Outline of Bolivia

See also: List of Bolivia-related topics

The Flag of Bolivia

The Coat of arms of Bolivia

An enlargeable map of Bolivia

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Bolivia:

Bolivia – landlocked sovereign country located in central South America. It is bordered on the north and the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Paraguay, on the south by Argentina, and on the west by Chile and Peru. ^[1] Its geography varies from the peaks of the Andes mountains to the tropical forests of the Amazon Basin. It is a developing country, and its main economic activities include agriculture, mining, and manufacturing of products such as textiles.

General reference

An enlargeable basic map of Bolivia

• Pronunciation:
• Common English country name: Bolivia
• Official English country name: The Plurinational State of Bolivia
• Adjective: Bolivian
• Demonym(s):
• Etymology: Name of Bolivia
• International rankings of Bolivia
• ISO country codes: BO, BOL, 068
• ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:BO
• Internet country code top-level domain: .bo

Geography of Bolivia

An enlargeable topographic map of Bolivia

Geography of Bolivia

• Bolivia is: a landlocked country
• Location:
  • Southern Hemisphere
  • Western Hemisphere
    • South America
  • Time zone: UTC-04
  • Extreme points of Bolivia
    • High: Nevado Sajama 6,542 m (21,463 ft)
    • Low: Rio Paraguay 90 m (295 ft)
  • Land boundaries: 6,940 km

  Brazil 3,423 km

  Peru 1,075 km

  Chile 860 km

  Argentina 832 km

  Paraguay 750 km

• Coastline: none

• Population: 9,119,152(2007) - 84th
• Area: 1,098,581 square kilometres (424,164 sq mi) - 28th largest country
• Atlas of Bolivia

Environment of Bolivia

An enlargeable satellite map of Bolivia

Environment of Bolivia (currently redirects to "Environmental issues…")

• Climate of Bolivia
• Environmental issues in Bolivia
• Renewable energy in Bolivia
• Geology of Bolivia
• Protected areas of Bolivia
  • Biosphere reserves in Bolivia
  • National parks of Bolivia
• Wildlife of Bolivia
  • Fauna of Bolivia
    • Birds of Bolivia
    • Mammals of Bolivia

Natural geographic features of Bolivia

• Glaciers of Bolivia
• Islands of Bolivia
• Lakes of Bolivia
• Mountains of Bolivia
  • Volcanoes in Bolivia
• Rivers of Bolivia
• World Heritage Sites in Bolivia

Regions of Bolivia

Regions of Bolivia

Ecoregions of Bolivia

List of ecoregions in Bolivia

Administrative divisions of Bolivia

Administrative divisions of Bolivia

• Departments of Bolivia
  • Provinces of Bolivia
    • Municipalities of Bolivia

Departments of Bolivia

Departments of Bolivia Bolivia is divided into 9 departments These are (with their capitals indicated in parentheses):

• Beni (Trinidad)
• Chuquisaca (Sucre)
• Cochabamba (Cochabamba)
• La Paz (La Paz)
• Oruro (Oruro)
• Pando (Cobija)
• Potosí (Potosí)
• Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz de la Sierra)
• Tarija (Tarija)

Provinces of Bolivia

Provinces of Bolivia Bolivia is divided into 100 provinces, which are listed by department below:

Beni Department

• Cercado
• Iténez
• José Ballivián
• Mamoré
• Marbán
• Moxos
• Vaca Diez
• Yacuma

Chuquisaca Department

• Belisario Boeto
• Hernando Siles
• Jaime Zudáñez
• Juana Azurduay de Padilla
• Luis Calvo
• Nor Cinti
• Oropeza
• Sud Cinti
• Tomina
• Yamparáez

Cochabamba Department

• Arani
• Arque
• Ayopaya
• Capinota
• Carrasco
• Cercado
• Chapare
• Esteban Arce
• Germán Jordán
• Mizque
• Narciso Campero
• Punata
• Quillacollo
• Tapacarí

