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  NationMaster - Statistics on Bolivia. facts and figures, stats and information on Bolivian economy, crime, people, ...
Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and countercoups.
Democratic civilian rule was established in 1982, but leaders have faced difficult problems of deep-seated poverty, social unrest, and illegal drug production.
sierra, that's right, the capital of Bolivia is Sucre, La Paz is the biggest city and the administrative center.
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  Bolivia - Gurupedia
The west of Bolivia is situated in the Andes mountain range, with the highest peak, Nevado Sajama at 6,542 m.
Lake Titicaca is located on the border between Bolivia and Peru.
Bolivia, long one of the poorest and least developed Latin American countries, has made considerable progress toward the development of a market-oriented economy.
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 Bolivia - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Bolivia's weakness was demonstrated during the War of the Pacific (1879–83), when it lost its seacoast, and the adjoining rich nitrate fields, together with the port of Antofagasta, to Chile.
Bolivia was one of three countries in the Western Hemisphere selected for eligibility for the Millennium Challenge Account and is participating as an observer in FTA negotiations.
Bolivia's ethnic distribution is estimated to be 33% Quechua, 30% Aymara, 25% Mestizo (mixed indian and European) and 12% pure European.
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 Bolivia information - Search.com
Bolivia, officially the Republic of Bolivia (Spanish: República de Bolivia, IPA [re'puβlika ðe bo'liβi̯a], Quechua: Bulibiya, Aymara: Wuliwya), is a landlocked country in central South America.
Bolivia was one of three countries in the Western Hemisphere selected for eligibility for the Millennium Challenge Account and is participating as an observer in FTA negotiations.
Bolivia's ethnic distribution is estimated to be 30% Quechua and 35% Aymara Amerindians.
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 Bolivia - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Bolivia
Once part of the Inca civilization, Bolivia was conquered by Spain in 1538 and remained under Spanish rule until liberated by Simón Bolívar in 1825 (after whom the country took its name).
Throughout most of the 19th century Bolivia was governed by a series of caudillos (military or political leaders).
During the War of the Pacific in 1881, Bolivia lost its coastal province and outlet to the sea.
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 Santa Cruz, Bolivia - LoveToKnow 1911
SANTA CRUZ, an eastern department of Bolivia, bounded N. by El Beni, E. by Brazil, S. by Chuquisaca and W. by Chuquisaca and Cochabamba.
It consists of a great plain extending eastward from the base of the Andes to the frontiers of Brazil, broken by occasional isolated hills, and in the N.E. by a detached group of low sierras known collectively under the name Chiquitos, which belong to the Brazilian highlands rather than to the Andes.
Expeditions to the Brazilian frontier or to the Chiquitos missions are fitted out here, and it is the objective point for expeditions entering Bolivia from Matto Grosso, Brazil, and Paraguay.
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 Bolivia . Enpsychlopedia
Due to a period of political and economic instability in the early to middle 19th century, Bolivia's weakness was demonstrated during the War of the Pacific (1879–83), during which it lost its access to the sea, and the adjoining rich nitrate fields, together with the port of Antofagasta, to Chile.
Bolivia's position is strengthened by the knowledge that hydrocarbon reserves are more highly valued than at the time of previous nationalizations as well as the pledged support of Hugo Chavez of Venezuela.
Bolivia is a landlocked nation; it lost its connection to the Pacific coast in the War of the Pacific in 1879.
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 Peru - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
The Republic of Peru, (Spanish: República del Perú), or Peru, is a country in western South America, bordering Ecuador and Colombia to the north, Brazil to the east, Bolivia to the east, south-east and south, Chile to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west.
After the war (and with the loss of the department of Tarapacá and the province of Arica), political stability was achieved, during the early years of the 1900s; until Augusto Leguía and his dictatorship arrived.
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IPA [re'pu.βli.ka del pe'ɾu], Quechua: Piruw), is a country in western South America, bordering Ecuador and Colombia to the north, Brazil to the east, Bolivia to the south-east, Chile to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west.
