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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%.