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      Geography - note:

      landlocked; shares control of Lago Titicaca, world's highest navigable lake (elevation 3,805 m), with Peru

      People

       Bolivia

      Population:

      9,247,816 (July 2008 est.)

      Age structure:

      0–14 years: 33.5% (male 1,580,887/female 1,519,960) 15–64 years: 61.8% (male 2,800,457/female 2,912,375) 65 years and over: 4.7% (male 192,701/female 241,436) (2008 est.)

      Median age:

      total: 22.6 years male: 21.9 years female: 23.3 years (2008 est.)

      Population growth rate:

      1.383% (2008 est.)

      Birth rate:

      22.31 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

      Death rate:

      7.35 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

      Net migration rate:

      −1.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

      Sex ratio:

      at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15–64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2008 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:

      total: 49.09 deaths/1,000 live births male: 52.54 deaths/1,000 live births female: 45.48 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth:

      total population: 66.53 years male: 63.86 years female: 69.33 years (2008 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

      2.67 children born/woman (2008 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

      0.1% (2003 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

      4,900 (2003 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - deaths:

      fewer than 500 (2003 est.)

      Major infectious diseases:

      degree of risk: high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: dengue fever, malaria, and yellow fever water contact disease: leptospirosis (2008)

      Nationality:

      noun: Bolivian(s) adjective: Bolivian

      Ethnic groups:

      Quechua 30%, mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry) 30%,

       Aymara 25%, white 15%

      Religions:

      Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist) 5%

      Languages:

      Spanish 60.7% (official), Quechua 21.2% (official), Aymara 14.6% (official), foreign languages 2.4%, other 1.2% (2001 census)

      Literacy:

      definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 86.7% male: 93.1% female: 80.7% (2001 census)

      Education expenditures:

      6.4% of GDP (2003)

      Government

       Bolivia

      Country name:

      conventional long form: Republic of Bolivia

       conventional short form: Bolivia

       local long form: Republica de Bolivia

       local short form: Bolivia

      Government type:

      republic

      Capital:

      name: La Paz (administrative capital) geographic coordinates: 16 30 S, 68 09 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) note: Sucre (constitutional capital)

      Administrative divisions:

      9 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Oruro, Pando, Potosi, Santa Cruz, Tarija

      Independence:

      6 August 1825 (from Spain)

      National holiday:

      Independence Day, 6 August (1825)

      Constitution:

      2 February 1967; revised in August 1994; possible referendum on new constitution to be held in 2008

      Legal system:

      based on Spanish law and Napoleonic Code; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

      Suffrage:

      18 years of age, universal and compulsory (married); 21 years of age, universal and compulsory (single)

      Executive branch:

      chief of state: President Juan Evo MORALES Ayma (since 22 January 2006); Vice President Alvaro GARCIA Linera (since 22 January 2006); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government head of government: President Juan Evo MORALES Ayma (since 22 January 2006); Vice President Alvaro GARCIA Linera (since 22 January 2006) cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president elections: president and vice president elected on the same ticket by popular vote for a single five-year term; election last held 18 December 2005 (next to be held in 2010) election results: Juan Evo MORALES Ayma elected president; percent of vote - Juan Evo MORALES Ayma 53.7%; Jorge Fernando QUIROGA Ramirez 28.6%; Samuel DORIA MEDINA Arana 7.8%; Michiaki NAGATANI Morishit 6.5%; Felipe QUISPE Huanca 2.2%; Guildo ANGULA Cabrera 0.7%

      Legislative branch:

      bicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional consists of Chamber of Senators or Camara de Senadores (27 seats; members are elected by proportional representation from party lists to serve five-year terms) and Chamber of Deputies or Camara de Diputados (130 seats; 70 members are directly elected from their districts and 60 are elected by proportional representation from party lists to serve five-year terms) elections: Chamber of Senators and Chamber of Deputies - last held 18 December 2005 (next to be held in 2010) election results: Chamber of Senators - percent of vote by party СКАЧАТЬ