quillacollo Province
  Quillacollo is a province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia.It is known for its festival in August where people from all over Bolivia come and pay homage to the Virgin of Urqupiña...
  
  
• Rafael Bustillo Province
  Rafael Bustillo Province
  Rafael Bustillo is a province in the Bolivian Potosí Department. Its name honors the Bolivian diplomat and foreign secretary Rafael Bustillo . The capital of the province is Uncía with a population of 5,709 in the year 2001, the largest town is Llallagua with 20,065 inhabitants.-Location:Rafael...
  
  
• Riberalta
  Riberalta
  Riberalta is a town in the Beni Department in northern Bolivia, situated where the Madre de Dios River joins the Beni River. Riberalta is on the south bank of the Beni River....
  
  
• Robledo
  Robledo
  Robledo is the name of a caldera in Catamarca Province, Argentina....
  
  
• Rurrenabaque
  Rurrenabaque
  Rurrenabaque is a small town in the North of Bolivia on the Beni River. It is the capital of Rurrenabaque Municipality. In recent years it has become popular with international tourism as it is an easy gateway for visits to Madidi National Park , as well as the surrounding pampas...
  
  
• Sajama Province
  Sajama Province
  Sajama is a province in the northwestern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.-Location:Sajama province is one of the sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department...
  
  
• Samaipata, Bolivia
  Samaipata, Bolivia
  The town of Samaipata is located in the department of Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Samaipata is a Quechua word that means: The Height to Rest. With its delightful subtropical climate and an altitude of 1600-1800 m it tempts foreigners to settle...
  
  
• San Pedro de Totora Province
  San Pedro de Totora Province
  San Pedro de Totora is a province in the northern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.-Location:San Pedro de Totora province is one of the sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department...
  
  
• Sara Province
  Sara Province
  Sara is a province in the Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Portachuelo.- Subdivision :The province is divided into three municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons....
  
  
• Saucarí Province
  Saucarí Province
  Saucarí is a province in the central parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.-Location:Saucarí province is one of the sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department...
  
  
• Sebastián Pagador Province
  Sebastián Pagador Province
  Sebastián Pagador is a province in the southeastern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.-Location:Sebastián Pagador province is one of sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department...
  
  
• Siglo XX
  Siglo XX
  Siglo XX is a tin mine in Bolivia. It is located in the city of Llallagua in the province of Bustillos, Potosí Department...
  
  
• Sorata
  Sorata
  Sorata is a small town in the La Paz Department in the Bolivian Andes, northwest of the city of La Paz and east of Lake Titicaca. It is the seat of the Larecaja Province and the Sorata Municipality. At the time of census 2001 it had a population of 2,217....
  
  
• Strait of Tiquina
  Strait of Tiquina
  The Strait of Tiquina is the passage that connects the larger and smaller parts of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia.-Geography:The strait is across at its narrowest point. It joins the upper lake, Lago Chicuito, and the lower lake, Lago Pequeno, or "little lake". The entire lake is called Lake Titicaca...
  
  
• Sucre
  Sucre
  Sucre, also known historically as Charcas, La Plata and Chuquisaca is the constitutional capital of Bolivia and the capital of the department of Chuquisaca. Located in the south-central part of the country, Sucre lies at an elevation of 2750m...
  
  
• Sud Carangas Province
  Sud Carangas Province
  Sud Carangas is a province in the central parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.-Location:Sud Carangas province is one of the sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department...
  
  
• Sud Chichas Province
  Sud Chichas Province
  Sud Chichas is a province in the Bolivian department of Potosí. Its seat is Tupiza.-Location:Sud Chichas province is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosí Department. It is located between 20° 51' and 21° 50' South and between 65° 15' and 66° 30' West...
  
  
• Sud Cinti Province
  Sud Cinti Province
  Sud Cinti is a province in the Bolivian department of Chuquisaca.- Subdivision :The province is divided into three municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons. The municipalities with their seats are:...
  
  
• Sud Lípez Province
  Sud Lípez Province
  Sur Lípez is a province in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. The seat of the province is San Pablo de Lípez.-Location:Sur Lípez is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosí Department...
  
  
• Sud Yungas Province
  Sud Yungas Province
  Sud Yungas is a province in the Bolivian department of La Paz. Its capital is Chulumani.- Subdivision :The province is divided into five municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons.- External links :*...
  
  
• Tapacarí
  Tapacarí
  Tapacarí is the capital of Tapacarí Province in Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. It is located at an elevation of 2997 m. At the time of census 2001 it had a population of 411 .- External links :*...
  
  
• Tapacarí Province
  Tapacarí Province
  Tapacarí is a province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Tapacarí. The province is located at a turnoff from the major highway that links Cochabamba and Oruro. It has traditionally been amongst the poorest in the department...
  
  
• Tarija, Bolivia
  Tarija, Bolivia
  Tarija or San Bernardo de la Frontera de Tarixa is a city in southern Bolivia. Founded in 1574, Tarija is both the capital and largest city within the Tarija Department, with an airport offering regular service to primary Bolivian cities, as well as a regional bus terminal with domestic and...
  
  
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  Tiraque
  Tiraque is a location in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. It is the seat of the Tiraque Province. At the time of census 2001 it had a population of 1,906.-External links:*...
  
  
• Tiraque Province
  Tiraque Province
  Tiraque is a province in the Cochabamba Department in central Bolivia. Its capital is Tiraque.- Subdivision :The province is divided into two municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons....
  
  
• Tomas Barrón Province
  Tomas Barrón Province
  Tomás Barrón is a province in the northern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.-Location:Tomás Barrón province is one of the sixteen provinces in the Oruro Department...
  
  
• Tomina Province
  Tomina Province
  Tomina is a province in the Chuquisaca Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Padilla.- Subdivision :Tomina Province is divided into five municipalities which are partly further subdivided into cantons.- The people :...
  
  
• Tomás Frías Province
  Tomás Frías Province
  Tomás Frías is a province in the northern parts of the Bolivian Potosí Department. Its capital is Potosí which is also the capital of the department. The province is named after the former president Tomás Frías Ametller.-Location:...
  
  
• Tupiza
  Tupiza
  Tupiza is a city in Potosí Department, Bolivia. It is located at around at an elevation of about 3160 m. The population is 23,100...
  
  
• Uyuni
  Uyuni
  Uyuni is a city in the southwest of Bolivia. It primarily serves as a gateway for tourists visiting the world's largest salt flats, the nearby Salar de Uyuni.-Origin:...
  
  
• Vaca Diéz Province
  Vaca Diéz Province
  Vaca Diéz is a province in the Beni Department, Bolivia....
  
  
• Vallegrande
  Vallegrande
  Vallegrande is a small colonial town in Bolivia, located in the Department of Santa Cruz, some 125 km southwest of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. It is the capital of the Vallegrande Province and Vallegrande Municipality and serves as a regionally important market town...
  
  
• Vallegrande Province
  Vallegrande Province
  Vallegrande is a province in the Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia.-Subdivision:The province is divided into 5 municipios :-See also:*La Higuera...
  
  
• Viacha
  Viacha
  Viacha is a city in Bolivia, situated in the Ingavi Province in the La Paz Department. Viacha lies in the Altiplano, 22 km. Southwest of La Paz. Transportation to and from the city includes cars, buses, and a train.- Economy :...
  
  
• Villa Tunari
  Villa Tunari
  Villa Tunari or Tunari is a location in the department of Cochabamba, Bolivia. It is the seat of the Villa Tunari Municipality, the third municipal section of the Chapare Province. At the time of census 2001 it had a population of 2,510....
  
  
• Villamontes
  Villamontes
  Villamontes is a town in the Tarija Department in south-eastern Bolivia.-Location:Villamontes is the administrative center of Villamontes Municipio and situated at , 390 m above sea level, on the left bank of Río Pilcomayo where the river crosses the Sierra del Aguarague mountain range and flows...
  
  
• Yacuma Province
  Yacuma Province
  Yacuma is a province in the Beni Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Santa Ana del Yacuma.- Subdivision :Yacuma Province is divided into two municipalities which are partly further subdivided into cantons....
  
  
• Yacuma River
  Yacuma River
  The Yacuma River is a river in Bolivia....
  
  
• Yamparáez Province
  Yamparáez Province
  Yamparáez is a province in the Bolivian department of Chuquisaca. It is divided in two sections: first section with head in the town of Tarabuco, and the second section with its head in Yamparáez.- Subdivision :...
  
  
• Yungas
  Yungas
  The Yungas is a stretch of forest along the eastern slope of the Andes Mountains from southeastern Peru through central Bolivia. It is a transitional zone between the Andean highlands and the eastern forests. Like the surrounding areas, it has characteristics of the Neotropic ecozone...
  
  

Government of Bolivia

• Foreign relations of Bolivia
  Foreign relations of Bolivia
  Bolivia traditionally has maintained normal diplomatic relations with all hemispheric states except Chile. Foreign relations are handled by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs....
  
  
• National Congress of Bolivia
  National Congress of Bolivia
  The Plurinational Legislative Assembly also known as the National Congress is the national legislature of Bolivia, based in the nation's de facto capital, La Paz....
  
  
• Palacio Quemado
  Palacio Quemado
  The Palacio Quemado is a popular name to denote the Bolivian Palace of Government, located on Plaza Murillo in downtown La Paz. It is the building from which the Bolivian executive conducts its business.The building has had many incarnations...
  
  

Presidents of Bolivia

• President of Bolivia
  President of Bolivia
  The President of Bolivia is head of state and head of government of Bolivia. According to the current Constitution, the president is elected by popular vote to a five year term, renewable once...
  
  
• José María Achá
  José María Achá
  José María de Achá was a military general and president of Bolivia . He served in the battles of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation and conspired against longtime dictator Manuel Belzu . Later, he was appointed Minister of war in the cabinet of another dictator, José María Linares...
  
  
• Aniceto Arce
  Aniceto Arce
  Aniceto Arce Ruiz was President of Bolivia from 1888 until 1892. The Aniceto Arce Province is named after him. Arce was a native of Tarija but was educated as a lawyer and resided most of his life in Sucre, where he became one of the country's foremost silver-mining tycoons...
  
  
• Mariano Baptista
  Mariano Baptista
  Mariano Baptista Caserta was President of Bolivia during the 1892-96 period. A member of the Conservative Party, he was renowned for his stirring oratorical style....
  
  
• Adolfo Ballivián
  Adolfo Ballivián
  Adolfo Ballivián Coll was constitutional president of Bolivia between 1873 and 1874.Born in La Paz, Adolfo Ballivián was the son of former Bolivian President and war hero José Ballivián. Widely traveled, he was a member of the armed forces, orator, composer, writer, and congressman...
  
  
• Hugo Ballivián
  Hugo Ballivián
  Hugo Ballivián Rojas was de facto President of Bolivia between 1951 and 1952. A career military officer, he was Commander of the Bolivian Armed Forces when President Mamerto Urriolagoitia called upon him to take over as extra-Constitutional chief executive in order to prevent the swearing-in of...
  
  
• Hugo Banzer
  Hugo Banzer
  Hugo Banzer Suárez was a politician, military general, dictator and President of Bolivia. He held the Bolivian presidency twice: from August 22, 1971 to July 21, 1978, as a dictator; and then again from August 6, 1997 to August 7, 2001, as constitutional President.-Military and ideological...
  
  
• René Barrientos
  René Barrientos
  René Barrientos Ortuño was a Bolivian politician who served as his country's Vice President in 1964 and as its President from 1964 to 1969....
  
  
• Manuel Isidoro Belzu
  Manuel Isidoro Belzu
  Manuel Isidoro Belzu Humerez was president of Bolivia from 1848 to 1855.-Early life and education:Born in La Paz, Bolivia to humble mestizo parents, Belzu was educated by Franciscan friars.-Early career:...
  
  
• Carlos Blanco Galindo
  Carlos Blanco Galindo
  Carlos Blanco Galindo served as caretaker President of Bolivia between June 1930 and March 1931.Carlos Blanco was born in Cochabamba, Bolivia...
  
  
• Simón Bolívar
  Simón Bolívar
  Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios Ponte y Yeiter, commonly known as Simón Bolívar was a Venezuelan military and political leader...
  
  
• Germán Busch
  Germán Busch
  Germán Busch Becerra was a former Bolivian military officer, hero of the Chaco War , and president of Bolivia between 1937 and 1939.Germán Busch was born in San Javier, in central Bolivia's hot, fertile, coffee-growing region to a physician, a German...
  
  
• Narciso Campero
  Narciso Campero
  General Narciso Campero Leyes was president of Bolivia from 1880 to 1884. The Narciso Campero Province was named after him.The offspring of a rich land-owning family from Tarija, he was educated at Chuquisaca's St...
  
  
• Jorge Córdova
  Jorge Córdova
  Jorge Córdova was a military officer and constitutional president of Bolivia .A general, Córdova was longtime dictator Manuel Isidoro Belzu's son-in-law. As such, he was the main support to his despotic regime...
  
  
• Hilarión Daza
  Hilarión Daza
  Hilarión Daza Groselle was President of Bolivia from 1876 to 1879.A career military officer and native of Sucre, Daza came to power on May 4, 1876 in a coup against the constitutional president Tomás Frías. He was supported by much of the country's financial elite because of his avowal to maintain...
  
  
• Severo Fernández
  Severo Fernández
  Severo Fernández Alonso Caballero was President of his country, Bolivia, from 1896 to 1899. He is best remembered as the last president of the 15-year period of Conservative Party hegemony ....
  
  
• Luis García Meza Tejada
  Luis García Meza Tejada
  Luis García Meza Tejada is a former Bolivian dictator. A native of La Paz, he was a career military officer who rose to the rank of general during the reign of dictator Hugo Banzer...
  
  
• Lidia Gueiler Tejada
  Lidia Gueiler Tejada
  Lidia Gueiler Tejada was the first female President of Bolivia, serving in an interim capacity from 1979 to 1980...
  
  
• Wálter Guevara
  Wálter Guevara
  Wálter Guevara Arze was a Bolivian statesman, cabinet minister, writer, diplomat, and, rather briefly, president .-Background and earlier career:...
  
  
• Néstor Guillén
  Néstor Guillén
  -Background and earlier career:Born in La Paz, Guillén studied law and rose to become second from the top in the La Paz Court of Appeals.-President of Bolivia:...
  
  
• José Gutiérrez Guerra
• Felipe Segundo Guzmán
  Felipe Segundo Guzmán
  Felipe Segundo Guzmán was a caretaker Bolivian President who led his country during at 11-month period stretching from September 1925 to August 1926.Guzmán was born in La Paz...
  
  
• Enrique Hertzog
  Enrique Hertzog
  Enrique Hertzog Garaizabal was a Bolivian politician who was elected President of his country in 1947...
  
  
• José María Linares
  José María Linares
  José María Linares Lizarazu was born in Tical, Potosí, on a farm. Belonging to the noble and wealthy family of the Counts of Lords and House of Rodrigo in Navarre, Linares was related to the Spanish nobility...
  
  
• Mariano Melgarejo
  Mariano Melgarejo
  Manuel Mariano Melgarejo Valencia was the 19th President of Bolivia, from December 28, 1864, to January 15, 1871.-Early life:...
  
  
• Carlos Mesa
  Carlos Mesa
  Carlos Diego Mesa Gisbert is a Bolivian politician, historian and President of Bolivia from October 17, 2003 until his resignation on June 6, 2005....
  
  
• Tomás Monje
  Tomás Monje
  Tomás Monje Gutierréz was President of Bolivia between August 1946 and March 1947.-Background and earlier career:Born in Coroico, department of La Paz, he was a noted intellectual and judge.-President of Bolivia:...
  
  
• Ismael Montes
  Ismael Montes
  Ismael Montes Gamboa was a Bolivian general and political figure. He served as the President of Bolivia between 1904 and 1909 and again between 1913 and 1917....
  
