Bolivia
Capital: Sucre
Size: About 424,164 square miles (1,098,581 sq km).
Language: Spanish, Quechua, and Aymara (plus many other Indigenous languages)
Currency: Bolivian boliviano
Capital population: Sucre, the capital, has about 300,000 people, while La Paz, the seat of government, has about 800,000.
Population: About 12 million people.See the biggest cities →National animal: Llama (a gentle Andean animal raised for wool and carrying loads)
National flower: Kantuta (the national flower, in red, yellow, and green)
Climate
Cool and dry in the high Andes mountains, and warm and green in the eastern lowlands. The high city of La Paz stays chilly all year.
Main industries
Natural gas, tin and silver mining, and farming: potatoes, quinoa, corn, and soybeans.
Top places for tourists
The Uyuni salt flats, the largest in the world, and Lake Titicaca, the highest big lake on Earth.
Places of interest
Bolivia has two capitals: Sucre is the official capital, and La Paz is the seat of government, sitting very high in the mountains.
A little history
Home to ancient Andean peoples and once part of the Inca Empire, Bolivia was a Spanish colony and won its independence in 1825, named after the hero Simon Bolivar.
Fun fact
The Uyuni salt flats turn into a giant mirror after rain, reflecting the sky so clearly that the ground looks like the clouds.