BOLIVIA


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Coat of Arms

Territory
1.098.581 km2

Capital
La Paz

Capital
Sucre

Language
SPANISH-QUECHUA-AYMARA-CHIQUITANO- 36+

Motto
'Unity is Strength'

National Flower
Patuju (Heliconia rostrata)

National Flower
Cantuta (Cantua buxifolia)

National Animal
Condor Andino (Vultur gryphus)






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Bolivia Flag

Bolivia , formally the Plurinational State of Bolivia (Spanish: Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia ) is a landlocked nation situated in western-focal South America. The capital is Sucre while the seat of government and monetary focus is situated in La Paz. The biggest city and foremost mechanical focus is Santa Cruz de la Sierra, situated on the Llanos Orientales (tropical swamps) a for the most part level district in the east of Bolivia. The sovereign province of Bolivia is an intrinsically unitary state, partitioned into nine offices. Its topography shifts from the pinnacles of the Andes in the West, toward the Eastern Lowlands, arranged inside the Amazon Basin. It is circumscribed toward the north and east by Brazil, toward the southeast by Paraguay, toward the south by Argentina, toward the southwest by Chile, and toward the northwest by Peru. 33% of the nation is inside the Andean mountain extend. With 1,098,581 km2 (424,164 sq mi) of region, Bolivia is the fifth biggest nation in South America and the 27th biggest on the planet.


Coat of Arms


Bolivia Coat of Arms

Territory


Bolivia Map

1.098.581 km2 (27th)


Capital


Bolivia Capital

Sucre

Sucre is the constitutional capital of Bolivia, the capital of the Chuquisaca Department and the sixth most populated city in Bolivia. Situated in the south-focal piece of the nation, Sucre lies at a height of 2,810 meters (9,214 feet). This moderately high elevation gives the city a cool calm atmosphere all year.


Capital


Bolivia Capital

La Paz

La Paz is the seat of government and the accepted national capital of the Plurinational State of Bolivia (the established capital of Bolivia is Sucre). The city, situated in west-focal Bolivia 68 km (42 mi) southeast of Lake Titicaca, is set in a gorge made by the Choqueyapu River. It is situated in a bowl-like wretchedness encompassed by the high heaps of the Altiplano. Sitting above the city is the transcending, triple-topped Illimani. Its pinnacles are dependably snow secured and can be seen from numerous pieces of the city. At a height of around 3,650 m (11,975 ft) above ocean level, La Paz is the most noteworthy capital city in the world. Due to its elevation, La Paz has an uncommon subtropical good country atmosphere, with stormy summers and dry winters.


Languague


Bolivia Languague

Spanish-Quechua-Aymara-Chiquitano-36+



Motto


Bolivia Motto

'Unity is Strength'



National Flower of Bolivia


Bolivia National Flower

Patuju (Heliconia rostrata)

Heliconia rostrata (otherwise called hanging lobster hook or bogus winged creature of heaven) is a herbaceous enduring local to Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Ecuador, and naturalized in Puerto Rico. Different Heliconias develop in the upstanding position (for example Heliconia bihai), their glass molded blossom bracts putting away water for flying creatures and creepy crawlies. This plant, be that as it may, has descending confronting blooms, the blossoms therefore giving a wellspring of nectar to feathered creatures. Heliconias are referred to the individuals who develop them as a host blossom to numerous winged animals, particularly the hummingbird. Due to its remarkable qualities, usually utilized as an example for tropical greenhouses.


National Flower of Bolivia


Bolivia National Flower

Cantuta (Cantua buxifolia)

Cantua buxifolia, (hispanicized spellings cantuta, cantu), known as qantu, qantus or qantuta is a blooming plant found in the high valleys of the Yungas of the Andes mountains in western South America. Otherwise called the Peruvian enchantment tree, it is an evergreen bush developing to 4 m (13 ft) tall by 2.5 m (8.2 ft) wide with little leaves and groups of splendid pink, tight cylindrical blossoms in late-winter. The Latin explicit sobriquet buxifolia signifies "with leaves like Buxus (box)". This plant requires protected conditions where the temperature does not fall underneath -5 °C (23 °F). In atmospheres colder than that, it ought to be developed under glass yet might be put outside in summer.


National Animal of Bolivia


Bolivia National Animal

Condor Andino (Vultur gryphus)

The Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) is a South American flying creature in the New World vulture family Cathartidae and is the main individual from the variety Vultur. Found in the Andes mountains and adjoining Pacific shorelines of western South America, the Andean condor is the biggest flying creature on the planet by consolidated estimation of weight and wingspan. It has a most extreme wingspan of 3.3 m (10 ft 10 in). It is an expansive dark vulture with a ruff of white quills encompassing the base of the neck and, particularly in the male, vast white fixes on the wings. The head and neck are about featherless, and are a dull red shading, which may flush and in this way change shading because of the winged animal's passionate state. In the male, there is a wattle on the neck and a huge, dim red brush or caruncle on the crown of the head. In contrast to most feathered creatures of prey, the male is bigger than the female. It is one of the world's longest-living winged creatures, with a life expectancy of more than 70 years now and again.


Demonym(s)

Bolivian

Population

11,248,864
(2018 estimate)

Currency

Boliviano (BOB)

Time Zone

UTC−4 (BOT)

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