The 1992 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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       Terrain:

       rugged Andes Mountains with a highland plateau (Altiplano), hills, lowland

       plains of the Amazon basin

       Natural resources:

       tin, natural gas, crude oil, zinc, tungsten, antimony, silver, iron ore,

       lead, gold, timber

       Land use:

       arable land 3%; permanent crops NEGL%; meadows and pastures 25%; forest and

       woodland 52%; other 20%; includes irrigated NEGL%

       Environment:

       cold, thin air of high plateau is obstacle to efficient fuel combustion;

       overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification

       Note:

       landlocked; shares control of Lago Titicaca, world's highest navigable lake,

       with Peru

      :Bolivia People

      Population:

       7,323,048 (July 1992), growth rate 2.3% (1992)

       Birth rate:

       33 births/1,000 population (1992)

       Death rate:

       9 deaths/1,000 population (1992)

       Net migration rate:

       —1 migrant/1,000 population (1992)

       Infant mortality rate:

       82 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)

       Life expectancy at birth:

       59 years male, 64 years female (1992)

       Total fertility rate:

       4.5 children born/woman (1992)

       Nationality:

       noun - Bolivian(s); adjective - Bolivian

       Ethnic divisions:

       Quechua 30%, Aymara 25%, mixed 25-30%, European 5-15%

       Religions:

       Roman Catholic 95%; active Protestant minority, especially Evangelical

       Methodist

       Languages:

       Spanish, Quechua, and Aymara (all official)

       Literacy:

       78% (male 85%, female 71%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

       Labor force:

       1,700,000; agriculture 50%, services and utilities 26%, manufacturing 10%,

       mining 4%, other 10% (1983)

       Organized labor:

       150,000-200,000, concentrated in mining, industry, construction, and

       transportation; mostly organized under Bolivian Workers' Central (COB) labor

       federation

      :Bolivia Government

      Long-form name:

       Republic of Bolivia

       Type:

       republic

       Capital:

       La Paz (seat of government); Sucre (legal capital and seat of judiciary)

       Administrative divisions:

       9 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Chuquisaca,

       Cochabamba, Beni, La Paz, Oruro, Pando, Potosi, Santa Cruz, Tarija

       Independence:

       6 August 1825 (from Spain)

       Constitution:

       2 February 1967

       Legal system:

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

       jurisdiction

       National holiday:

       Independence Day, 6 August (1825)

       Executive branch:

       president, vice president, Cabinet

       Legislative branch:

       bicameral National Congress (Congreso Nacional) consists of an upper chamber

       or Chamber of Senators (Camara de Senadores) and a lower chamber or Chamber

       of Deputies (Camara de Diputados)

       Judicial branch:

       Supreme Court (Corte Suprema)

       Leaders:

       Chief of State and Head of Government:

       President Jaime PAZ Zamora (since 6 August 1989); Vice President Luis OSSIO

       Sanjines (since 6 August 1989)

       Political parties and leaders:

       Movement of the Revolutionary Left (MIR), Jaime PAZ Zamora; Nationalist

       Democratic Action (ADN), Hugo BANZER Suarez; Nationalist Revolutionary

       Movement (MNR), Gonzalo SANCHEZ de Lozada; Civic Solidarity Union (UCS), Max

       FERNANDEZ Rojas; Conscience of the Fatherland (CONDEPA), Carlos PALENQUE

       Aviles; Christian Democratic Party (PDC), Jorge AGREDO; Free Bolivia

       Movement (MBL), led by Antonio ARANIBAR; United Left (IU), a coalition of

       leftist parties that includes Patriotic National Convergency Axis (EJE-P)

       led by Walter DELGADILLO, and Bolivian Communist Party (PCB) led by Humberto

       RAMIREZ; Revolutionary Vanguard - 9th of April (VR-9), Carlos SERRATE Reich

       Suffrage:

       universal and compulsory at age 18 (married) or 21 (single)

       Elections:

       Chamber of Deputies:

       last held 7 May 1989 (next to be held May 1993); results - percent of vote

       by party NA; note - legislative and presidential candidates run on a unified

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