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  1. Date of Independence: August 6, 1825 (from Spain)
  2. Date of Current Constitution: February 2, 1967
  3. Population: 7,982,859 (1999 est.)  
  4. Area: 424,164 sq. mi.
  5. Capitals: La Paz (administrative), Sucre (judicial)
  6. Form of Government: republic
  7. Natural Resources: tin, natural gas, oil, tungsten, zinc, silver, lead, gold, iron ore, timber
  8. Main Industries: smelting, mining, handicrafts, tobacco, clothing, petroleum processing, food processing
  9. Agriculture: coffee, potatoes, sugarcane, soybeans, corn, cotton, rice, timber 
  10. Currency: boliviano
  11. GDP: $23.4 billion (1998 est.)
  12. GDP per Capita: $3,000 (1998 est.)
  13. Languages: Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara (official)
  14. Religions: Christianity (Roman Catholicism, Protestant denominations)
  15. Literacy Rate: 83%
  16. Life Expectancy:     59 years (male)
  17.                 65 years (female)
  18. Birthrate: 31 births per 1,000 population
  19. Death Rate: 10 deaths per 1,000 population