  
• Agustín Morales
  Agustín Morales
  Pedro Agustín Morales Hernández was a military officer and de facto President of Bolivia between 1871 and 1872....
  
  
• Evo Morales
  Evo Morales
  Juan Evo Morales Ayma , popularly known as Evo , is a Bolivian politician and activist, currently serving as the 80th President of Bolivia, a position that he has held since 2006. He is also the leader of both the Movement for Socialism party and the cocalero trade union...
  
  
• Alberto Natusch
  Alberto Natusch
  Alberto Natusch Busch was a Bolivian general and dictator of his country for a brief time in November 1979.-Background and earlier career:...
  
  
• Alfredo Ovando Candía
  Alfredo Ovando Candía
  Alfredo Ovando Candía was a Bolivian president and dictator , general and political figure.- Early years :...
  
  
• Gregorio Pacheco
  Gregorio Pacheco
  Gregorio Pacheco Leyes was the constitutional President of Bolivia from 1884 to 1888. A native of Potosí, Pacheco won a disputed election that was a virtual three-way tie between him, Conservative leader Aniceto Arce, and Liberal chief Eliodoro Camacho. Pacheco was a wealthy man and the country's...
  
  
• David Padilla
  David Padilla
  David Padilla Arancibia was a military general and former de facto president of Bolivia. He ruled his country from November 1978 to August 1979....
  
  
• José Manuel Pando
  José Manuel Pando
  José Manuel Inocencio Pando Solares was President of Bolivia between October 1899 and August 1904. Born in Luribay , he studied medicine, joined the army during the War of the Pacific against Chile , and later dedicated himself to exploring his country's vast and thinly populated lowland forests...
  
  
• Víctor Paz Estenssoro
  Víctor Paz Estenssoro
  Ángel Víctor Paz Estenssoro was a politician and president of Bolivia. He ran for president 8 times , winning in 1951, 1960, 1964, and 1985....
  
  
• Jaime Paz Zamora
  Jaime Paz Zamora
  Jaime Paz Zamora was President of Bolivia from August 6, 1989 to August 6, 1993. He also served as Vice-President between 1982 and 1984.-Foundation of the MIR and alliance with Siles Zuazo:...
  
  
• Juan Pereda
  Juan Pereda
  Juan Pereda Asbún is a former military general and de facto president of Bolivia . Although he ruled for only four months, his ascent to the presidency marked the beginning of the most unstable period in Bolivian history, with nine presidents in a little over 4 years , in comparison to only one in...
  
  
• Enrique Peñaranda
  Enrique Peñaranda
  Enrique Peñaranda del Castillo was a Bolivian general who served as commander of his country's forces during the second half of the Chaco War...
  
  
• Carlos Quintanilla
  Carlos Quintanilla
  General Carlos Quintanilla served as the de-facto President of Bolivia from August 1935 until April 1940. Quintanilla saw action during the Chaco War of 1932-35, and managed to ascend the echelon of the Bolivian armed forces until he became Commander of the Army during the administration of Germán...
  
  
• Jorge Quiroga
  Jorge Quiroga
  Jorge Fernando "Tuto" Quiroga Ramírez was President of Bolivia from August 7, 2001 to August 6, 2002. He is of Spanish descent.-Background and early life:...
  
  
• Eduardo Rodríguez
  Eduardo Rodríguez
  Eduardo Rodríguez Veltzé is a former president of Bolivia; prior to that appointment he was the chief justice of the Supreme Court.-Background:...
  
  
• Bautista Saavedra
  Bautista Saavedra
  Rosa Bautista Saavedra Mallea was President of Bolivia, first as part of a governing junta between 1920–21, and then as constitutionally-elected President of the Republic between 1921 and 1925....
  
  
• Daniel Salamanca Urey
  Daniel Salamanca Urey
  Daniel Domingo Salamanca Urey was President of Bolivia from March 5, 1931 until he was overthrown in a coup d'état on November 27, 1934, during the country's disastrous Chaco War with Paraguay.-Political career:...
  
  
• Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada
  Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada
  Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada y Sánchez de Bustamante , familiarly known as "Goni", is a Bolivian politician, businessman, and former President of Bolivia. A lifelong member of the Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario , he is credited for using "shock therapy", the economic theory championed by then...
  
  
• Andrés de Santa Cruz
  Andrés de Santa Cruz
  Andrés de Santa Cruz y Calahumana was President of Peru and Bolivia...
  
  
• Hernando Siles Reyes
  Hernando Siles Reyes
  Hernando Siles Reyes was the 31st President of Bolivia, serving from 1926-1930.Founder of the Nationalist Party, he soon gravitated toward the Saavedrista faction of the Republican Party, which had come to power in 1920...
  
  
• Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas
  Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas
  Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas was the Constitutional President of Bolivia for a period of five months between April and September 1969.-Background and early life:...
  
  
• Hernán Siles Zuazo
  Hernán Siles Zuazo
  Hernán Siles Zuazo was a politician from Bolivia. He served as his country's constitutionally elected president twice, from 1956 to 1960 and again from 1982 to 1985....
  
  
• Antonio José de Sucre
  Antonio José de Sucre
  Antonio José de Sucre y Alcalá , known as the "Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho" , was a Venezuelan independence leader. Sucre was one of Simón Bolívar's closest friends, generals and statesmen.-Ancestry:...
  
  
• José Luis Tejada Sorzano
  José Luis Tejada Sorzano
  José Luis Tejada Sorzano was a Bolivian lawyer and politician appointed by the military as president of Bolivia during the Chaco War...
  
  
• Tomás Frías Ametller
  Tomás Frías Ametller
  Tomás Frías Ametller was a noted politician who served twice as president of Bolivia . Tomás Frías Province is named after him....
  
  
• David Toro
• Celso Torrelio
  Celso Torrelio
  Celso Torrelio Villa was a military general, a member of the Junta of Commanders of the Armed Forces , and de facto President of Bolivia between September 1981 and August 1982....
  
  
• Juan José Torres
  Juan José Torres
  Juan José Torres González was a Bolivian socialist politician and military leader. He served as President of Bolivia from October 7, 1970 to August 21, 1971. He was popularly known as "J.J."...
  
  
• Mamerto Urriolagoitia
  Mamerto Urriolagoitia
  Mamerto Urriolagoitía Harriague was President of Bolivia, from 1949 to 1951. Of privileged background, he studied in France and later joined the Bolivian diplomatic service. In 1947, Urriolagoitia was elected Vice-President to Dr...
  
  
• Gualberto Villarroel
  Gualberto Villarroel
  Gualberto Villarroel López was the head of state of Bolivia from December 20, 1943 to July 21, 1946. A reformist, he is nonetheless remembered for his alleged fascist sympathies, and is sometimes compared with Argentina's Juan Domingo Perón...
  
  
• Eliodoro Villazón
  Eliodoro Villazón
  Eliodoro Villazón was a member of the Liberal party and Constitutional President of his country, Bolivia, between 1909 and 1913....
  
  

History of Bolivia

• History of Bolivia
  History of Bolivia
  This is the history of Bolivia. See also the history of Latin America and the history of the Americas.Bolivia is a landlocked country in South America...
  
  
• Gregoria Apaza
  Gregoria Apaza
  Gregoria Apaza was an indigenous leader in 18th century Bolivia. In 1781, she participated with her brother, Julian Apaza , in a major indigenous revolt against Spanish colonial rule in Bolivia. These Aymara leaders laid siege to the cities of La Paz and Sorata before being defeated and...
  
  
• Atacama border dispute
  Atacama border dispute
  The Atacama border dispute was a dispute between Chile and Bolivia in the 19th century that ended in the transfer to Chile of all of the Bolivian Coast and the southern tip of Bolivia's ally Peru through the Treaty of Ancón with Peru and the Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1904 between Chile and...
  
  
• Hugo Banzer
  Hugo Banzer
  Hugo Banzer Suárez was a politician, military general, dictator and President of Bolivia. He held the Bolivian presidency twice: from August 22, 1971 to July 21, 1978, as a dictator; and then again from August 6, 1997 to August 7, 2001, as constitutional President.-Military and ideological...
  
  
• Bolivian Gas War
  Bolivian Gas War
  The Bolivian gas conflict was a social confrontation in Bolivia centering on the exploitation of the country's vast natural gas reserves. The expression can be extended to refer to the general conflict in Bolivia over the exploitation of gas resources, thus including the 2005 protests and the...
  
  
• Bolivian Independence War
  Bolivian Independence War
  The Bolivian war of independence began in 1809 with the establishment of Government Juntas in Sucre and La Paz, after the Chuquisaca Revolution and La Paz revolution. Those Juntas were defeated shortly after, and the cities fell again under Spanish control. The May Revolution of 1810 ousted the...
  
  
• Bolivian Workers' Center
  Bolivian Workers' Center
  The Bolivian Workers' Center is the chief trade union federation in Bolivia. It was founded in 1952 following the national revolution that brought the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement to power. The most important affiliate of the COB was the Union Federation of Bolivian Mine Workers...
  
  
• Bolivian gas referendum, 2004
  Bolivian gas referendum, 2004
  Bolivia held a referendum on the future of its natural gas reserves on Sunday, 18 July 2004. The referendum was one of the first promises made by President Carlos Mesa upon assuming the presidency in the aftermath of the Bolivian Gas War of October 2003 that saw his predecessor, Gonzalo Sánchez de...
  
  
• Bolivian peso
  Bolivian peso
  The peso boliviano , divided into 100 centavos, was the currency of Bolivia from January 1, 1963 until December 31, 1985. It replaced the boliviano at 1 peso boliviano = 1000 bolivianos...
  
  
• Bolivian scudo
  Bolivian scudo
  The scudo was a monetary unit of Bolivia between 1827 and 1864. It replaced the escudo and was divided into 16 soles. It was replaced by the boliviano at a rate of 1 scudo = 2 bolivianos....
  
  
• Simón Bolívar
  Simón Bolívar
  Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios Ponte y Yeiter, commonly known as Simón Bolívar was a Venezuelan military and political leader...
  
  
• Military career of Simón Bolívar
• Catavi
  Catavi
  Catavi is a tin mine in Bolivia, near the city of Llallagua in the province of Bustillos, Potosí Department. Along with the Siglo XX mine, it is part of a mining complex in the area.-History:...
  
  
• Real Audiencia of Charcas
• Cochabamba protests of 2000
• Operation Condor
  Operation Condor
  Operation Condor , was a campaign of political repression involving assassination and intelligence operations officially implemented in 1975 by the right-wing dictatorships of the Southern Cone of South America...
  
  
• Confederación Sindical Única de Trabajadores Campesinos de Bolivia
  Confederación Sindical Única de Trabajadores Campesinos de Bolivia
  The Single Union Confederation of Rural Workers of Bolivia is a union of peasants in Bolivia.The CSUTCB was formed in 1979 in opposition to government-sponsored peasant unions. Under the leadership of the Tupac Katari Revolutionary Movement, the CSUTCB became an independent organization...
  
  
• Congress of Tucumán
  Congress of Tucumán
  The Congress of Tucumán was the representative assembly, initially meeting in Tucumán, that declared the independence of the United Provinces of South America on July 9, 1816, from the Spanish Empire....
  
  
• Federación Sindical de Trabajadores Mineros de Bolivia
  Federación Sindical de Trabajadores Mineros de Bolivia
  The Union Federation of Bolivian Mine Workers is a labor union in Bolivia that represents miners. Bolivia's miners are commonly regarded as the country's most class-conscious workers. The FSTMB has played an important role in Bolivia's recent history....
  
  
• Luis García Meza Tejada
  Luis García Meza Tejada
  Luis García Meza Tejada is a former Bolivian dictator. A native of La Paz, he was a career military officer who rose to the rank of general during the reign of dictator Hugo Banzer...
  
  
• Guató
  Guató
  The Guató are a nomadic Native American tribe of South America that live along the Paraguay River, along the border of modern-day Brazil and Bolivia. They aided the Brazilians in the war with Paraguay 1865-70....
  
  
• Revolutionary Nationalist Movement
  Revolutionary Nationalist Movement
  The Revolutionary Nationalist Movement is a Bolivian political party, perhaps the most important in the country during the 20th century. At the legislative elections in 2002, the party won, in an alliance with the Free Bolivia Movement, 26.9% of the popular vote and 36 out of 130 seats in the...
  
  
• Ronald MacLean Abaroa
  Ronald MacLean Abaroa
  Ronald MacLean Abaroa is a Bolivian politician and leading international expert in anti-corruption programs. MacLean-Abaroa was the first democratically elected mayor of La Paz, Bolivia, and was reelected four times between 1985 and 1991 to this office...
  
  
• Evo Morales
  Evo Morales
  Juan Evo Morales Ayma , popularly known as Evo , is a Bolivian politician and activist, currently serving as the 80th President of Bolivia, a position that he has held since 2006. He is also the leader of both the Movement for Socialism party and the cocalero trade union...
  
  
• Alfredo Ovando Candía
  Alfredo Ovando Candía
  Alfredo Ovando Candía was a Bolivian president and dictator , general and political figure.- Early years :...
  
  
• Víctor Paz Estenssoro
  Víctor Paz Estenssoro
  Ángel Víctor Paz Estenssoro was a politician and president of Bolivia. He ran for president 8 times , winning in 1951, 1960, 1964, and 1985....
  
  
• Republic of North Peru
  Republic of North Peru
  The Republic of North Peru was one of the three constituent Republics of the short-lived Peru-Bolivian Confederation of 1836-39.North Peru was formed from the division of the Republic of Peru into the Republic of North Peru and the Republic of South Peru...
  
  
• Republic of South Peru
  Republic of South Peru
  The Republic of South Peru was one of the three constituent Republics of the short-lived Peru-Bolivian Confederation of 1836-39.South Peru was formed from the division of the Republic of Peru into the Republic of North Peru and the Republic of South Peru...
  
  
• Peru-Bolivian Confederation
  Peru-Bolivian Confederation
  The Peru–Bolivian Confederation was a short-lived confederate state that existed in South America between 1836 and 1839. Its first and only head of state, titled Supreme Protector, was the Bolivian president, Marshal Andrés de Santa Cruz....
  
  
• Jorge Quiroga
  Jorge Quiroga
  Jorge Fernando "Tuto" Quiroga Ramírez was President of Bolivia from August 7, 2001 to August 6, 2002. He is of Spanish descent.-Background and early life:...
  
  
• Manuel Rocha
  Manuel Rocha
  -Background:Rocha graduated from Taft School in 1969 and graduated from Yale University cum laude in 1973. He received a master's degree in public administration from Harvard University in 1976 and a Master of Arts in international relations from Georgetown University in 1978.Rocha began his...
  
  
• Eduardo Rodríguez
  Eduardo Rodríguez
  Eduardo Rodríguez Veltzé is a former president of Bolivia; prior to that appointment he was the chief justice of the Supreme Court.-Background:...
  
  
• Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada
  Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada
  Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada y Sánchez de Bustamante , familiarly known as "Goni", is a Bolivian politician, businessman, and former President of Bolivia. A lifelong member of the Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario , he is credited for using "shock therapy", the economic theory championed by then...
  
  
• José Mariano Serrano
  José Mariano Serrano
  José Mariano Serrano was a Bolivian-born statesman and jurist. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán of 9 July 1816 which declared the Independence of the provinces of the River Plate and presided over the assembly that declared the independence of Bolivia.Serrano was born in...
  
  
• Siglo XX
  Siglo XX
  Siglo XX is a tin mine in Bolivia. It is located in the city of Llallagua in the province of Bustillos, Potosí Department...
  
  
• Simón Iturri Patiño
  Simón Iturri Patiño
  Don Simón Iturri Patiño was a Bolivian industrialist who was among the world's wealthiest men at the time of his death. With a fortune built from ownership of a majority of the tin industry in Bolivia, Patiño was nicknamed "The Andean Rockefeller"...
  