La Paz Department

• Abel Iturralde
• Aroma
• Bautista Saavedra
• Caranavi
• Eliodoro Camacho
• Franz Tamayo
• Gualberto Villarroel
• Ingavi
• Inquisivi
• José Manuel Pando
• Larecaja
• Loayza
• Los Andes
• Manco Kapac
• Muñecas
• Nor Yungas
• Omasuyos
• Pacajes
• Pedro Domingo Murillo
• Sud Yungas

Oruro Department

• Atahuallpa
• Cercado
• Eduardo Avaroa
• Ladislao Cabrera
• Poopó
• Litoral
• Nor Carangas
• Pantaléon Dalence
• Sajama
• Saucarí

Pando Department

• Abuná
• Federico Román
• Madre de Dios
• Manuripi
• Nicolás Suárez

Potosí Department

• Alonso de Ibáñez
• Antonio Quijarro
• Bernardino Bilbao
• Charcas
• Chayanta
• Cornelio Saavedra
• Daniel Campos
• José María Linares
• Modesto Omiste
• Nor Chichas
• Nor Lípez
• Rafael Bustillo
• Sud Chichas
• Sud Lípez
• Tomás Frías

Santa Cruz Department

• Andrés Ibáñez
• Ángel Sandoval
• Chiquitos
• Cordillera
• Florida
• Gutierrez
• Ichilo
• Ignacio Warnes Province
• José Miguel de Velasco
• Manuel María Caballero
• Ñuflo de Chávez
• Obispo Santistevan
• Vallegrande

Tarija Department

• Aniceto Arce
• Burnet O'Connor
• Cercado
• Eustaquio Méndez
• Gran Chaco
• José María Avilés

Municipalities of Bolivia

Municipalities of Bolivia

• Capital of Bolivia: Sucre C.S.
• Cities of Bolivia

Demography of Bolivia

Demographics of Bolivia

Government and politics of Bolivia

Politics of Bolivia

• Form of government: presidential representative democratic republic
• Capital of Bolivia: Sucre
• Elections in Bolivia
• Political parties in Bolivia

Branches of government

Government of Bolivia

• Constitution of Bolivia
  • Bolivian Constituent Assembly

Executive branch of the government of Bolivia

• Head of state: President of Bolivia, Luis Arce
• Head of government: President of Bolivia, Luis Arce
• Cabinet of Bolivia

Legislative branch of the government of Bolivia

• Plurinational Legislative Assembly (formerly National Congress of Bolivia) (bicameral)
  • Upper house: Senate of Bolivia
  • Lower house: Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia

Judicial branch of the government of Bolivia

Court system of Bolivia

• Supreme Court of Bolivia - its judges are appointed for 10-year terms by the National Congress

Electoral branch of the government of Bolivia

• Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Bolivia (formerly, National Electoral Court of Bolivia

Foreign relations of Bolivia

Foreign relations of Bolivia

• Diplomatic missions in Bolivia
• Diplomatic missions of Bolivia

International organization membership

The Republic of Bolivia is a member of: ^[1]

Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL) Andean Community of Nations (CAN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Group of 77 (G77) Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) International Criminal Court (ICCt) International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) International Development Association (IDA) International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS) International Finance Corporation (IFC) International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) International Labour Organization (ILO) International Maritime Organization (IMO) International Monetary Fund (IMF) International Olympic Committee (IOC) International Organization for Migration (IOM) International Organization for Standardization (ISO) (correspondent) International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM) International Telecommunication Union (ITU) International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Latin American Economic System (LAES) Latin American Integration Association (LAIA) Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) Nonaligned Movement (NAM)

Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Organization of American States (OAS) Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) Rio Group (RG) Southern Cone Common Market (Mercosur) (associate) Unión Latina Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) United Nations (UN) United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) Universal Postal Union (UPU) World Confederation of Labour (WCL) World Customs Organization (WCO) World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) World Health Organization (WHO) World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) World Meteorological Organization (WMO) World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) World Trade Organization (WTO)

Law and order in Bolivia

Law of Bolivia

• Constitution of Bolivia
• Crime in Bolivia
• Human rights in Bolivia
  • LGBT rights in Bolivia
• Law enforcement in Bolivia

