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Overview - Bolivia

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Overview

Capital:
La Paz
Area:
1,098,580 km²
Population:
8,989,046 (2006 estimate)
Language(s):
Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara (official).
Religion(s):
Roman Catholic - 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist) - 5%.
Ethnic Group(s):
Quechua - 30%, mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry) - 30%, Aymara - 25%, white - 15%.