Capital: La Paz

Largest City: Santa Cruz (1,402,200)

Highest Elevation: Nevado Sajama 6,542 m (21463 ft)

Population: 8,724,156

Lowest Elevation: Rio Paraguay 90 m (295 ft)

Geography: rugged Andes Mountains with a ghigland plateau (Altiplano), low plains of Amazon basin

Climate: vaies with altitude; humid and tropical to cold and semiarid

Languages: Spanish, Quechua, Aymara

Area: 424,051 sq. mile / 1,098,580 sq. kil (slightly smaller than 3 times the size of Montana)

International Calling Code: 591

Tourism Website: http://www.bolivia-tourism.com/

Currency: Boliviano

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