  
• Bartolina Sisa
  Bartolina Sisa
  Bartolina Sisa was an Aymara woman, an indigenous heroine and the wife of Tupac Katari. Her date of birth is uncertain, some sources give it as August 24, 1753, while others give it as August 12, 1750...
  
  
• Tiwanaku
  Tiwanaku
  Tiwanaku, is an important Pre-Columbian archaeological site in western Bolivia, South America. Tiwanaku is recognized by Andean scholars as one of the most important precursors to the Inca Empire, flourishing as the ritual and administrative capital of a major state power for approximately five...
  
  
• Treaty of Petrópolis
  Treaty of Petrópolis
  The Treaty of Petrópolis, signed on November 11, 1903, ended tensions between Bolivia and Brazil over the then-Bolivian territory of Acre , a desirable territory during the contemporary rubber boom....
  
  
• Tupac Katari
  Tupac Katari
  Túpac Katari or Catari , born Julián Apasa Nina, was a leader in the rebellions of indigenous people of Bolivia against the Spanish Empire in the early 1780s....
  
  
• Túpac Amaru
  Túpac Amaru
  Túpac Amaru, also called Thupa Amaro , was the last indigenous leader of the Inca state in Peru.-Accession:...
  
  

See also: #Archaeological sites in Bolivia

Members of the 1813 Assembly

• Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros
  Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros
  Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros was an Argentine statesman and priest. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán which on 9 July 1816 declared the Independence of Argentina....
  
  
• Juan José Paso
  Juan José Paso
  Juan José Paso, was an Argentine politician who participated in the events that started the Argentine War of Independence known as May Revolution of 1810....
  
  
• Pedro Ignacio Rivera
  Pedro Ignacio Rivera
  Pedro Ignacio Rivera was a Bolivian-born statesman and lawyer. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán which on 9 July 1816 declared the Independence of Argentina....
  
  
• Cayetano José Rodríguez
  Cayetano José Rodríguez
  Cayetano José Rodríguez was an Argentine cleric, journalist and poet. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán of 9 July 1816 which declared the Independence of Argentina....
  
  
• Antonio Sáenz
  Antonio Sáenz
  Antonio Sáenz was an Argentine statesman, educator and cleric. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán of July 9, 1816 which declared the Independence of Argentina. He was the first rector of the University of Buenos Aires.Sáenz was born in Buenos Aires...
  
  
• José Mariano Serrano
  José Mariano Serrano
  José Mariano Serrano was a Bolivian-born statesman and jurist. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán of 9 July 1816 which declared the Independence of the provinces of the River Plate and presided over the assembly that declared the independence of Bolivia.Serrano was born in...
  
  

Battles of the War of the Pacific

• Battle of Angamos
  Battle of Angamos
  The Battle of Angamos was fought on October 8, 1879, during the naval stage of the War of the Pacific . The Chilean Navy, commanded by Captain Galvarino Riveros and Captain Juan Jose Latorre surrounded and captured the ironclad Huáscar, commanded by Rear Admiral Miguel Grau Seminario, who died in...
  
  
• Battle of Arica
  Battle of Arica
  The Battle of Arica, also known as Assault and Capture of Arica Cape, was a battle in the War of the Pacific. It was fought on 7 June 1880, between the forces of Chile and Peru....
  
  
• Battle of Chipana
  Battle of Chipana
  The Battle of Chipana took place on April 12, 1879, during the War of the Pacific between Chile and Peru. It was the first naval engagement between both navies and it took place in front of Huanillos, off the Bolivian coast, as the Peruvian corvette Unión and gunboat Pilcomayo found the Chilean...
  
  
• Battle of Huamachuco
  Battle of Huamachuco
  The Battle of Huamachuco was fought on July 10, 1883, and it was the last major battle of the War of the Pacific. The Chilean soldiers led by Colonel Alejandro Gorostiaga decisively defeated the Peruvian army commanded by General Andrés Avelino Cáceres near the town of Huamachuco...
  
  
• Battle of Iquique
  Battle of Iquique
  The Battle of Iquique was a confrontation that occurred on May 21, 1879, during the naval stage of the War of the Pacific, a conflict between Chile and Peru and Bolivia. The battle took place off the, by then, Peruvian port of Iquique...
  
  
• Battle of Punta Gruesa
  Battle of Punta Gruesa
  The Battle of Punta Gruesa took place on May 21, 1879 during the War of the Pacific between Chile and Peru. This may be labelled as the second part of the Naval Battle of Iquique, although it is described in many sources as a separate battle.-Context:...
  
  
• Battle of Pisagua
  Battle of Pisagua
  The Battle of Pisagua , was a landing operation of the War of the Pacific, fought on November 2, 1879, between Chile and the combined forces of Bolivia and Peru. The Chilean army commanded by Erasmo Escala, supported by the Chilean Fleet, launched an amphibious assault, led by Gen...
  
  
• Battle of San Francisco
  Battle of San Francisco
  The Battle of San Francisco, also known as Battle of Dolores, fought on November 19, 1879, was the third battle of the Tarapacá Campaign in the War of the Pacific, after Pisagua and Germania...
  
  
• Battle of Tarapacá
  Battle of Tarapacá
  The Battle of Tarapacá occurred on November 27, 1879 during the Tarapacá Campaign of the War of the Pacific. A Chilean column of 2,300 soldiers led by General Luis Arteaga recklessly attacked an outnumbering Peruvian contingent of 4,500 troops at Tarapacá commanded by Gen Juan Buendía, resulting in...
  
  
• Battle of Topáter
  Battle of Topáter
  The Battle of Topáter was fought on March 23, 1879 between Chile and Bolivia, and was the first of the War of the Pacific.The Chileans were taking possession of the Antofagasta province, at that time a part of Bolivia. The Bolivian troops, quite few in number, decided to make a stand in the town...
  
  

Members of the Congress of Tucumán

• Manuel Antonio Acevedo
  Manuel Antonio Acevedo
  Manuel Antonio Acevedo was an Argentine statesman, lawyer and priest. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán which on 9 July 1816 declared the Independence of Argentina....
  
  
• Tomás de Anchorena
  Tomás de Anchorena
  Tomás Manuel de Anchorena was an Argentine statesman and lawyer. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán which on 9 July 1816 declared the Independence of Argentina....
  
  
• Pedro Miguel Aráoz
  Pedro Miguel Aráoz
  Pedro Miguel Aráoz was an Argentine statesman and priest. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán which on 9 July 1816 declared the Independence of Argentina....
  
  
• Mariano Boedo
  Mariano Boedo
  Mariano Boedo was an Argentine statesman and soldier. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán which on 9 July 1816 declared the Independence of Argentina....
  
  
• José Antonio Cabrera
  José Antonio Cabrera
  José Antonio Cabrera y Cabrera was an Argentine statesman and lawyer. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán which on 9 July 1816 declared the Independence of Argentina....
  
  
• Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros
  Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros
  Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros was an Argentine statesman and priest. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán which on 9 July 1816 declared the Independence of Argentina....
  
  
• José Colombres
  José Colombres
  José Eusebio Colombres was an Argentine statesman and bishop. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán of 9 July 1816 which declared the Independence of Argentina, and is credited with the foundation of the important sugar cane industry in Tucumán Province.Colombres was born in San...
  
  
• José Darragueira
  José Darragueira
  José Darragueira was a Peruvian-born statesman and lawyer. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán which on 9 July 1816 declared the Independence of Argentina....
  
  
• Pedro León Gallo
  Pedro León Gallo
  Pedro León Díaz Gallo was an Argentine statesman and priest. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán which on 9 July 1816 declared the Independence of Argentina....
  
  
• Esteban Agustín Gazcón
  Esteban Agustín Gazcón
  Esteban Agustín Gazcón was a Bolivian-born statesman and lawyer. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán which on 9 July 1816 declared the Independence of Argentina....
  
  
• Tomás Godoy Cruz
  Tomás Godoy Cruz
  Tomás Godoy Cruz was an Argentine statesman and businessman. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán which on July 9, 1816 declared the Independence of Argentina....
  
  
• José Ignacio de Gorriti
  José Ignacio de Gorriti
  General José Ignacio de Gorriti was an Argentine statesman, soldier and lawyer. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán which on 9 July 1816 declared the Independence of Argentina....
  
  
• Francisco Narciso de Laprida
  Francisco Narciso de Laprida
  Francisco Narciso de Laprida was an Argentine lawyer and politician. He was a representative for San Juan at the Congress of Tucumán, and its president on July 9, 1816, when the Declaration of Independence of Argentina was declared.Laprida started his studies at the Real Colegio de San Carlos in...
  
  
• José Severo Malabia
  José Severo Malabia
  José Severo Malabia was an Bolivian-born statesman and lawyer. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán which on 9 July 1816 declared the Independence of Argentina....
  
  
• Juan Agustín Maza
  Juan Agustín Maza
  Juan Agustín Maza was an Argentine statesman and lawyer. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán which on 9 July 1816 declared the Independence of Argentina....
  
  
• Pedro Medrano
  Pedro Medrano
  Pedro Medrano was a Uruguayan-born Argentine statesman and lawyer. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán which on 9 July 1816 declared the Independence of Argentina....
  
  
• José Andrés Pacheco de Melo
  José Andrés Pacheco de Melo
  José Andrés Pacheco de Melo was an Argentine statesman and priest. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán which on 9 July 1816 declared the Independence of Argentina....
  
  
• Juan José Paso
  Juan José Paso
  Juan José Paso, was an Argentine politician who participated in the events that started the Argentine War of Independence known as May Revolution of 1810....
  
  
• Eduardo Pérez Bulnes
  Eduardo Pérez Bulnes
  Eduardo Pérez Bulnes was an Argentine statesman. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán which on 9 July 1816 declared the Independence of Argentina....
  
  
• Pedro Ignacio Rivera
  Pedro Ignacio Rivera
  Pedro Ignacio Rivera was a Bolivian-born statesman and lawyer. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán which on 9 July 1816 declared the Independence of Argentina....
  
  
• Cayetano José Rodríguez
  Cayetano José Rodríguez
  Cayetano José Rodríguez was an Argentine cleric, journalist and poet. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán of 9 July 1816 which declared the Independence of Argentina....
  
  
• Antonio Sáenz
  Antonio Sáenz
  Antonio Sáenz was an Argentine statesman, educator and cleric. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán of July 9, 1816 which declared the Independence of Argentina. He was the first rector of the University of Buenos Aires.Sáenz was born in Buenos Aires...
  
  
• Gerónimo Salguero de Cabrera y Cabrera
  Gerónimo Salguero de Cabrera y Cabrera
  Gerónimo Salguero de Cabrera Moynos , sometimes seen as Luis Jerónimo Cabrera y Cabrera or some variant, was an Argentine statesman and lawyer. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán, which on 9 July 1816 declared the Independence of Argentina.Salguero was born in Córdoba to an...
  
  
• Teodoro Sánchez de Bustamante
  Teodoro Sánchez de Bustamante
  Teodoro Sánchez de Bustamante was an Argentine statesman, lawyer and soldier. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán which on 9 July 1816 declared the Independence of Argentina....
  
  
• Mariano Sánchez de Loria
  Mariano Sánchez de Loria
  Mariano Sánchez de Loria was a Bolivian-born statesman and lawyer. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán which on 9 July 1816 declared the Independence of Argentina....
  
  
• Justo de Santa María de Oro
  Justo de Santa María de Oro
  Justo de Santa María de Oro y Albarracín was an Argentine statesman and bishop. He was an influential representative in the Congress of Tucumán, which on 9 July 1816, declared the Independence of Argentina....
  
  
• José Mariano Serrano
  José Mariano Serrano
  José Mariano Serrano was a Bolivian-born statesman and jurist. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán of 9 July 1816 which declared the Independence of the provinces of the River Plate and presided over the assembly that declared the independence of Bolivia.Serrano was born in...
  
  
• José Ignacio Thames
  José Ignacio Thames
  José Ignacio Thames was an Argentine statesman and priest. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán which on July 9, 1816 declared the Independence of Argentina....
  
  
• Pedro Francisco de Uriarte
  Pedro Francisco de Uriarte
  Pedro Francisco Uriarte was an Argentine statesman and priest. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán which on 9 July 1816 declared the Independence of Argentina....
  
  

Elections in Bolivia

• Elections in Bolivia
  Elections in Bolivia
  Elections in Bolivia gives information on elections and election results in Bolivia.Bolivia elects on national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature. The president and the vice-president are elected for a five-year term by the people or parliament . The National...
  
  
• Bolivian gas referendum, 2004
  Bolivian gas referendum, 2004
  Bolivia held a referendum on the future of its natural gas reserves on Sunday, 18 July 2004. The referendum was one of the first promises made by President Carlos Mesa upon assuming the presidency in the aftermath of the Bolivian Gas War of October 2003 that saw his predecessor, Gonzalo Sánchez de...
  
  
• Bolivian legislative election, 2005
  Bolivian legislative election, 2005
  The 2005 Bolivian legislative election was held simultaneously with the presidential election on 18 December 2005. The elections were held to elect a new National Congress, composed of the Chamber of Deputies and Senate, for a full four-year term....
  
  
• Bolivian presidential election, 2005
  Bolivian presidential election, 2005
  The 2005 Bolivian presidential election was held on December 18, 2005. The two main candidates were Evo Morales of the Movement Towards Socialism Party, and Jorge Quiroga, leader of the Democratic and Social Power Party and former head of the Acción Democrática Nacionalista Party. Felipe Quispe,...
  
  

War of the Pacific

• War of the Pacific
  War of the Pacific
  The War of the Pacific took place in western South America from 1879 through 1883. Chile fought against Bolivia and Peru. Despite cooperation among the three nations in the war against Spain, disputes soon arose over the mineral-rich Peruvian provinces of Tarapaca, Tacna, and Arica, and the...
  
  
• Antofagasta Region
  Antofagasta Region
  The II Antofagasta Region is one of Chile's fifteen first-order administrative divisions. It comprises three provinces, Antofagasta, El Loa and Tocopilla...
  
  
• Arica, Chile
  Arica, Chile
  Arica is a commune and a port city with a population of 185,269 in the Arica Province of northern Chile's Arica and Parinacota Region, located only south of the border with Peru. The city is the capital of both the Arica Province and the Arica and Parinacota Region...
  
  
• Atacama border dispute
  Atacama border dispute
  The Atacama border dispute was a dispute between Chile and Bolivia in the 19th century that ended in the transfer to Chile of all of the Bolivian Coast and the southern tip of Bolivia's ally Peru through the Treaty of Ancón with Peru and the Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1904 between Chile and...
  
  
• BAP Atahualpa
• Biblioteca Nacional del Perú
  Biblioteca Nacional del Perú
  The Biblioteca Nacional del Perú is the national library of Peru, located in Lima. It is the country's oldest and most important library. Like the majority of Peruvian libraries, it is a non-circulating library.- History :...
  
  
• Covadonga (ship)
  Covadonga (ship)
  The schooner Virgen de Covadonga was a ship that participated in the Chincha Islands War and the War of the Pacific, under Spanish and Chilean flags. She was launched in 1859...
  
  
• Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia
  Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia
  The Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia is a private railway operating in the northern provinces of Chile. It is notable in that it was one of the earliest railways built to the gauge of , with a route that climbed from sea level to over , while handling goods traffic totaling near 2 million tons...
  
  
• Huáscar (ship)
  Huáscar (ship)
  Huáscar is a 19th century small armoured turret ship of a type similar to a monitor. She was built in Britain for Peru and played a significant role in the battle of Pacocha and the War of the Pacific against Chile before being captured and commissioned with the Chilean Navy. Today she is one of...
  
  
• BAP Manco Cápac
• Tacna
  Tacna
  - Rail :Tacna is served by a cross-border standard gauge railway to Arica, Chile.It is also the location of the National Railway Museum of Peru.-Air:Tacna is served by the Crnl. FAP...
  