The Tahuantinsuyo—which is derived from Quechua for "The Four United Regions"—reached its greatest extension at the beginning of the 16th century.
It is bordered by Ecuador and Colombia on the north, Brazil and Bolivia to the east, and finally Chile and Bolivia to the south.
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 Andes - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
To the north this coastal chain continues in small ridges or isolated hills along the Pacific Ocean as far as Venezuela, always leaving the same valley more or less visible to the west of the western great chain.
The mountains extend over seven countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela, some of which are known as Andean States.
The cinchona, a source of quinine which is used to treat malaria, is found in the Bolivian Andes.
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 Clinton Goveas :: Wikipedia Reference
It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.
They were also a period of national identity definition as Bolivarian projects for a Latin American Confederation foundered and a union with Bolivia proved ephemeral.
It neighbors Ecuador and Colombia to the north, Brazil to the east, Bolivia to the southeast, Chile to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west.
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 Bolivia
The majority of present day Bolivians are descended from Amerindian peoples who pre date both the Incan invaders - another Amerindian people who conquered Bolivia and incorporated it into the Tawantinsuyu - and the Spanish colonizers.
Approximately 55% of the population is believed to be of unmixed indigenous ancestry, comprised principally of Aymarás (30%) and the Incan descended Quechuas (25%).
Of the three official languages of Bolivia, two are Native_American_languages: Aymará and Quechua, the other being Spanish.
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 Acre (state) at AllExperts
To the north is the state of Amazonas, to the east is a short border with the state of Rondônia, to the south is Bolivia and to the west is the Ucayali Region of Peru.
Some people on hearing the name "Acre" think it is derived from Akko the last of the historical Crusader states of Palestine, and others speculate that it is a corruption of the word Jacarés, the name of a local river ("alligator"); however, historical evidence shows that the name originates from the local native word Aquiri.
The territory was assigned to Bolivia in 1867 by the Treaty of Ayacucho with Brazil.
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 Sucre Information - Online Prescription Medication Directory
Sucre (population 247,300 in 2006) is the constitutional capital of Bolivia, seat of the Supreme Court (Corte Suprema de Justicia), and capital of the Chuquisaca department.
Very much a Spanish city during the colonial era, the narrow streets of the city centre are organised in a grid, reflecting the Andalusian culture that is embodied in the architecture of the city's great houses and numerous convents and churches.
In 1839, after the city became the capital of Bolivia, it was renamed in honour of the revolutionary leader Antonio José de Sucre.
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 Reference Encyclopedia - Chile   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Pacific forms the country's entire western border, with Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage at the country's southernmost tip.
Chile and Bolivia severed diplomatic ties in 1978 over Bolivia's desire to reacquire territory it lost to Chile in 1879-83 War of the Pacific.
Emigration of Chileans has decreased during the last decade: It is estimated that 857,781 Chileans live abroad, 50.1% of those being in Argentina, 13.3% in the United States, 8.8% in Brazil, 4.9% in Sweden, and around 2% in Australia, with the rest being scattered in smaller numbers across the globe.
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 Sucre   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Sucre (population 190,000) is the constitutional Capital of Bolivia, seat of the Supreme Court (Corte Suprema de Justicia), and capital of the Chuquisaca department.
In 1839, after the city became the capital of Bolivia, it was renamed in honor of the revolutionary leader Antonio José de Sucre.
It is licensed under the GNU free documentation license.
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 Bolivia - OneLook Dictionary Search
Bolivia : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
Bolivia : The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy [home, info]
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 INCA : Encyclopedia Entry
It arose in the highlands of Peru around 1200; from 1438 to 1533 the Incas used conquest and peaceful assimilation to incorporate a large portion of western South America, centered on the Andean mountain ranges, including large parts of modern Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, and Chile.
At its height, Tahuantinsuyu included Peru and Bolivia, most of what is now Ecuador, a large portion of what is today northern Chile, and extended into corners of Argentina and Colombia.
However, it should be noted that most of the southern portion of the Inca empire, the portion denominated as Collasuyu, was desert wasteland.