Military of Bolivia

Military of Bolivia

• Command
  • Commander-in-chief
• Forces
  • Army of Bolivia
  • Navy of Bolivia
  • Air Force of Bolivia
• Military ranks of Bolivia

Local government in Bolivia

Local government in Bolivia

History of Bolivia

History of Bolivia

• Timeline of the history of Bolivia
• Current events of Bolivia

Culture of Bolivia

Culture of Bolivia

• Architecture of Bolivia
• Cuisine of Bolivia
• Languages of Bolivia
• Media in Bolivia
• National symbols of Bolivia
  • Coat of arms of Bolivia
  • Flag of Bolivia
  • National anthem of Bolivia
• People of Bolivia
• Prostitution in Bolivia
• Public holidays in Bolivia
• Religion in Bolivia
  • Christianity in Bolivia
  • Hinduism in Bolivia
  • Islam in Bolivia
  • Judaism in Bolivia
• World Heritage Sites in Bolivia

Art in Bolivia

• Cinema of Bolivia
• Literature of Bolivia
• Music of Bolivia

Sports in Bolivia

Sports in Bolivia

• Football in Bolivia
• Bolivia at the Olympics

Economy and infrastructure of Bolivia

Economy of Bolivia

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 104th (one hundred and fourth)
• Agriculture in Bolivia
• Communications in Bolivia
  • Internet in Bolivia
• Companies of Bolivia
• Currency of Bolivia: Boliviano
  • ISO 4217: BOB
• Energy in Bolivia
• Health care in Bolivia
• Mining in Bolivia
• Tourism in Bolivia
• Transport in Bolivia
  • Airports in Bolivia
  • Rail transport in Bolivia
• Water supply and sanitation in Bolivia

Education in Bolivia

Education in Bolivia

Health in Bolivia

Health in Bolivia

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Bolivia
• All pages with titles containing Bolivia
• All pages with titles beginning with Bolivian
• All pages with titles containing Bolivian
• Index of Bolivia-related articles
• List of Bolivia-related topics
• List of international rankings
• Member state of the United Nations
• Outline of geography
• Outline of South America
• Boliviaportal
• Latin Americaportal

References

1. "Bolivia". The World Factbook . United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 9, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009.

External links

Wikimedia Atlas of Bolivia

Government

• Agencia Para el Desarrollo de la Sociedad de la Informacion en Bolivia Agency for the Development of the Society of Information in Bolivia. Official web portal of the Bolivian Government.
• Presidencia de la Republica de Bolivia Office of the President of the Republic of Bolivia.
• Vicepresidencia de la Republica de Bolivia, Presidencia del Congreso Nacional Web portal of the Office of the vice-president of the Republic of Bolivia, President of the Senate and President of the Commission of Congress.
• Poder Judicial de la Republica de Bolivia Web portal of the Bolivian Judicial Branch, which includes the Supreme Court of Bolivia, Constitutional Court, Agrarian Tribunal, Superior Courts and Judicial Council.
• Congreso Nacional de la Republica de Bolivia Web portal of the Bolivian National Congress, which includes the Presidency of the National Congress, the National Senate and the House of Representatives.
• Corte Nacional Electoral Web portal of the National Electoral Court of Bolivia. Electoral Organism of Bolivia.
• Asamblea Constituyente de la Republica de Bolivia Web portal of the Constituent Assembly of Bolivia.
• Instituto Nacional de Estadistica Web portal of the Statistics National Institute of Bolivia.

General information

• Public Opinion in Bolivia ^{[ usurped ]}
• Election Tracker-Bolivia ^{[ usurped ]}
• Bolivia-Online.net Information about Bolivia
• Encyclopædia Britannica - Bolivia's Country Page
• Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports regarding Bolivia
• The Spitting Llama Bookstore Maps and Books on Bolivia
• Bolivia Information Forum - news and background information
• Annotated map of Bolivia
• The Carter Center information on Bolivia

Military

• Ministerio de Defensa de Bolivia Ministry of Defense.
• Ejército

Native culture

• 'Coca is a way of life' (The Guardian's article)
• Project to strengthen the culture and the self reliance of the indigenous tribes of the Yuracaré and Trinitario

Health

• Virtual Library of Public Health