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$Title{Bolivia
Facts on Bolivia}
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$Affiliation{Embassy of Bolivia, Washington DC}
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$Date{1990}
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Country:     Bolivia
Book:        Facts on Bolivia
Author:      Embassy of Bolivia, Washington DC
Affiliation: Embassy of Bolivia, Washington DC
Date:        1990

Facts on Bolivia

     Official name: Republic of Bolivia

     Area: 424,200 square miles, slightly less than three times to the size
of Montana. (1.098.581 km2)

     Population: 6,918,000 (1988)

     Capital: La Paz (seat of government); Sucre (legal capital and seat of
the Judiciary)

     Departments and major cities

     Departments: Beni, Cliquishly, Cochabamba, La Paz, Oruro, Pando, Potosi,
Santa Cruz, Tarija

     Major cities: La Paz, Santa Cruz, Cochabamba

     Government branches: Executive, bicameral legislature (Senate and House
of Representatives), judiciary

     Independence day: August 6

     Official languages: Spanish, Quechua, Aymara

     President: Jaime Paz Zamora

     Vice President: Luis Ossio Sanjines

     Min. of Foreign Relations: Carlos Iturralde Ballivian

     Min. of Interior, Migration & Justice: Guillermo Capobianco Rivera

     Min. of the Presidency: Gustavo Fernandez Saavedra

     Min. of National Defense: Hector Ormachea Penaranda

     Min. of Planning & Coordination: Enrique Garcia Rodriguez

     Min. of Finance: David Blanco Zavala

     Min. of Education & Culture: Mariano Baptista Gumucio

     Min. of Transport & Communications: Willy Vargas Vacaflor

     Min. of Industry, Commerce & Tourism: Guido Cespedes Argandona

     Min. of Labor & Labor Development: Oscar Zamora Medinacelli

     Min. of Social Services & Public Health: Mario Paz Zamora

     Min. of Mining & Metallurgy: Walter Soriano Lea Plaza

     Min. of Agriculture, Campesino Affairs & Livestock Affairs: Mauro Bertero
Gutierrez

     Min. of Energy & Hydrocarbons: Angel Zannier Claros

     Min. of Housing & Urban Affairs: Elena Velasco de Urresti

     Min. of Information: Mario Rueda Pena.

     President, Central Bank: Raul Boada