  
• Tacna-Arica compromise
  Tacna-Arica compromise
  The Tacna–Arica compromise was a series of documents that settled the territorial dispute of both Tacna and Arica provinces of Peru and Chile respectively....
  
  
• Tarapacá Region
  Tarapacá Region
  The I Tarapacá Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions. It borders the Chilean Arica and Parinacota Region to the north, Bolivia's Oruro Department on the east, the Antofagasta Region on the south and the Pacific Ocean on the west. The port city of Iquique The I Tarapacá...
  
  
• Toro Submarino
  Toro Submarino
  The Toro Submarino was a Peruvian submarine developed during the War of the Pacific. While it was completely operational, the submarine never saw action before the end of the war, when it was scuttled to prevent its capture by Chilean troops.-Development:In 1864, an overseas German civil engineer...
  
  
• Treaty of Ancón
  Treaty of Ancón
  The Treaty of Ancón was signed by Chile and Peru on 20 October 1883, in the Ancón District near Lima. It was intended to settle the two nations' remaining territorial differences at the conclusion of their involvement in the War of the Pacific and to stabilise post-bellum relations between...
  
  
• USS Lackawanna (1862)
  USS Lackawanna (1862)
  The first USS Lackawanna was a screw sloop-of-war in the Union Navy during the American Civil War.Lackawanna was launched by the New York Navy Yard on 9 August 1862; sponsored by Ms. Imogen Page Cooper; and commissioned on 8 January 1863, Captain John B. Marchand in command...
  
  

See also: #Battles of the War of the Pacific

War of the Pacific people

• Eduardo Abaroa
  Eduardo Abaroa
  Colonel Eduardo Abaroa Hidalgo was Bolivia's foremost hero of the War of the Pacific , which pitted Chile against Bolivia and Peru...
  
  
• Francisco Bolognesi
  Francisco Bolognesi
  Francisco Bolognesi Cervantes was a Peruvian military hero. He is considered national hero in Peru and was declared patron of the Army of Peru by the government of Peru on January 2 of 1951.- Early life and education :...
  
  
• Manuel Baquedano
  Manuel Baquedano
  Manuel Jesús Baquedano González was a Chilean soldier and Chief of Government, who served as Commander-in-chief of the Army during the War of the Pacific. Manuel Baquedano was of Basque descent.-Early life:...
  
  
• Alberto Blest Gana
  Alberto Blest Gana
  Alberto Blest Gana was a Chilean novelist and diplomat, considered the father of Chilean novel. Blest Gana was of Irish and Basque descent....
  
  
• Mariano Bustamante
  Mariano Bustamante
  Mariano Emilio Bustamante y Mantilla was a Peruvian hero of the War of the Pacific between Chile and Peru, fighting in the battles of San Francisco, Tarapacá and Arica, in which he was killed while combating....
  
  
• Ladislao Cabrera
  Ladislao Cabrera
  Ladislao Cabrera was a Bolivian hero during the War of the Pacific. Born in Totora, Cochabamba, Carrasco Province, he is famous for organising the defence of Calama against the Chilean invaders in the War of the Pacific....
  
  
• Andrés Avelino Cáceres
  Andrés Avelino Cáceres
  Andrés Avelino Cáceres Dorregaray was three times President of Peru during the 19th century, from 1884 to 1885, then from 1886 to 1890, and again from 1894 to 1895...
  
  
• Narciso Campero
  Narciso Campero
  General Narciso Campero Leyes was president of Bolivia from 1880 to 1884. The Narciso Campero Province was named after him.The offspring of a rich land-owning family from Tarija, he was educated at Chuquisaca's St...
  
  
• Ignacio Carrera Pinto
  Ignacio Carrera Pinto
  Ignacio Carrera Pinto is a Chilean hero of the War of the Pacific.He was born in Santiago, Chile; the son of José Miguel Carrera Fontecilla, of Basque descent, and of Emilia Pinto Benavente. He was the grandson of Jose Miguel Carrera Verdugo, one of Chile's independence heroes...
  
  
• Melitón Carvajal
  Melitón Carvajal
  Manuel Melitón Carvajal Ambulodegui was born in Lima to Francisco Carvajal and Maria del Pilar Ambulodegui of Carvajal. He was a pupil of the school Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe. In 1860 he entered the Naval Military School as a cadet, eventually rising to become a high-level naval officer and war...
  
  
• Hilarión Daza
  Hilarión Daza
  Hilarión Daza Groselle was President of Bolivia from 1876 to 1879.A career military officer and native of Sucre, Daza came to power on May 4, 1876 in a coup against the constitutional president Tomás Frías. He was supported by much of the country's financial elite because of his avowal to maintain...
  
  
• Abel Dupetit-Thouars
  Abel Dupetit-Thouars
  Abel-Nicolas Georges Henri Bergasse Dupetit Thouars was a French sailor, vice-admiral, saver of Lima and a hero in Peru.He was born in Bordeaux-en-Gâtinais, Loiret...
  
  
• Erasmo Escala
  Erasmo Escala
  Erasmo Escala Arriagada , Chilean soldier, served as commander-in-chief of the Army during part of the War of the Pacific.He was born in Valparaíso, where he also completed his first studies. He joined the Military Academy in 1837...
  
  
• Miguel Grau Seminario
  Miguel Grau Seminario
  Miguel María Grau Seminario was a renowned Peruvian naval officer and hero of the Naval Battle of Angamos during the War of the Pacific . He was known as the el Caballero de los Mares for his chivalry and is esteemed by both Peruvians and Chileans...
  
  
• Pedro Lagos
  Pedro Lagos
  Pedro Lagos Marchant was a Chilean infantry commander. He is best remembered for commanding the assault and capture of the city of Arica during the War of the Pacific.-Early life:...
  
  
• Juan José Latorre
  Juan José Latorre
  Juan José Latorre Benavente Chilean Vice Admiral, one of the principal actors of the War of the Pacific, and hero of the Battle of Angamos.-Early life:...
  
  
• Patricio Lynch
  Patricio Lynch
  Patricio Javier de los Dolores Lynch y Solo de Zaldívar was a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy and a Rear Admiral in the Chilean navy, and one of the principal figures of the later stages of the War of the Pacific...
  
  
• Lizardo Montero Flores
  Lizardo Montero Flores
  Lizardo Montero Flores was Vice President and President of Peru from 1881 to 1883, during the War of the Pacific.Lizardo Montero joined the Peruvian Navy in the decade of 1850. Seven years later, aboard the frigate Apurímac, he supported Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco's coup...
  
  
• Nicolás de Piérola
  Nicolás de Piérola
  H.E. Don Jose Nicolás Baltasar Fernández de Piérola y Villena was a prominent Peruvian politician, the Finance Minister and twice President of the Republic of Peru .-Early years:Nicolás de Piérola was born and educated in the southern Peruvian city of Arequipa...
  
  
• Aníbal Pinto
  Aníbal Pinto
  Aníbal Pinto Garmendia was a Chilean political figure. He served as the president of Chile between 1876 and 1881.-Early life:...
  
  
• Mariano Ignacio Prado
  Mariano Ignacio Prado
  Mariano Ignacio Prado Ochoa was twice the President of Peru, from 1865 to 1868 and 1876 to 1879).-Biography:Born in Huánuco in 1826, he entered the army at an early age and served in the provinces of Southern Peru....
  
  
• Arturo Prat
  Arturo Prat
  Agustín Arturo Prat Chacón was a Chilean navy officer. He was killed shortly after boarding the Peruvian armored monitor Huáscar at the Naval Battle of Iquique after the ship under his command, the Esmeralda, was rammed by the Peruvian monitor...
  
  
• Roque Sáenz Peña
  Roque Sáenz Peña
  Roque Sáenz Peña Lahitte was President of Argentina from 12 October 1910 to 9 August 1914, when he died in office...
  
  
• Domingo Santa María
  Domingo Santa María
  Domingo Santa María González was a Chilean political figure. He served as the president of Chile between 1881 and 1886.-Early life:...
  
  
• Robert Souper
  Robert Souper
  Colonel Robert Souper Howard was an English soldier who served in the Chilean Army during most of the War of the Pacific.-Early life:Born in Harwich, England, son of Colonel William Souper and Emily Howard...
  
  
• Alfonso Ugarte
  Alfonso Ugarte
  Alfonso Ugarte was a Peruvian military commander during the War of the Pacific, between Peru and Bolivia against Chile. He ultimately rose to the rank of Colonel....
  
  
• Juan Williams Rebolledo
  Juan Williams Rebolledo
  Juan Williams Rebolledo was a Chilean rear admiral who was the organizer and commander-in-chief of the Chilean navy at the beginning of the War of the Pacific.-Early life:...
  
  

War of the Confederation

• War of the Confederation
  War of the Confederation
  The War of the Confederation , was a conflict between the Peru-Bolivian Confederation on one side and Chile, Peruvian dissidents and Argentina, on the other, fought mostly in the actual territory of Peru and which ended with a Confederate defeat and the dissolution of the...
  
  
• Republic of North Peru
  Republic of North Peru
  The Republic of North Peru was one of the three constituent Republics of the short-lived Peru-Bolivian Confederation of 1836-39.North Peru was formed from the division of the Republic of Peru into the Republic of North Peru and the Republic of South Peru...
  
  
• Republic of South Peru
  Republic of South Peru
  The Republic of South Peru was one of the three constituent Republics of the short-lived Peru-Bolivian Confederation of 1836-39.South Peru was formed from the division of the Republic of Peru into the Republic of North Peru and the Republic of South Peru...
  
  
• Peru-Bolivian Confederation
  Peru-Bolivian Confederation
  The Peru–Bolivian Confederation was a short-lived confederate state that existed in South America between 1836 and 1839. Its first and only head of state, titled Supreme Protector, was the Bolivian president, Marshal Andrés de Santa Cruz....
  
  

See also: #Battles of the War of the Confederation

War of the Confederation people

• José Ballivián
  José Ballivián
  José Ballivián was a Bolivian general during the Peruvian-Bolivian War and the 11th president of Bolivia from September 27, 1841 to December 23, 1847.-Biography:...
  
  
• Manuel Blanco Encalada
  Manuel Blanco Encalada
  Manuel José Blanco y Calvo de Encalada was a Vice-Admiral in the Chilean Navy, a political figure, and Chile's first President .-Biography:...
  
  
• Manuel Bulnes
  Manuel Bulnes
  -Sources:* Juan B. Alberdi, Biografia de general Bulnes...
  
  
• Ramón Castilla
  Ramón Castilla
  Ramón Castilla y Marquesado was a Peruvian caudillo and President of Peru four times. His earliest prominent appearance in Peruvian history began with his participation in a commanding role of the army of the Libertadores that helped Peru become an independent nation...
  
  
• Agustín Gamarra
  Agustín Gamarra
  Agustín Gamarra Messia was a Peruvian soldier and politician, becoming twice President of Peru from 1829 to 1833 and from 1838 to 1841....
  
  
• Luis José de Orbegoso
  Luis José de Orbegoso
  Luis José de Orbegoso y Moncada count De Olmos , an aristocratic Peruvian soldier and politician, was President of Peru from 1833 to 1836...
  
  
• Candelaria Perez
  Candelaria Perez
  Candelaria Pérez was a sergeant in the Chilean Army. She was part of the expeditionary forces sent to Peru to fight against the Peru-Bolivian Confederation. She was considered the hero of the Battle of Yungay when she led an assault against the entrenched Confederate troops....
  
  
• Diego Portales
  Diego Portales
  Diego José Pedro Víctor Portales Palazuelos was a Chilean statesman and entrepreneur. As a minister of president José Joaquín Prieto Diego Portales played a pivotal role in shaping the state and government politics in the 19th century, delivering with the Constitution of 1833 the framework of the...
  
  
• José Joaquín Prieto
  José Joaquín Prieto
  José Joaquín Prieto Vial was a Chilean military and political figure. He was twice President of Chile between 1831 and 1841. José Joaquín Prieto was of Spanish and Basque descent.-Early life:...
  
  
• José de la Riva Agüero
  José de la Riva Agüero
  José Mariano de la Riva Agüero y Sánchez Boquete Marquess De Montealegre de Aulestia was a Peruvian soldier, politician, historian and twice President of Peru....
  
  
• Andrés de Santa Cruz
  Andrés de Santa Cruz
  Andrés de Santa Cruz y Calahumana was President of Peru and Bolivia...
  
  
• Robert Winthrop Simpson
  Robert Winthrop Simpson
  Robert Winthrop Simpson was a Rear-Admiral of the Chilean navy and a hero of the War of the Confederation.-Early life:...
  
  

Bolivian media

• .bo
  .bo
  .bo is the Internet country code top-level domain for Bolivia. It is administered by ADSIB, As of February 2011, the NIC was offering a registration fee of about $40 USD per year or 280 $Bs for third-level domain and $140 USD per year or 980 $Bs for second level domain.Registration is at the...
  
   Internet
  Internet
  The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
  
   country code top-level domain
  Country code top-level domain
  A country code top-level domain is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, a sovereign state, or a dependent territory....
  
   for Bolivia
• List of Bolivian newspapers
• List of Bolivian magazines
• Media of Bolivia
  Media of Bolivia
  In the media of Bolivia there are nearly 200 privately owned television stations, but because rural regions of the country have few televisions and television reception is poor in many areas of the country, radio remains an important news disseminator. At last count, Bolivia had more than 480 radio...
  
  

Bolivian people

• Alfredo Da Silva
  Alfredo Da Silva
  Alfredo Da Silva is a painter, graphic artist, and photographer, known for his abstract expressionism. He came to international prominence in 1959.- Biography :...
  
  
• Eduardo Abaroa
  Eduardo Abaroa
  Colonel Eduardo Abaroa Hidalgo was Bolivia's foremost hero of the War of the Pacific , which pitted Chile against Bolivia and Peru...
  
  
• Gregoria Apaza
  Gregoria Apaza
  Gregoria Apaza was an indigenous leader in 18th century Bolivia. In 1781, she participated with her brother, Julian Apaza , in a major indigenous revolt against Spanish colonial rule in Bolivia. These Aymara leaders laid siege to the cities of La Paz and Sorata before being defeated and...
  
  
• Luis Arce Gómez
  Luis Arce Gómez
  Colonel Luis Arce Gómez was a Bolivian military officer. In 1980 he backed the bloody coup that brought to power the infamous General Luis García Meza...
  
  
• José Ballivián
  José Ballivián
  José Ballivián was a Bolivian general during the Peruvian-Bolivian War and the 11th president of Bolivia from September 27, 1841 to December 23, 1847.-Biography:...
  
  
• Carlos Quintanilla
  Carlos Quintanilla
  General Carlos Quintanilla served as the de-facto President of Bolivia from August 1935 until April 1940. Quintanilla saw action during the Chaco War of 1932-35, and managed to ascend the echelon of the Bolivian armed forces until he became Commander of the Army during the administration of Germán...
  
  
• Desiree Durán Morales
  Desiree Durán Morales
  María Desiree Durán Morales is a model who participated in Miss Universe 2006 as Miss Bolivia.- Biography :...
  
  
• Eugenia Errázuriz
  Eugenia Errázuriz
  Eugenia Huici Arguedas de Errázuriz was a Chilean patron of modernism and a style leader of Paris from 1880 into the 20th century, who paved the way for the modernist minimalist aesthetic that would be taken up in fashion by Coco Chanel. Her circle of friends and protégés included Pablo Picasso,...
  
  
• Jaime Escalante
  Jaime Escalante
  Jaime Alfonso Escalante Gutierrez was a Bolivian educator well-known for teaching students calculus from 1974 to 1991 at Garfield High School, East Los Angeles, California...
  
