Plurinational State of Bolivia

Plurinational State of Bolivia Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia  (Spanish) Buliwya Mamallaqta  (Quechua) Wuliwya Suyu  (Aymara)
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "La Unión es la Fuerza" (Spanish) "Unity is Strength"
Anthem: Himno Nacional de Bolivia  (Spanish)
Wiphala of Qullasuyu
Capital	Sucre
Largest city	Santa Cruz de la Sierra 17°48′S 63°10′W / 17.800°S 63.167°W / -17.800; -63.167
Official languages	38 languages Castellano Aymara Araona Baure Bésiro Canichana Cavineño Cayubaba Chácobo Chimán Chiquitano Ese Ejja Guaraní Guarasu'we Guarayu Itonama Leco Machajuyai-Kallawaya Machineri Maropa Mojeño-Ignaciano Mojeño-Trinitario Moré Mosetén Movima Pacawara Puquina Quechua Sirionó Tacana Tapieté Toromona Uru-Chipaya Weenhayek Yaminawa Yuki Yuracaré Zamuco
Ethnic groups (2009)	68% Mestizo 20% Indigenous 5% White 2% Cholo 1% Black 1% Other 3% Unspecified
Demonym	Bolivian
Government	Unitary presidential constitutional republic
• President	Evo Morales
• Vice President	Álvaro García Linera
Legislature	Plurinational Legislative Assembly
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	Chamber of Deputies
Independence from Spain
• Declared	6 August 1825
• Recognized	21 July 1847
• Current constitution	7 February 2009
Area
• Total	1,098,581 km2 (424,164 sq mi) (28th)
• Water (%)	1.29
Population
• 2015 estimate	11,410,651 (83rd)
• Density	10.4/km2 (26.9/sq mi) (221st)
GDP (PPP)	2016 estimate
• Total	$78.351 billion (91st)
• Per capita	$7,190 (119th)
GDP (nominal)	2016 estimate
• Total	$35.699 billion (96th)
• Per capita	$3,276 (119th)
Gini (2014)	48.4 high
HDI (2014)	0.662 medium
Currency	Boliviano (BOB)
Time zone	BOT (UTC−4)
Drives on the	right
Calling code	+591
ISO 3166 code	BO
Internet TLD	.bo
^ While Sucre is the constitutional capital, La Paz is the seat of the government. See below.

Coordinates: 16°42′43″S 64°39′58″W / 16.712°S 64.666°W / -16.712; -64.666

Bolivia (ⁱ/bəˈlɪviə/; Spanish: [boˈliβi̯a]; Quechua: Buliwya [bʊlɪwja]; Aymara: Wuliwya [wʊlɪwja]; Guarani: Mborivia [ᵐboˈɾiʋja]), officially known as the Plurinational State of Bolivia (Spanish: Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia), is a landlocked country located in western-central South America. It is bordered to the north and east by Brazil, to the southeast by Paraguay, to the south by Argentina, to the southwest by Chile, and to the northwest by Peru. One-third of the country is the Andean mountain range, with one of its largest cities and principal economic centers, El Alto, located on the Altiplano. Bolivia is one of two landlocked countries (the other is Paraguay) that lie outside Afro-Eurasia. Bolivia is geographically the largest landlocked country in the Americas, but remains a relatively small country in economic and military terms.