BOLIVIA BOLIVIA REGION SOUTH AMERICA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE AUGUST 6 1825 FROM SPAIN DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION FEBRUARY 2 1967 POPULATION 7982859 1999 EST AREA 424164 SQ MI CAPITALS LA PAZ ADMINISTRATIVE SUCRE JUDICIAL FORM OF GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC NATURAL RESOURCES TIN NATURAL GAS OIL TUNGSTEN ZINC SILVER LEAD GOLD IRON ORE TIMBER MAIN INDUSTRIES SMELTING MINING HANDICRAFTS TOBACCO CLOTHING PETROLEUM PROCESSING FOOD PROCESSING AGRICULTURE COFFEE POTATOES SUGARCANE SOYBEANS CORN COTTON RICE TIMBER CURRENCY BOLIVIANO GDP 23.4 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 3000 1998 EST LANGUAGES SPANISH OFFICIAL QUECHUA OFFICIAL AYMARA OFFICIAL RELIGIONS CHRISTIANITY ROMAN CATHOLICISM PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS LITERACY RATE 83 LIFE EXPECTANCY 59 YEARS MALE 65 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 31 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 10 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