  
• Juana Azurduy de Padilla
  Juana Azurduy de Padilla
  Doña Juana Azurduy de Padilla was born on July 12, 1780 or 1781 in the town of Chuquisaca, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata . She was Mestizo by ethnicity meaning she was half European and half indigenous. “Her mother married into a family of property” meaning she married into a more wealth family...
  
  
• Bartolina Sisa
  Bartolina Sisa
  Bartolina Sisa was an Aymara woman, an indigenous heroine and the wife of Tupac Katari. Her date of birth is uncertain, some sources give it as August 24, 1753, while others give it as August 12, 1750...
  
  
• Franz Tamayo
  Franz Tamayo
  Franz Tamayo Solares was a Bolivian intellectual, writer, and politician. The Franz Tamayo Province is named after him. He was renowned for his oratory. A prominent Bolivian poet and philosopher, he wrote a number of educational treatises and also practiced law, journalism, and diplomacy...
  
  
• Jorge Wilstermann
  Jorge Wilstermann
  Jorge Wilstermann was Bolivia's first commercial aviator.When Wilstermann died, his friend and the then boss of Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano, Wálter Lemm, requested that the name of the local airport in Cochabamba and the local football team's name be changed to Jorge Wilstermann in his honour.-See...
  
  

Bolivian people by occupation

See also: #Bolivian artists

See also: #Bolivian politicians

See also: #Bolivian prelates

See also: #Bolivian sportspeople

See also: #Bolivian writers

Bolivian lawyers

• Esteban Agustín Gazcón
  Esteban Agustín Gazcón
  Esteban Agustín Gazcón was a Bolivian-born statesman and lawyer. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán which on 9 July 1816 declared the Independence of Argentina....
  
  
• José Severo Malabia
  José Severo Malabia
  José Severo Malabia was an Bolivian-born statesman and lawyer. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán which on 9 July 1816 declared the Independence of Argentina....
  
  
• Pedro Ignacio Rivera
  Pedro Ignacio Rivera
  Pedro Ignacio Rivera was a Bolivian-born statesman and lawyer. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán which on 9 July 1816 declared the Independence of Argentina....
  
  
• Mariano Sánchez de Loria
  Mariano Sánchez de Loria
  Mariano Sánchez de Loria was a Bolivian-born statesman and lawyer. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán which on 9 July 1816 declared the Independence of Argentina....
  
  
• José Mariano Serrano
  José Mariano Serrano
  José Mariano Serrano was a Bolivian-born statesman and jurist. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán of 9 July 1816 which declared the Independence of the provinces of the River Plate and presided over the assembly that declared the independence of Bolivia.Serrano was born in...
  
  

Politics of Bolivia

• Politics of Bolivia
  Politics of Bolivia
  The politics of Bolivia takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the president is head of state, head of government and head of a pluriform multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the...
  
  
• Apu Mallku
  Apu Mallku
  Apu Mallku is an Aymara title meaning "supreme leader" or "king" conferred on a Mallku or "prince". The Apu Mallku's mandate is to oversee the vast network of Ayllus, an ancient Andean system of governing councils that predates even the Inca empire...
  
  
• Bolivian Gas War
  Bolivian Gas War
  The Bolivian gas conflict was a social confrontation in Bolivia centering on the exploitation of the country's vast natural gas reserves. The expression can be extended to refer to the general conflict in Bolivia over the exploitation of gas resources, thus including the 2005 protests and the...
  
  
• Foreign relations of Bolivia
  Foreign relations of Bolivia
  Bolivia traditionally has maintained normal diplomatic relations with all hemispheric states except Chile. Foreign relations are handled by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs....
  
  
• Liberalism in Bolivia
  Liberalism in Bolivia
  This article gives an overview of liberal parties in Bolivia. It is limited to liberal parties with substantial support, mainly proved by having had a representation in parliament. The sign ⇒ means a reference to another party in that scheme...
  
  
• Ronald MacLean Abaroa
  Ronald MacLean Abaroa
  Ronald MacLean Abaroa is a Bolivian politician and leading international expert in anti-corruption programs. MacLean-Abaroa was the first democratically elected mayor of La Paz, Bolivia, and was reelected four times between 1985 and 1991 to this office...
  
  
• National Congress of Bolivia
  National Congress of Bolivia
  The Plurinational Legislative Assembly also known as the National Congress is the national legislature of Bolivia, based in the nation's de facto capital, La Paz....
  
  
• Qulla Suyu
  Qulla Suyu
  Kholla Suyu was the southeastern provincial region of the Inca Empire. Kholla suyu translates into Region of the Kholla, It related specifically to the native Kholla Quechuas who primarily resided in areas such as Cochabamba and Potosi...
  
  
• Vice President of Bolivia
  Vice President of Bolivia
  This is a list of Vice Presidents of Bolivia, the second highest political position in Bolivia. There are several gaps in the list, caused by intermittent political turmoil. The names of Vice Presidents who also were President at one time or another are given in bold text...
  
  

See also: #Elections in Bolivia

See also: #Protests in Bolivia

Political parties in Bolivia

• List of political parties in Bolivia
• Assembly of the Guarani People - North Charagua
  Assembly of the Guarani People - North Charagua
  Assembly of the Guarani People - North Charagua , a progressive political grouping based amongst the Guarani people that contested the December 2004 municipal elections in Charagua, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. APG won two of the five council seats...
  
  
• Bolivian Socialist Falange
  Bolivian Socialist Falange
  The Bolivian Socialist Falange was a Bolivian political party established in the year 1937. A right-wing party drawing inspiration from fascism, it was the country's second-largest party between approximately 1954 and 1974...
  
  
• Change Charagua
  Change Charagua
  Change Charagua , a political grouping that contested the December 2004 municipal elections in Charagua, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. CACHA won one of the five council seats. In total it received 12.8% of the votes....
  
  
• Christian Democratic Party (Bolivia)
  Christian Democratic Party (Bolivia)
  The Christian Democratic Party is a progressive Christian-democratic political party in Bolivia....
  
  
• Civic Solidarity Union
  Civic Solidarity Union
  The Civic Solidarity Union is a political party in Bolivia.At the legislative elections in 2002, the party won 5.3% of the popular vote and five out of 130 seats in the Chamber of Deputies but no Senate seats. UCS was founded on 15 August 1989 by Max Fernández, and is currently led by his son,...
  
  
• Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) of Bolivia
  Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) of Bolivia
  Communist Party of Bolivia is a communist party of Bolivia. It belongs to the International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations . It is Anti-Revisionist and Maoist. It is a minor party....
  
  
• Communist Party of Bolivia
  Communist Party of Bolivia
  The Communist Party of Bolivia is a communist party in Bolivia. It was founded in 1950 by Raúl Ruiz González and other former members of the Revolutionary Left Party . It remained small and did not hold its first national party congress until 1959....
  
  
• Communist Party of Bolivia (Marxist-Leninist)
  Communist Party of Bolivia (Marxist-Leninist)
  The Communist Party of Bolivia was a political party in Bolivia. PCB emerged as a pro-People's Republic of China splinter-group of the Communist Party of Bolivia in 1965...
  
  
• Falange Neounzaguista
• Free Bolivia Movement
  Free Bolivia Movement
  The Free Bolivia Movement is a progressive political party in Bolivia. The party was formed on January 15, 1985, following a split in MIR...
  
  
• Freedom and Justice Party (Bolivia)
• Huanuni for All
  Huanuni for All
  Huanuni for All , a centrist political grouping in Villa Huanani, Oruro Department, Bolivia. The group contested the December 2004 municipal elections. It won one seat out of five. The councillor elected is José Luis Gómez Cuba, son of the previous mayor Florentino Gómez Ríos....
  
  
• Indigenous Pachakuti Movement
  Indigenous Pachakuti Movement
  The Pachakuti Indigenous Movement is a left-wing indigenist political party in Bolivia founded in november 2000....
  
  
• Movement for Socialism (Bolivia)
  Movement for Socialism (Bolivia)
  The Movement for Socialism-Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples , alternately referred to as "Movement Toward Socialism" or "Movement to Socialism", is a left-wing, socialist, Bolivian political organization led by Evo Morales, founded in 1995...
  
  
• National Unity Front
  National Unity Front
  The National Unity Front is a political party in Bolivia.At the legislative elections in 2005, the party won 7.8 % of the popular vote and 8 out of 130 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 1 out of 27 seats in the Senate. Its candidate at the presidential elections, Samuel Jorge Doria Medina Auza,...
  
  
• Nationalist Democratic Action
  Nationalist Democratic Action
  Nationalist Democratic Action is a right-wing political party in Bolivia led by Jorge Quiroga. ADN was founded on March 23, 1979 by the military dictator Hugo Banzer after he stepped down from power. It later expanded to include the Revolutionary Left Party and a faction of the Bolivian Socialist...
  
  
• New Republican Force
  New Republican Force
  The New Republican Force is a center-right personalist political party in Bolivia.At the legislative elections in 2002, the party won 26.5 % of the popular vote and 25 out of 130 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and two out of 27 seats in the Senate...
  
  
• Regional Federation of Mining Cooperatives of Huanuni
  Regional Federation of Mining Cooperatives of Huanuni
  Regional Federation of Mining Cooperatives of Huanuni is a political grouping in Villa Huanani, Oruro Department, Bolivia. Fercomin won the municipal elections in December 2004, gaining three out of the five seats in the municipal council. In total Fercomin received 2 470 votes...
  
  
• Revolutionary Left Movement (Bolivia)
  Revolutionary Left Movement (Bolivia)
  The Revolutionary Left Movement - New Majority is a social democratic political party in Bolivia...
  
  
• Revolutionary Left Party (Bolivia)
  Revolutionary Left Party (Bolivia)
  The Revolutionary Left Party was a communist party in Bolivia. It was founded in May 1940 by Dr. José Antonio Arze and other Bolivian intellectuals.The PIR was sympathetic to the Communist International, but did not become an affiliate to the International...
  
  
• Revolutionary Liberation Movement Tupaq Katari
  Revolutionary Liberation Movement Tupaq Katari
  The Revolutionary Liberation Movement Tupaq Katari is a left-wing political party in Bolivia....
  
  
• Revolutionary Nationalist Movement
  Revolutionary Nationalist Movement
  The Revolutionary Nationalist Movement is a Bolivian political party, perhaps the most important in the country during the 20th century. At the legislative elections in 2002, the party won, in an alliance with the Free Bolivia Movement, 26.9% of the popular vote and 36 out of 130 seats in the...
  
  
• Revolutionary Party of the Nationalist Left
  Revolutionary Party of the Nationalist Left
  The Revolutionary Party of the Nationalist Left was a left-wing political party in Bolivia. It was founded in 1963 by the labor leader Juan Lechín Oquendo and by Mario Torres Calleja and Edwin Moller in lesser roles...
  
  
• Revolutionary Workers' Party (Bolivia)
  Revolutionary Workers' Party (Bolivia)
  The Revolutionary Workers' Party is a Trotskyist political party in Bolivia. At its height in the late 1940s and early 1950s, the POR was one of the few Trotskyist parties in history to gain a mass working-class following.-Beginnings:...
  
  
• Social Unity Uprising of September First
  Social Unity Uprising of September First
  Social Unity Uprising of September First is a civic political platform in the Bolivian municipality of Achocalla, near La Paz. The group is led by Wenceslao Ochoa. After the December 2004 municipal elections, Ochoa became mayor. Ochoa had been mayor of Achocalla for a brief period in 2000....
  
  
• Social and Democratic Power
  Social and Democratic Power
  Podemos is the name of a right-of-center, pro-business Bolivian political party. It is a pseudo-acronym standing for 'Poder Democrático y Social' , but the word also means "We can."-Nationalist Democratic Action:...
  
  
• Socialist Aymara Group
  Socialist Aymara Group
  Socialist Aymara Group is a political grouping based amongst the Aymara people that contested the December 2004 municipal elections in Yaco, La Paz Department, Bolivia. Rogelio Cuéllar Borras was elected mayor of Yaco....
  
  
• Socialist Party (Bolivia)
  Socialist Party (Bolivia)
  The Socialist Party-1 is a socialist political party in Bolivia.At the legislative elections in 2002, the party won 0.7% of the popular vote and one out of 130 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and no seats in the Senate....
  
  
• Unidad Democratica y Popular
  Unidad Democratica y Popular
  The Democratic and Popular Union was a Bolivian umbrella political party uniting various smaller left-wing parties...
  
  
• Unified Trade Union Sub Federation of Peasant Workers of Ancoraimes - Tupak Katari
  Unified Trade Union Sub Federation of Peasant Workers of Ancoraimes - Tupak Katari
  Unified Trade Union Sub Federation of Peasant Workers of Ancoraimes - Túpak Katari is a trade union in Ancoraimes, La Paz Department, Bolivia. SFSUTCA-TK also contested and won the December 2004 municipal elections. Leandro Chacalluca Mamani of SFSUTAC-TK was elected mayor of the city....
  
  
• Without Fear Movement
  Without Fear Movement
  Without Fear Movement is a Progressive political party in Bolivia. MSM was founded on March 1, 1999.The leader of the party, Juan del Granado, has been mayor of La Paz since 2000...
  
  
• Yungas Cocalera Revolution
  Yungas Cocalera Revolution
  Yungas Cocalera Revolution is a political group of coca-growers in the Yungas, Bolivia. The mayor of Coripata, Félix Huanca Huanca, belongs to the group....
  
  

Bolivian politicians

• David Choquehuanca
  David Choquehuanca
  David Choquehuanca Céspedes is a Bolivian politician. He has served as the Foreign Minister of Bolivia since 23 January 2006.Choquehuanca, who is an Aymara Indian, is an Aymara activist...
  
  
• Víctor Hugo Cárdenas
  Víctor Hugo Cárdenas
  Víctor Hugo Cárdenas Conde is a Bolivian indigenous Aymara activist and politician. He is the leader of the MRTKL party...
  
  
• Eduardo Diez de Medina
  Eduardo Diez de Medina
  Eduardo Díez de Medina , was born in La Paz, Bolivia, was Bolivia's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship on three occasions . He signed on July 9, 1925 the Carillo-Diez de Medina treaty with Argentine representative Horacio Carillo, which settled a long border dispute between Argentina and...
  
  
• Federico Diez de Medina
  Federico Diez de Medina
  Federico Díez de Medina was born in La Paz, Bolivia. Bolivian Minister of Foreign Relations and Worship and Dean of the Universidad Mayor de La Paz . Politician and writer, he served as Bolivian ambassador throughout South America...
  
  
• Samuel Jorge Doria Medina Auza
  Samuel Jorge Doria Medina Auza
  Samuel Doria Medina Auza is a politician in Bolivia. He is the leader of the National Unity Front and represented the party alongside Carlos Fernando Dabdoub Arrien in the December 2005 Presidential Elections. In that election, Doria Medina finished 3rd with 7.8% of the national vote...
  
  
• Álvaro García Linera
  Álvaro García Linera
  Álvaro Marcelo García Linera is a Bolivian politician who has been Vice President of Bolivia since 2006.-Biography:He was born in Cochabamba and graduated from San Agustín High School. Then, he studied at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City and became a mathematician...
  
  
• Adriana Gil
  Adriana Gil
  Adriana Gil is a Bolivian political figure. She has been the party leader of Social Democratic Force , a movement which bills itself as a left-wing democratic alternative to the President Evo Morales's government....
  
  
• Armando Loaiza
  Armando Loaiza
  Armando Loaiza Mariaca served as the Foreign Minister of Bolivia from 14 June 2005 to 23 January 2006 when a new administration took office.-References:...
  
  
• Antonio Machaca
  Antonio Machaca
  Antonio Machaca is an indigenous leader from Bolivia who served as the elected Apu Mallku, or spiritual leader, of CONAMAQ - Consejo Nacional de Ayllus y Markas del Qollasuyu for 2004. He was succeeded by Juan Evo Morales Ayma.-References:...
  
