has
Bolivia is the country highest and more isolated from the Latin
America. It does not have maritime coasts and is surrounded
by Peru in Western North, by Brazil in North and the East, by
Paraguay in the South East, Argentina in the South and Chile
in the West.
One
distinguishes three great zones in Bolivia:
- the first is that of the high plateaus of Altiplano, a practically
desert area at an altitude of approximately 4000 meters. It
includes 10% of the country and 70% of the population concentrate
there of which a third of the urban population.
- the second zone is a fertile valley located at an altitude
ranging between 1800 meters and 2700 meters.
- the third zone includes/understands the tropics of the lowland
which extend to the borders from Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay
and which covers 70% of the territory. The rain is abundant
and the temperatures are relatively high.
Bolivia
is divided into nine departments, which are organized in province
and cantons. Sugar is the capital of the republic as well as
the seat of the supreme court of justice. La Paz is the seat
of the executive powers and legislative.
SANTA
CRUZ : 244 658 km² - approximately 1 500 000 inhabitants
POTOSI
: 370 621 km² - approximately 650 000 inhabitants
PANDO
: 63 827 km² - approximately 40 000 inhabitants
LA
PAZ : 133 985 km² - approximately 2 million inhabitants
COCHABAMBA
: 55 631 km² - approximately 1 100 000 inhabitants
ORURO
: 53 588 km² - approximately 350 000 inhabitants
BENI : 213 654 km² - approximately 260 000 inhabitants
TARIJA
: 37 623 km² - approximately 300 000 inhabitants
CHUQUISACA
: 51 524 km² - approximately 450 000 inhabitants
