Bolivia (Quechua: Buliwya, Aymara: Wuliwya, Guarani: Volívia), officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a Mediterranean country located in the center-west of South America, with a population of about 10.1 million inhabitants. It limits to the north and the east with Brazil, to the south with Paraguay and Argentina, and to the west with Chile and Peru. Its surface is the sixth largest in Latin America and includes different geographical areas such as the Andes, the Altiplano, the Amazonia, the Llanos de Moxos and the Chaco, making it one of the countries with the greatest biodiversity in the world.

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Politically, it is constituted as a plurinational state, centralized without autonomy. It is divided into 9 departments and maintains a territorial claim to Chile for a sovereign exit to the Pacific Ocean. Sucre is the capital and seat of the judicial body, while La Paz is the seat of executive, legislative and electoral bodies.

 

In its territory, ancient civilizations such as Tiwanaku, the Hydraulic Culture of Las Lomas and the Moxeña culture developed. First the Incas and later the Spanish conquerors dominated the territory until the country became independent in 1825. Having inherited the traditions of the miscegenation of pre-Columbian cultures with the Spanish is a multi-ethnic and pluricultural country, rich in the mixture and syncretism of customs and traditions received from the indigenous peoples and the Spanish conquerors.