  
• Víctor Paz Estenssoro
  Víctor Paz Estenssoro
  Ángel Víctor Paz Estenssoro was a politician and president of Bolivia. He ran for president 8 times , winning in 1951, 1960, 1964, and 1985....
  
  
• Felipe Quispe
  Felipe Quispe
  Felipe Quispe Huanca "El Mallku" is an ethnic Aymara Bolivian political leader. He heads the Pachakuti Indigenous Movement and has also been general secretary of the United Union Confederation of Working Peasants of Bolivia...
  
  
• Casimira Rodriguez
  Casimira Rodriguez
  Casimira Rodríguez was the Bolivian Justice Minister from February 2006 until January 23, 2007. She is a former leader in the Domestic Workers' Union, which she helped found. Rodríguez was Bolivia’s first indigenous Quechua woman to serve as a government minister...
  
  

See also: #Presidents of Bolivia

Assassinated Bolivian politicians

• Manuel Isidoro Belzu
  Manuel Isidoro Belzu
  Manuel Isidoro Belzu Humerez was president of Bolivia from 1848 to 1855.-Early life and education:Born in La Paz, Bolivia to humble mestizo parents, Belzu was educated by Franciscan friars.-Early career:...
  
  
• Hilarión Daza
  Hilarión Daza
  Hilarión Daza Groselle was President of Bolivia from 1876 to 1879.A career military officer and native of Sucre, Daza came to power on May 4, 1876 in a coup against the constitutional president Tomás Frías. He was supported by much of the country's financial elite because of his avowal to maintain...
  
  
• Juan José Torres
  Juan José Torres
  Juan José Torres González was a Bolivian socialist politician and military leader. He served as President of Bolivia from October 7, 1970 to August 21, 1971. He was popularly known as "J.J."...
  
  

Bolivian society

• Asociación de Scouts de Bolivia
  Asociación de Scouts de Bolivia
  The Asociación de Scouts de Bolivia is the national Scouting association of Bolivia. Scouting was founded in Bolivia in 1911 and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1950. ASB has 7,898 members ....
  
  
• CIDOB Confederation
  CIDOB Confederation
  The Confederation of Indigenous Peoples of Bolivia, , is a national representative organization of the Bolivian indigenous movement. It was founded in October 1982 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, with the participation of representatives of four indigenous peoples of the Bolivian East:...
  
  
• Demographics of Bolivia
  Demographics of Bolivia
  This article is about the demographic features of the population of Bolivia, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population....
  
  
• Public holidays in Bolivia
  Public holidays in Bolivia
  -References:...
  
  

See also: #Crime in Bolivia

See also: #Languages of Bolivia

See also: #Religion in Bolivia

Football in Bolivia

• Bolivia national football team
  Bolivia national football team
  The Bolivia national football team is the national team of Bolivia and is controlled by the Federación Boliviana de Fútbol. After playing in the 1930 and 1950 World Cups, they qualified just once—in 1994...
  
  
• Federación Boliviana de Fútbol
  Federación Boliviana de Fútbol
  The Bolivian Football Federation is the governing body of football in Bolivia. It was founded in 1925, making it the 8th oldest South American federation...
  
  
• Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano
  Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano
  -List of champions:*Torneo adecuacion was celebrate to adequate seasons to European style -Titles by team :-List of all-time topscorers:...
  
  

See also: #Football venues in Bolivia

Bolivian football clubs

• Club Aurora
  Club Aurora
  Club Aurora is a football club from Cochabamba, Bolivia.The club was founded May 27, 1935, and they play their home games at the Estadio Felix Capriles.-National Honours:...
  
  
• Club Blooming
  Club Blooming
  Club Social, Cultural y Deportivo Blooming is a Bolivian football club from Santa Cruz de la Sierra, formed on May 1, 1946. Its home colours are sky blue, white and navy. They play at the Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera . Its main rival is Oriente Petrolero, also from Santa Cruz...
  
  
• Club Bolívar
  Club Bolívar
  Club Bolívar, a football team from Bolivia, was founded in La Paz on April 12, 1925, with the name Atletico Bolívar Literario Musical later changed to "Club Atlético Bolívar"...
  
  
• Club Universitario
  Club Universitario
  Club Deportivo Universitario San Francisco Xavier is a professional football team based in Sucre, Bolivia that competes in the Bolivian Primera División....
  
  
• Club Destroyers
  Club Destroyers
  Club Destroyers is a football club from Santa Cruz, Bolivia currently playing in both the Nacional B second division and in Santa Cruz Primera A, one of the third division regional leagues....
  
  
• Oriente Petrolero
  Oriente Petrolero
  Club Deportivo Oriente Petrolero is a Bolivian football club based in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Founded on November 5, 1955 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia by workers of the Bolivian oil company . They play at the 38,000-capacity Estadio Tahuichi Aguilera. Oriente have been Bolivian champions four times, Copa...
  
  
• Club Bamin Real Potosí
  Club Bamin Real Potosí
  Club Bamin Real Potosí is a Bolivian football club based in Potosí. Founded on 20 October 1941, it currently plays in Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano, holding home games at Estadio Victor Agustín Ugarte, with a 32,000-seat capacity.-History:...
  
  
• Club San José
  Club San José
  Club Deportivo San José is a football club from Oruro, Bolivia.Founded in 1942, they won the 1st division in 1955 , 1995 and Clausura 2007...
  
  
• The Strongest
  The Strongest
  The Strongest is a Bolivian football club based in La Paz founded on April 8, 1908. Their team colours are yellow and black. Although they have a home ground, the Rafael Mendoza Castellón , they play most of their games at the Estadio Hernando Siles, Bolivia's national ground...
  
  
• Union Central (football club)
• Club Jorge Wilstermann
  Club Jorge Wilstermann
  Club Jorge Wilstermann is a Bolivian football club from the city of Cochabamba. It is named after Bolivian aviator Jorge Wilstermann.- History :...
  
  

Bolivian footballers

• Carlos Borja (Bolivian footballer)
• Joaquín Botero
  Joaquín Botero
  Joaquín Botero Vaca is a Bolivian football striker. He was the top goalscorer in world football in the 2002 season, with 49 goals scored for Club Bolívar...
  
  
• Ramiro Castillo
• Luis Cristaldo
  Luis Cristaldo
  Luis Héctor Cristaldo Ruiz Díaz is an Argentine-Bolivian football midfielder who currently plays for Guabirá. He holds the record for the most appearances for the Bolivian national team with 93 international matches and 5 goals between 1989 and 2005, including two appearances in the 1994 FIFA...
  
  
• Marco Etcheverry
  Marco Etcheverry
  Marco Antonio Etcheverry Vargas is a retired Bolivian footballer, considered one of the greatest Bolivian players of all time.-Career:...
  
  
• José Melgar
• Jaime Moreno
  Jaime Moreno
  Jaime Moreno Morales is a former Bolivian footballer now serving as Youth Academy Technical Training Coach for D.C. United in Major League Soccer, and as the head coach of D.C. United's U-23 side....
  
  
• Álvaro Peña
  Álvaro Peña
  Álvaro Guillermo Peña is a former football striker from Bolivia. He played 43 international matches and scored 4 goals for the Bolivia national team He made one appearance in the 1994 FIFA World Cup....
  
  
• Juan Manuel Peña
• Gustavo Quinteros
  Gustavo Quinteros
  Gustavo Domingo Quinteros Desabato is a former Argentine - Bolivian football defender and the current manager for Bolivia.-Club career:...
  
  
• Luis Ramallo
  Luis Ramallo
  Wílliam Luis Ramallo Fernández is a retired football striker who was nicknamed "El Pescador del Área", or "El Fantasma". He was capped 36 times and scored 9 international goals for Bolivia between 1989 and 1997. He played all three matches at the 1994 FIFA World Cup and he was also the starting...
  
  
• Mauricio Ramos
  Mauricio Ramos
  Mauricio J. Ramos Méndez is a retired Bolivian football midfielder. He played 35 international matches and scored 1 goal for the Bolivia national team, including an appearance in the 1994 FIFA World Cup....
  
  
• Miguel Rimba
• Erwin Sánchez
  Erwin Sánchez
  Erwin Sánchez Freking is a retired Bolivian footballer.Dubbed Platini, he played as an attacking midfielder, with scoring range...
  
  
• Marco Sandy
• Víctor Ugarte
  Víctor Ugarte
  Víctor Agustín Ugarte Oviedo was a Bolivian footballer. He scored 16 goals in 45 caps for Bolivia, making him their second all-time top goalscorer behind Joaquín Botero...
  
  
• Joselito Vaca
  Joselito Vaca
  Joselito Vaca Velasco is a Bolivian footballer. He currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Oriente Petrolero in the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano.-Club career:...
  
  
• Diego Hamada

Bolivia at the Olympics

• Bolivia at the 1936 Summer Olympics
  Bolivia at the 1936 Summer Olympics
  Bolivia competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany.- Swimming:-References:*...
  
  
• Bolivia at the 1964 Summer Olympics
  Bolivia at the 1964 Summer Olympics
  Bolivia competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. It was the first time in 28 years that Bolivian athletes had participated in the Summer Games.-References:**...
  
  
• Bolivia at the 1968 Summer Olympics
  Bolivia at the 1968 Summer Olympics
  -Canoeing:*Men's K-1 1000m:*Fernando Inchauste - DNF-References:**...
  
  
• Bolivia at the 1972 Summer Olympics
  Bolivia at the 1972 Summer Olympics
  -Athletics:Men's 100 metres*Lionel Caero* First Heat — 11.19s Men's Marathon* Ricardo Condori* Final — 2:56:11 * Crispín Quispe* Final — 3:07:22 * Juvenal Rocha...
  
  
• Bolivia at the 1976 Summer Olympics
  Bolivia at the 1976 Summer Olympics
  -Athletics:Men's Marathon* Lucio Guachalla — 2:45:31 -Cycling:Men's Individual Road Race*Marco Soria — did not finish Men's 1.000m Time Trial*Marco Soria — 1:14.480 -Shooting:...
  
  
• Bolivia at the 1984 Summer Olympics
  Bolivia at the 1984 Summer Olympics
  Bolivia competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. The nation returned to the Summer Games after participating in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics...
  
  
• Bolivia at the 1988 Summer Olympics
  Bolivia at the 1988 Summer Olympics
  Bolivia competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. Seven competitors, six men and one woman, took part in twelve events in six sports.-Athletics:Men's 10.000 metres* Policarpio Calizaya...
  
  
• Bolivia at the 1992 Summer Olympics
  Bolivia at the 1992 Summer Olympics
  Bolivia competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.-Athletics:Men's 5,000 metres*Policarpio Calizaya* Heat — 15:02.02 Men's 10,000 metres*Policarpio Calizaya...
  
  
• Bolivia at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Bolivia at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Bolivia competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.-Athletics:Men's Competition* Jorge CastellónMen's Marathon* Policarpio Calizaya — 2:33.08 Women's 10km Walk...
  
  
• Bolivia at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  Bolivia at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  -Athletics:Men's Marathon* Marco Condori* Final — 2:34:11 Women's 20km Walk* Geovana Irusta* Final — 1:43:34 -Swimming:Men's 100m Backstroke* Mauricio Prudencio...
  
  
• Bolivia at the 2004 Summer Olympics
  Bolivia at the 2004 Summer Olympics
  -Athletics:Men's 800 metres:* Fadrique Iglesias* Round 1 — 1:51.9 Women's 20 km walk:* Geovana Irusta* Final — 1:38:36 -Gymnastics:Women's Artistic:* Maria José de la Fuente...
  
  

Transportation in Bolivia

• Transportation in Bolivia
  Transportation in Bolivia
  Transport in Bolivia is mostly by road. The railways were historically important in Bolivia, but now play a relatively small part in the country's transport system...
  
  

See also: #Airports in Bolivia

Airlines of Bolivia

• List of airlines of Bolivia
• Aerosur
  Aerosur
  Compañía Boliviana de Transporte Aéreo Privado Aerosur, S.A.,, usually shortened and styled AeroSur is a privately-owned airline from Bolivia, which serves as the country's flag carrier since 1998, along with state-owned Boliviana de Aviación...
  
  
• TAM - Transporte Aéreo Militar
  TAM - Transporte Aereo Militar
  TAM – Transporte Aéreo Militar is an airline based in La Paz, Bolivia. It is the civilian wing of the Bolivian Air Force, operating passenger services to remote towns and communities in the North and Northeast of Bolivia....
  
  

Bolivia stubs

• Adolfo Ballivián
  Adolfo Ballivián
  Adolfo Ballivián Coll was constitutional president of Bolivia between 1873 and 1874.Born in La Paz, Adolfo Ballivián was the son of former Bolivian President and war hero José Ballivián. Widely traveled, he was a member of the armed forces, orator, composer, writer, and congressman...
  
  
• Agustín Morales
  Agustín Morales
  Pedro Agustín Morales Hernández was a military officer and de facto President of Bolivia between 1871 and 1872....
  
  
• Alberto Natusch
  Alberto Natusch
  Alberto Natusch Busch was a Bolivian general and dictator of his country for a brief time in November 1979.-Background and earlier career:...
  
  
• Alcides Arguedas
  Alcides Arguedas
  Alcides Arguedas was a Bolivian writer and historian.-Background and political and diplomatic roles:He was born in La Paz, where he studied law and political science. He later studied sociology in Paris and represented his country at several diplomatic missions in both Europe and America...
  
  
• Aniceto Arce
  Aniceto Arce
  Aniceto Arce Ruiz was President of Bolivia from 1888 until 1892. The Aniceto Arce Province is named after him. Arce was a native of Tarija but was educated as a lawyer and resided most of his life in Sucre, where he became one of the country's foremost silver-mining tycoons...
  
  
• Assembly of the Guarani People - North Charagua
  Assembly of the Guarani People - North Charagua
  Assembly of the Guarani People - North Charagua , a progressive political grouping based amongst the Guarani people that contested the December 2004 municipal elections in Charagua, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. APG won two of the five council seats...
  
  
• Ayllus
  Ayllus
  An ayllu is a unit of familial or local self-organization, particularly in rural areas. Ayllu is a word in both the Quechua and Aymara languages referring to a network of families in a given area, often with a putative or fictive common ancestor. Ayllus are distinguished by comparative...
  
  
• Bartolina Sisa
  Bartolina Sisa
  Bartolina Sisa was an Aymara woman, an indigenous heroine and the wife of Tupac Katari. Her date of birth is uncertain, some sources give it as August 24, 1753, while others give it as August 12, 1750...
  
  
• Battle of Pisagua
  Battle of Pisagua
  The Battle of Pisagua , was a landing operation of the War of the Pacific, fought on November 2, 1879, between Chile and the combined forces of Bolivia and Peru. The Chilean army commanded by Erasmo Escala, supported by the Chilean Fleet, launched an amphibious assault, led by Gen...
  
  
• Battle of San Francisco
  Battle of San Francisco
  The Battle of San Francisco, also known as Battle of Dolores, fought on November 19, 1879, was the third battle of the Tarapacá Campaign in the War of the Pacific, after Pisagua and Germania...
  
  
• Battle of Topáter
  Battle of Topáter
  The Battle of Topáter was fought on March 23, 1879 between Chile and Bolivia, and was the first of the War of the Pacific.The Chileans were taking possession of the Antofagasta province, at that time a part of Bolivia. The Bolivian troops, quite few in number, decided to make a stand in the town...
  
  
• Bautista Saavedra
  Bautista Saavedra
  Rosa Bautista Saavedra Mallea was President of Bolivia, first as part of a governing junta between 1920–21, and then as constitutionally-elected President of the Republic between 1921 and 1925....
  
  
• Bolivia at the 1936 Summer Olympics
  Bolivia at the 1936 Summer Olympics
  Bolivia competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany.- Swimming:-References:*...
  