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 Acre
To the north is the state of Amazonas, to the east is a short border with the state of Rondônia, to the south is Bolivia and to the west is the Ucayali Region of Peru.
Some people on hearing the name "Acre" think it is derived from Akko the last of the historical Crusader states of Palestine, and others speculate that it is a corruption of the word Jacarés, the name of a local river ("alligator"); however, historical evidence shows that the name originates from the local native word Akiri.
The territory was assigned to Bolivia in 1867 by the Treaty of Ayacucho with Brazil.
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 Learn more about Bolivia in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Learn more about Bolivia in the online encyclopedia.
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Struggle for independence began in 1809, but it remained part of Spain until 1825, when it was liberated by Simón Bolívar, for whom the nation was later named.
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 Acre State   (Site not responding. Last check: )
To the north is the state of Amazonas, to the east is a short border with the state of Rondônia, to the south is Bolivia and to the west is the Ucayali Region of Peru.
The territory was assigned to Bolivia in 1867 by the Treaty of Ayacucho with Brazil.
On February 25, 1904 it was officially made a federal territory of Brazil, and a federal state in 1962.
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 Bolivia - OneLook Dictionary Search
Bolivia, bolivia : UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
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Phrases that include Bolivia: adventist university of bolivia, bolivia elections, congress of bolivia, constitution of bolivia, economy of bolivia, more...
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 Flights To Bolivia
Flight is the process of flying: either movement through the air by aerodynamically generating lift or aerostatically using buoyancy, or movement beyond earth's atmosphere by spacecraft.
The Republic of Bolivia is a landlocked country in central SouthAmerica.
Bolivia, named afterindependence fighter Simón Bolívar, broke away from Spanish rule in1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and counter-coups.
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 La Paz, Bolivia
La Paz is the administrative capital of Bolivia, as well as the departmental capital of La Paz Department.
This change reflected the shift of the Bolivian economy away from the largely exhausted silver mines of Potosí to the exploitation of tin near Oruro, and resulting shifts in the distribution of economic and political power among various national elites.
Currently, La Paz is not the richest and most modern city in Bolivia anymore.
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 Coup d'état - TvWiki, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
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In situations of this sort, such as in Serbia (2000), Argentina (2001), Bolivia (2003), Ukraine (2004–2005), Lebanon, Ecuador and Bolivia (2005), popular uprisings simply forced the sitting president to resign his office, causing someone new to assume the presidency.
1980: 'Cocaine Coup' in Bolivia of Luis García Meza Tejada.
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 Copacabana travel guide - Wikitravel
Copacabana Cathedral, completed in 1619, is one of the oldest churches in Bolivia and is a fine example of Moorish style architecture.
The original statue was carved from cactus in 1583 by Francisco Tito Yupanqui, nephew of Inca emperor Huayna Capac.
It has made the church Bolivia's most revered pilgrimage site, and its reputation traveled far and wide in its time, even leading someone to create a replica and build a chapel for it on a beach in Brazil...
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 Cuba Journal: Movement toward Socialism
This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Bolivia.
At the 2002 general election, the party came in second place with 19.4 % of the valid presidential vote and 14.6% of the valid uninominal vote, which gave it 27 out of 130 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and eight out of 27 seats in the Senate.
Evo Morales has articulated the goals of his party and popular organizations as the need to achieve national unity, and to develop a new hydrocarbon law which guarantees 50 percent of revenue to Bolivia, although political leaders of MAS recently interviewed showed interest in complete nationalization of the gas and oil industries.
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It lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, bordering Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest, and is located in the very heart of South America.
The Chaco War was fought with Bolivia in the 1930s and Bolivia was defeated.
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 Peru - TvWiki, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In 1879, Chile declared war against Bolivia in response to the fact that Bolivia had changed the tax rules regarding Chilean business activities in the Bolivian province of Antofagasta.
Since Peru had made a secret political alliance with Bolivia prior to this conflict, Peru was obliged to declare war against Chile.
This was referred to as the War of the Pacific which lasted from1879 until 1883 with Chile's victory.
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