  
• Bolivia at the 1964 Summer Olympics
  Bolivia at the 1964 Summer Olympics
  Bolivia competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. It was the first time in 28 years that Bolivian athletes had participated in the Summer Games.-References:**...
  
  
• Bolivia at the 1968 Summer Olympics
  Bolivia at the 1968 Summer Olympics
  -Canoeing:*Men's K-1 1000m:*Fernando Inchauste - DNF-References:**...
  
  
• Bolivia at the 1972 Summer Olympics
  Bolivia at the 1972 Summer Olympics
  -Athletics:Men's 100 metres*Lionel Caero* First Heat — 11.19s Men's Marathon* Ricardo Condori* Final — 2:56:11 * Crispín Quispe* Final — 3:07:22 * Juvenal Rocha...
  
  
• Bolivia at the 1976 Summer Olympics
  Bolivia at the 1976 Summer Olympics
  -Athletics:Men's Marathon* Lucio Guachalla — 2:45:31 -Cycling:Men's Individual Road Race*Marco Soria — did not finish Men's 1.000m Time Trial*Marco Soria — 1:14.480 -Shooting:...
  
  
• Bolivia at the 1984 Summer Olympics
  Bolivia at the 1984 Summer Olympics
  Bolivia competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. The nation returned to the Summer Games after participating in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics...
  
  
• Bolivia at the 1988 Summer Olympics
  Bolivia at the 1988 Summer Olympics
  Bolivia competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. Seven competitors, six men and one woman, took part in twelve events in six sports.-Athletics:Men's 10.000 metres* Policarpio Calizaya...
  
  
• Bolivia at the 1992 Summer Olympics
  Bolivia at the 1992 Summer Olympics
  Bolivia competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.-Athletics:Men's 5,000 metres*Policarpio Calizaya* Heat — 15:02.02 Men's 10,000 metres*Policarpio Calizaya...
  
  
• Bolivia at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Bolivia at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Bolivia competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.-Athletics:Men's Competition* Jorge CastellónMen's Marathon* Policarpio Calizaya — 2:33.08 Women's 10km Walk...
  
  
• Bolivia at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  Bolivia at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  -Athletics:Men's Marathon* Marco Condori* Final — 2:34:11 Women's 20km Walk* Geovana Irusta* Final — 1:43:34 -Swimming:Men's 100m Backstroke* Mauricio Prudencio...
  
  
• Bolivian Workers' Center
  Bolivian Workers' Center
  The Bolivian Workers' Center is the chief trade union federation in Bolivia. It was founded in 1952 following the national revolution that brought the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement to power. The most important affiliate of the COB was the Union Federation of Bolivian Mine Workers...
  
  
• Camiri
  Camiri
  Camiri is a town in Bolivia, Santa Cruz Department, Cordillera Province. It is the seat of the Camiri Municipality. The town has an estimated population of 33,705 inhabitants,...
  
  
• Carlos Blanco Galindo
  Carlos Blanco Galindo
  Carlos Blanco Galindo served as caretaker President of Bolivia between June 1930 and March 1931.Carlos Blanco was born in Cochabamba, Bolivia...
  
  
• Carlos Borja (Bolivian footballer)
• Carlos Quintanilla
  Carlos Quintanilla
  General Carlos Quintanilla served as the de-facto President of Bolivia from August 1935 until April 1940. Quintanilla saw action during the Chaco War of 1932-35, and managed to ascend the echelon of the Bolivian armed forces until he became Commander of the Army during the administration of Germán...
  
  
• Celso Torrelio
  Celso Torrelio
  Celso Torrelio Villa was a military general, a member of the Junta of Commanders of the Armed Forces , and de facto President of Bolivia between September 1981 and August 1982....
  
  
• Change Charagua
  Change Charagua
  Change Charagua , a political grouping that contested the December 2004 municipal elections in Charagua, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. CACHA won one of the five council seats. In total it received 12.8% of the votes....
  
  
• Charcas (Audiencia)
  Charcas (Audiencia)
  The Royal Audiencia and Chancery of la Plata de los Charcas usually shortened to the Audiencia of Charcas, was a Spanish audiencia with its seat in Upper Peru, what is today Bolivia...
  
  
• Christian Democratic Party (Bolivia)
  Christian Democratic Party (Bolivia)
  The Christian Democratic Party is a progressive Christian-democratic political party in Bolivia....
  
  
• Civic Solidarity Union
  Civic Solidarity Union
  The Civic Solidarity Union is a political party in Bolivia.At the legislative elections in 2002, the party won 5.3% of the popular vote and five out of 130 seats in the Chamber of Deputies but no Senate seats. UCS was founded on 15 August 1989 by Max Fernández, and is currently led by his son,...
  
  
• Cocalero
  Cocalero
  Cocaleros are the coca leaf growers of Peru and Bolivia. Evo Morales, who became president of Bolivia in 2006, is a leader of the cocalero movement in that country.-Cocalero movement:...
  
  
• Cochabamba Cooperative School
  Cochabamba Cooperative School
  Cochabamba Cooperative School is an international school in Cochabamba, Bolivia which follows an English language, US-style curriculum. It was founded in 1954, with teaching based on the Calvert Method of teaching....
  
  
• Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) of Bolivia
  Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) of Bolivia
  Communist Party of Bolivia is a communist party of Bolivia. It belongs to the International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations . It is Anti-Revisionist and Maoist. It is a minor party....
  
  
• Confederación Sindical Única de Trabajadores Campesinos de Bolivia
  Confederación Sindical Única de Trabajadores Campesinos de Bolivia
  The Single Union Confederation of Rural Workers of Bolivia is a union of peasants in Bolivia.The CSUTCB was formed in 1979 in opposition to government-sponsored peasant unions. Under the leadership of the Tupac Katari Revolutionary Movement, the CSUTCB became an independent organization...
  
  
• David Padilla
  David Padilla
  David Padilla Arancibia was a military general and former de facto president of Bolivia. He ruled his country from November 1978 to August 1979....
  
  
• David Toro
• Desiree Durán Morales
  Desiree Durán Morales
  María Desiree Durán Morales is a model who participated in Miss Universe 2006 as Miss Bolivia.- Biography :...
  
  
• Eduardo Abaroa
  Eduardo Abaroa
  Colonel Eduardo Abaroa Hidalgo was Bolivia's foremost hero of the War of the Pacific , which pitted Chile against Bolivia and Peru...
  
  
• Eduardo Rodríguez
  Eduardo Rodríguez
  Eduardo Rodríguez Veltzé is a former president of Bolivia; prior to that appointment he was the chief justice of the Supreme Court.-Background:...
  
  
• Ekeko
  Ekeko
  The Ekeko is the Tiwanakan god of abundance and prosperity in the mythology and folklore of the people from the Andean Altiplano. The current representation corresponds to a reinterpretation made by the artisan Isidro Choquehuanca as a gift for an employee of the Governor and Commanding Officer of...
  
  
• El Diario
• Eliodoro Camacho
  Eliodoro Camacho
  Eliodoro Camacho was a noted Bolivian politician, party leader, and presidential candidate. The Eliodoro Camacho Province is named after him. Camacho was born in Inquisivi, Department of La Paz, but grew up in Cochabamba...
  
  
• Eliodoro Villazón
  Eliodoro Villazón
  Eliodoro Villazón was a member of the Liberal party and Constitutional President of his country, Bolivia, between 1909 and 1913....
  
  
• Enrique Hertzog
  Enrique Hertzog
  Enrique Hertzog Garaizabal was a Bolivian politician who was elected President of his country in 1947...
  
  
• Enrique Peñaranda
  Enrique Peñaranda
  Enrique Peñaranda del Castillo was a Bolivian general who served as commander of his country's forces during the second half of the Chaco War...
  
  
• Erwin Sánchez
  Erwin Sánchez
  Erwin Sánchez Freking is a retired Bolivian footballer.Dubbed Platini, he played as an attacking midfielder, with scoring range...
  
  
• Estadio Félix Capriles
  Estadio Félix Capriles
  The Estadio Félix Capriles is a multi-purpose stadium in Cochabamba, Bolivia. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 32,000 people., although it's normal capacity is 27,588. It is the home stadium of Club Jorge Wilstermann and Club Aurora. It is...
  
  
• Estadio Hernando Siles
  Estadio Hernando Siles
  Estadio Hernando Siles is a sports stadium in La Paz, Bolivia. It is the country's largest sports complex with a capacity of 42,000 seated spectators and is named after Hernando Siles Reyes, the 31st President of Bolivia...
  
  
• Estadio IV Centenário
  Estadio IV Centenário
  Estadio IV Centenario is a multi-use stadium in Tarija, Bolivia. It is currently used mostly for football matches, on club level by Unión Central and Ciclón. The stadium has a capacity of 15,000 people....
  
  
• Estadio Jesús Bermúdez
  Estadio Jesús Bermúdez
  The Estadio Jesús Bermúdez is a multi-purpose stadium in Oruro, Bolivia. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium has a capacity of 28,000 people....
  
  
• Estadio Libertador Simón Bolivar
  Estadio Libertador Simón Bolivar
  Estadio Libertador Simón Bolivar is a multi-use stadium in the Tembladerani neighborhood of the city of La Paz, Bolivia. It is most often used for football matches, on club level by Club Bolívar. The stadium has a capacity of 25,000 people....
  
  
• Estadio Mario Mercado Vaca Guzmán
  Estadio Mario Mercado Vaca Guzmán
  Estadio Víctor Agustín Ugarte, also known by its old name Estadio Mario Mercado Vaca Guzmán, is a multi-purpose stadium in Potosí, Bolivia. At an altitude of 3960 m above sea level, it is one of the world's highest situated stadiums. It is currently used mostly for football matches, on club level...
  
  
• Estadio Olímpico Patria
  Estadio Olímpico Patria
  Estadio Olímpico Patria is a multi-purpose stadium in Sucre, Bolivia. It is currently used for football matches and is the home venue for 1st division team Club Universitario and Independiente Petrolero, and was used for the Copa América 1997. The stadium holds 32,000 people and was opened in...
  
  
• Estadio Rafael Mendoza
  Estadio Rafael Mendoza
  Estadio Rafael Mendoza Castellón is a multi-use stadium in the neighborhood of Achumani, La Paz, Bolivia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and belongs to the "Club The Strongest" The stadium has a capacity of 15,000 people....
  
  
• Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera
  Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera
  Estadio Ramón "Tahuichi" Aguilera is a multi-purpose stadium in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. It is used mostly for football matches, on club level by Club Blooming, Oriente Petrolero, and Club Destroyers. The stadium has a capacity of 38,000 people and was built in 1939...
  
  
• Falange Neounzaguista
• Felipe Segundo Guzmán
  Felipe Segundo Guzmán
  Felipe Segundo Guzmán was a caretaker Bolivian President who led his country during at 11-month period stretching from September 1925 to August 1926.Guzmán was born in La Paz...
  
  
• Franz Tamayo
  Franz Tamayo
  Franz Tamayo Solares was a Bolivian intellectual, writer, and politician. The Franz Tamayo Province is named after him. He was renowned for his oratory. A prominent Bolivian poet and philosopher, he wrote a number of educational treatises and also practiced law, journalism, and diplomacy...
  
  
• Free Bolivia Movement
  Free Bolivia Movement
  The Free Bolivia Movement is a progressive political party in Bolivia. The party was formed on January 15, 1985, following a split in MIR...
  
  
• Germán Busch
  Germán Busch
  Germán Busch Becerra was a former Bolivian military officer, hero of the Chaco War , and president of Bolivia between 1937 and 1939.Germán Busch was born in San Javier, in central Bolivia's hot, fertile, coffee-growing region to a physician, a German...
  
  
• Gregoria Apaza
  Gregoria Apaza
  Gregoria Apaza was an indigenous leader in 18th century Bolivia. In 1781, she participated with her brother, Julian Apaza , in a major indigenous revolt against Spanish colonial rule in Bolivia. These Aymara leaders laid siege to the cities of La Paz and Sorata before being defeated and...
  
  
• Gregorio Pacheco
  Gregorio Pacheco
  Gregorio Pacheco Leyes was the constitutional President of Bolivia from 1884 to 1888. A native of Potosí, Pacheco won a disputed election that was a virtual three-way tie between him, Conservative leader Aniceto Arce, and Liberal chief Eliodoro Camacho. Pacheco was a wealthy man and the country's...
  
  
• Guido Vildoso
  Guido Vildoso
  General Guido Vildoso Calderón was an officer in the Military of Bolivia and de facto President of Bolivia in 1982.Born in La Paz, Vildoso joined the Bolivian armed forces and took specialized courses in Brazil, Panama, and the United States. In the 1970s he served in the cabinet of military...
  
  
• Guillermo Lora
  Guillermo Lora
  Guillermo Lora was a Trotskyist leader in Bolivia. Lora was active in the Revolutionary Workers' Party from the early 1940s and was its best known leader....
  
  
• Gustavo Quinteros
  Gustavo Quinteros
  Gustavo Domingo Quinteros Desabato is a former Argentine - Bolivian football defender and the current manager for Bolivia.-Club career:...
  
  
• Hernando Siles Reyes
  Hernando Siles Reyes
  Hernando Siles Reyes was the 31st President of Bolivia, serving from 1926-1930.Founder of the Nationalist Party, he soon gravitated toward the Saavedrista faction of the Republican Party, which had come to power in 1920...
  
  
• Hilarión Daza
  Hilarión Daza
  Hilarión Daza Groselle was President of Bolivia from 1876 to 1879.A career military officer and native of Sucre, Daza came to power on May 4, 1876 in a coup against the constitutional president Tomás Frías. He was supported by much of the country's financial elite because of his avowal to maintain...
  
  
• Huanuni for All
  Huanuni for All
  Huanuni for All , a centrist political grouping in Villa Huanani, Oruro Department, Bolivia. The group contested the December 2004 municipal elections. It won one seat out of five. The councillor elected is José Luis Gómez Cuba, son of the previous mayor Florentino Gómez Ríos....
  
  
• Hugo Ballivián
  Hugo Ballivián
  Hugo Ballivián Rojas was de facto President of Bolivia between 1951 and 1952. A career military officer, he was Commander of the Bolivian Armed Forces when President Mamerto Urriolagoitia called upon him to take over as extra-Constitutional chief executive in order to prevent the swearing-in of...
  
  
• Indigenous Pachakuti Movement
  Indigenous Pachakuti Movement
  The Pachakuti Indigenous Movement is a left-wing indigenist political party in Bolivia founded in november 2000....
  
  
• Islam in Bolivia
  Islam in Bolivia
  Statistics for Islam in Bolivia estimate a Muslim population of around two thousand, representing less than .1% of the total population.There are many Islamic organizations spread throughout the country, including Centro Islámico Boliviano in Santa Cruz, Centro Islámico Boliviano in Sucre led by...
  
  
• Ismael Montes
  Ismael Montes
  Ismael Montes Gamboa was a Bolivian general and political figure. He served as the President of Bolivia between 1904 and 1909 and again between 1913 and 1917....
  
  
• Jorge Córdova
  Jorge Córdova
  Jorge Córdova was a military officer and constitutional president of Bolivia .A general, Córdova was longtime dictator Manuel Isidoro Belzu's son-in-law. As such, he was the main support to his despotic regime...
  
  
• Jorge Quiroga
  Jorge Quiroga
  Jorge Fernando "Tuto" Quiroga Ramírez was President of Bolivia from August 7, 2001 to August 6, 2002. He is of Spanish descent.-Background and early life:...
  
  
• José Ballivián
  José Ballivián
  José Ballivián was a Bolivian general during the Peruvian-Bolivian War and the 11th president of Bolivia from September 27, 1841 to December 23, 1847.-Biography:...
  
  
• José Gutiérrez Guerra
• José Manuel Pando
  José Manuel Pando
  José Manuel Inocencio Pando Solares was President of Bolivia between October 1899 and August 1904. Born in Luribay , he studied medicine, joined the army during the War of the Pacific against Chile , and later dedicated himself to exploring his country's vast and thinly populated lowland forests...
  
  
• José María Achá
  José María Achá
  José María de Achá was a military general and president of Bolivia . He served in the battles of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation and conspired against longtime dictator Manuel Belzu . Later, he was appointed Minister of war in the cabinet of another dictator, José María Linares...
  
  
• José María Linares
  José María Linares
  José María Linares Lizarazu was born in Tical, Potosí, on a farm. Belonging to the noble and wealthy family of the Counts of Lords and House of Rodrigo in Navarre, Linares was related to the Spanish nobility...
  
  
• José Melgar
• Juan Manuel Peña
• Khanata
  Khanata
  Khanata, or Grupo Khanata, is a contemporary Bolivian musical group.The Zombie Nations are a very popular Khanata group, playing many contemporary classics....
  
  
• Lidia Gueiler Tejada
  Lidia Gueiler Tejada
  Lidia Gueiler Tejada was the first female President of Bolivia, serving in an interim capacity from 1979 to 1980...
  
  
• Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas
  Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas
  Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas was the Constitutional President of Bolivia for a period of five months between April and September 1969.-Background and early life:...
  
  
• Luis Arce Gómez
  Luis Arce Gómez
  Colonel Luis Arce Gómez was a Bolivian military officer. In 1980 he backed the bloody coup that brought to power the infamous General Luis García Meza...
  
  
• Luis Cristaldo
  Luis Cristaldo
  Luis Héctor Cristaldo Ruiz Díaz is an Argentine-Bolivian football midfielder who currently plays for Guabirá. He holds the record for the most appearances for the Bolivian national team with 93 international matches and 5 goals between 1989 and 2005, including two appearances in the 1994 FIFA...
  
  
• Luis García Meza Tejada
  Luis García Meza Tejada
  Luis García Meza Tejada is a former Bolivian dictator. A native of La Paz, he was a career military officer who rose to the rank of general during the reign of dictator Hugo Banzer...
  
  
• Luis Ramallo
  Luis Ramallo
  Wílliam Luis Ramallo Fernández is a retired football striker who was nicknamed "El Pescador del Área", or "El Fantasma". He was capped 36 times and scored 9 international goals for Bolivia between 1989 and 1997. He played all three matches at the 1994 FIFA World Cup and he was also the starting...
  
  
• Mamerto Urriolagoitia
  Mamerto Urriolagoitia
  Mamerto Urriolagoitía Harriague was President of Bolivia, from 1949 to 1951. Of privileged background, he studied in France and later joined the Bolivian diplomatic service. In 1947, Urriolagoitia was elected Vice-President to Dr...
  
  
• Manuel Isidoro Belzu
  Manuel Isidoro Belzu
  Manuel Isidoro Belzu Humerez was president of Bolivia from 1848 to 1855.-Early life and education:Born in La Paz, Bolivia to humble mestizo parents, Belzu was educated by Franciscan friars.-Early career:...
  
  
• Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz
  Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz
  Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz was a noted writer, dramatist, jourmalist, social commentator, university professor, and socialist political leader from Bolivia...
  
  
• Marco Sandy
• Mariano Baptista
  Mariano Baptista
  Mariano Baptista Caserta was President of Bolivia during the 1892-96 period. A member of the Conservative Party, he was renowned for his stirring oratorical style....
  
  
• Mariano Melgarejo
  Mariano Melgarejo
  Manuel Mariano Melgarejo Valencia was the 19th President of Bolivia, from December 28, 1864, to January 15, 1871.-Early life:...
  
  
• Matilde Casazola
  Matilde Casazola
  Matilde Casazola Mendoza is a Bolivian songwriter.Matilde was one of the most famous poets and songwriters of Bolivia. Many of her songs are filled with fascinating detail and lyrics. Her poems are very famous to those in her home country. She started to become famous at age 11 by her poems.She...
  
  
• Mauricio Ramos
  Mauricio Ramos
  Mauricio J. Ramos Méndez is a retired Bolivian football midfielder. He played 35 international matches and scored 1 goal for the Bolivia national team, including an appearance in the 1994 FIFA World Cup....
  
  
• Miguel Rimba
• Movement for Socialism (Bolivia)
  Movement for Socialism (Bolivia)
  The Movement for Socialism-Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples , alternately referred to as "Movement Toward Socialism" or "Movement to Socialism", is a left-wing, socialist, Bolivian political organization led by Evo Morales, founded in 1995...
  
  
• Narciso Campero
  Narciso Campero
  General Narciso Campero Leyes was president of Bolivia from 1880 to 1884. The Narciso Campero Province was named after him.The offspring of a rich land-owning family from Tarija, he was educated at Chuquisaca's St...
  
  
• National Unity Front
  National Unity Front
  The National Unity Front is a political party in Bolivia.At the legislative elections in 2005, the party won 7.8 % of the popular vote and 8 out of 130 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 1 out of 27 seats in the Senate. Its candidate at the presidential elections, Samuel Jorge Doria Medina Auza,...
  
  
• Nationalist Democratic Action
  Nationalist Democratic Action
  Nationalist Democratic Action is a right-wing political party in Bolivia led by Jorge Quiroga. ADN was founded on March 23, 1979 by the military dictator Hugo Banzer after he stepped down from power. It later expanded to include the Revolutionary Left Party and a faction of the Bolivian Socialist...
  
  
• New Republican Force
  New Republican Force
  The New Republican Force is a center-right personalist political party in Bolivia.At the legislative elections in 2002, the party won 26.5 % of the popular vote and 25 out of 130 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and two out of 27 seats in the Senate...
  
  
• Northeast Bolivian Airways
  Northeast Bolivian Airways
  Northeast Bolivian Airways was an airline based in Cochabamba, Bolivia.-Fleet:One Lockheed Tristar was delivered in July 2003.Northeast Bolivian Airways was an airline based in Cochabamba, Bolivia.-Fleet:...
  
  
• Néstor Guillén
  Néstor Guillén
  -Background and earlier career:Born in La Paz, Guillén studied law and rose to become second from the top in the La Paz Court of Appeals.-President of Bolivia:...
  
  
• Freedom and Justice Party (Bolivia)
• Pedro Shimose
  Pedro Shimose
  Pedro Shimose is a poet, professor and essayist from Bolivia.- Biography :Born in Riberalta in 1940 to Japanese parents and based in Madrid since 1971, Shimose is best known for his politically-inspired poetry which touches on the themes of national identity and social...
  
  
• Ramiro Castillo
• Regional Federation of Mining Cooperatives of Huanuni
  Regional Federation of Mining Cooperatives of Huanuni
  Regional Federation of Mining Cooperatives of Huanuni is a political grouping in Villa Huanani, Oruro Department, Bolivia. Fercomin won the municipal elections in December 2004, gaining three out of the five seats in the municipal council. In total Fercomin received 2 470 votes...
  
  
• Revolutionary Left Movement (Bolivia)
  Revolutionary Left Movement (Bolivia)
  The Revolutionary Left Movement - New Majority is a social democratic political party in Bolivia...
  
  
• Revolutionary Liberation Movement Tupaq Katari
  Revolutionary Liberation Movement Tupaq Katari
  The Revolutionary Liberation Movement Tupaq Katari is a left-wing political party in Bolivia....
  
  
• Samuel Jorge Doria Medina Auza
  Samuel Jorge Doria Medina Auza
  Samuel Doria Medina Auza is a politician in Bolivia. He is the leader of the National Unity Front and represented the party alongside Carlos Fernando Dabdoub Arrien in the December 2005 Presidential Elections. In that election, Doria Medina finished 3rd with 7.8% of the national vote...
  
  
• San Agustin High School
  San Agustin High School
  Colegio San Agustín, also called San Agustin High School is a private high school in Cochabamba, Bolivia.2005 marked the school's 50th anniversary and it was awarded the Cóndor de Los Andes, the Bolivian government's highest distinction....
  
  
• Severo Fernández
  Severo Fernández
  Severo Fernández Alonso Caballero was President of his country, Bolivia, from 1896 to 1899. He is best remembered as the last president of the 15-year period of Conservative Party hegemony ....
  
  
• Social Unity Uprising of September First
  Social Unity Uprising of September First
  Social Unity Uprising of September First is a civic political platform in the Bolivian municipality of Achocalla, near La Paz. The group is led by Wenceslao Ochoa. After the December 2004 municipal elections, Ochoa became mayor. Ochoa had been mayor of Achocalla for a brief period in 2000....
  
  
• Social and Democratic Power
  Social and Democratic Power
  Podemos is the name of a right-of-center, pro-business Bolivian political party. It is a pseudo-acronym standing for 'Poder Democrático y Social' , but the word also means "We can."-Nationalist Democratic Action:...
  
  
• Socialist Aymara Group
  Socialist Aymara Group
  Socialist Aymara Group is a political grouping based amongst the Aymara people that contested the December 2004 municipal elections in Yaco, La Paz Department, Bolivia. Rogelio Cuéllar Borras was elected mayor of Yaco....
  
  
• Socialist Party (Bolivia)
  Socialist Party (Bolivia)
  The Socialist Party-1 is a socialist political party in Bolivia.At the legislative elections in 2002, the party won 0.7% of the popular vote and one out of 130 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and no seats in the Senate....
  
  
• TAM - Transporte Aéreo Militar
  TAM - Transporte Aereo Militar
  TAM – Transporte Aéreo Militar is an airline based in La Paz, Bolivia. It is the civilian wing of the Bolivian Air Force, operating passenger services to remote towns and communities in the North and Northeast of Bolivia....
  
  
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• The Women's Development Bank
  The Women's Development Bank
  The Women's Development Bank , was established in Venezuela in 2001 to remedy the political, economic, and social disadvantages faced by women. The Bank offers both financial and non-financial services to women...
  
  
• Toba (tribe)
  Toba (tribe)
  The Toba are an ethnic group in Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay. They are part of a larger group of indigenous inhabitants of the Gran Chaco region, called the Guaycurues. As of 2005, there are 47,951 Toba in Argentina, living in the provinces of Chaco, Formosa and Santa Fe.The Toba name themselves...
  
  
• Tomás Frías Ametller
  Tomás Frías Ametller
  Tomás Frías Ametller was a noted politician who served twice as president of Bolivia . Tomás Frías Province is named after him....
  
  
• Tomás Monje
  Tomás Monje
  Tomás Monje Gutierréz was President of Bolivia between August 1946 and March 1947.-Background and earlier career:Born in Coroico, department of La Paz, he was a noted intellectual and judge.-President of Bolivia:...
  
  
• Unidad Democratica y Popular
  Unidad Democratica y Popular
  The Democratic and Popular Union was a Bolivian umbrella political party uniting various smaller left-wing parties...
  
  
• Unified Trade Union Sub Federation of Peasant Workers of Ancoraimes - Tupak Katari
  Unified Trade Union Sub Federation of Peasant Workers of Ancoraimes - Tupak Katari
  Unified Trade Union Sub Federation of Peasant Workers of Ancoraimes - Túpak Katari is a trade union in Ancoraimes, La Paz Department, Bolivia. SFSUTCA-TK also contested and won the December 2004 municipal elections. Leandro Chacalluca Mamani of SFSUTAC-TK was elected mayor of the city....
  
  
• Unitel Bolivia
  Unitel Bolivia
  UNITEL is a Bolivian television network headquartered in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. It was founded in 1987. It is owned by businessman Osvaldo Monasterio Nieme. The station is well known for its political bias towards Bolivia's right-wing opposition parties....
  
  
• Universidad Adventista de Bolivia
  Universidad Adventista de Bolivia
  Bolivia Adventist University , or UAB, is a private coeducational Christian university in the city of Cochabamba, the third-largest city in Bolivia. The university is affiliated to the Seventh-day Adventist Church and offers degrees in six major fields: Theology, Health Sciences, Nursing,...
  
  
• Víctor Hugo Cárdenas
  Víctor Hugo Cárdenas
  Víctor Hugo Cárdenas Conde is a Bolivian indigenous Aymara activist and politician. He is the leader of the MRTKL party...
  
  
• Víctor Ugarte
  Víctor Ugarte
  Víctor Agustín Ugarte Oviedo was a Bolivian footballer. He scored 16 goals in 45 caps for Bolivia, making him their second all-time top goalscorer behind Joaquín Botero...
  
  
• Without Fear Movement
  Without Fear Movement
  Without Fear Movement is a Progressive political party in Bolivia. MSM was founded on March 1, 1999.The leader of the party, Juan del Granado, has been mayor of La Paz since 2000...
  
  
• Wálter Guevara
  Wálter Guevara
  Wálter Guevara Arze was a Bolivian statesman, cabinet minister, writer, diplomat, and, rather briefly, president .-Background and earlier career:...
  
  
• YPFB
  YPFB
  Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos is the state-owned petrol company of Bolivia.-History:YPFB was created in 1936 as a state-owned and run petrol company. During the first presidency of Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, capitalized oil companies were formed from YPFB properties under the...
  
  
• Yungas Cocalera Revolution
  Yungas Cocalera Revolution
  Yungas Cocalera Revolution is a political group of coca-growers in the Yungas, Bolivia. The mayor of Coripata, Félix Huanca Huanca, belongs to the group....
  
  
• Álvaro García Linera
  Álvaro García Linera
  Álvaro Marcelo García Linera is a Bolivian politician who has been Vice President of Bolivia since 2006.-Biography:He was born in Cochabamba and graduated from San Agustín High School. Then, he studied at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City and became a mathematician...
  
  
• Álvaro Peña
  Álvaro Peña
  Álvaro Guillermo Peña is a former football striker from Bolivia. He played 43 international matches and scored 4 goals for the Bolivia national team He made one appearance in the 1994 FIFA World Cup....
  
  

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• Hiking in Bolivia
• Communications in Bolivia
  Communications in Bolivia
  This article concerns communications in Bolivia. Bolivia is a country in South America which possesses a number of modern communications systems...
  
  
• Economic history of Bolivia
• Education in Bolivia
  Education in Bolivia
  Education in Bolivia, as in many other areas of Bolivian life, has a divide between Bolivia's rural and urban areas. Rural illiteracy levels remain high, even as the rest ofthe country becomes increasingly literate...
  
  
• Elections in Bolivia
  Elections in Bolivia
  Elections in Bolivia gives information on elections and election results in Bolivia.Bolivia elects on national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature. The president and the vice-president are elected for a five-year term by the people or parliament . The National...
  
  
• Foreign relations of Bolivia
  Foreign relations of Bolivia
  Bolivia traditionally has maintained normal diplomatic relations with all hemispheric states except Chile. Foreign relations are handled by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs....
  
  
• Human rights in Bolivia
  Human rights in Bolivia
  Bolivia is in accord with general human rights standards. It affords its citizens freedom of the press, speech, religion, and assembly. Those accused of committing crimes in Bolivia enjoy the right to a trial by jury and to legal representation. Although the judiciary operates independently, low...
  
  
• ISO 3166-2:BO
  ISO 3166-2:BO
  ISO 3166-2:BO is the entry for Bolivia in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently for Bolivia, ISO 3166-2 codes are...
  
  
• Law of Bolivia
• List of Bolivia companies
• List of Bolivian television channels
• List of Bolivians
• Transport in Bolivia
• United Nations
  United Nations
  The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
  
  
• Water supply and sanitation in Bolivia
  Water supply and sanitation in Bolivia
  Bolivia’s water and sanitation coverage has greatly improved since 1990 due to a considerable increase in sectoral investment. However, the country continues to suffer from what happens to be the continent’s lowest coverage levels as well as from low quality of services...
  
  

See also

• Index of Bolivia-related articles
• List of international rankings
• Lists of country-related topics
• Outline of geography
  Outline of geography
  The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to geography:Geography – science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth.- Geography is :...
  
  
• Outline of South America
• United Nations
  United Nations
  The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
  
  

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