Bolivia

Bolivia



Bolivia / or officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia is a country in South America and is the fifth largest country on the continent in size after Brazil, Argentina, Peru and Colombia



It is one of the South American civilizations that prevailed 2500 years ago. And this civilization took place in Tiawanaco. It was a civilizational, agricultural and animal civilization, where they relied on agricultural and animal husbandry activities such as llamas and alpacas. The city of Tiwanaku is a great cultural site over the Andes. It was built in 200 BC. Most of its buildings were of stone and famous for its pottery. And its temple, which contains the famous sun gate. Pottery models were taken from Chile by Bolivia



Bolivia was part of the empire of the American Indian Inca before the Spanish conquest of it in the year (1538 AD) and remained subject to Spanish colonialism until the year (1825 AD), where it became independent after a bloody revolution, and in the year (1879 AD) entered a war with its neighbor Chile, which lasted until a year ( 1922 AD), after defeating Chile, ceded a large area of ​​its territory that represented the entire coast of the Pacific Ocean, and ceded part of its land to Brazil, and entered into a war with its Paraguayan neighbor in the year (1932 AD) and later ceded part of its territory to Paraguay

In the state of Bolivia, the terrain is divided into two or two categories, so we find the elevated regions, which are some of the famous mountains known as the Andes Mountains, which include these mountains high plateau, where we find two mountain ranges, known as the Western Cordillera and also the eastern Cordillera, and these two ranges extended across The country is long, with an area of ​​one third of Bolivia, and the highest peaks exceed 6000 meters

As for the second category, it is a low-lying land, and it is located in eastern Bolivia, which also includes the eastern sloping surfaces that go towards Brazil, where we find the Amazon river basin, and also we find Lake Titicana, which is one of the fresh lakes in South America, and even the largest on Absolutely, it is located between Bolivia and Peru

The country of Bolivia has been famous for having included ancient Indian civilizations, and antiquities are still witnessing that relic to this day. This has made tourists flock to this country to learn about these monuments and seeing them. The National Archeology Museum, and we also find a complete archaeological site, Tiwanaku, and also the Kalasaya, known as the Secret Temple, which is located underground, and there is also the very famous Lake Titicana in Bolivia, as well as a site called the Sun Gate

The population in the state of Bolivia exceeds half of their American Indian origin, and we find that they constitute 54% of the total population, and they live in the high areas, while the low areas we find are few in the number of their population, which is located in the east of the country, and we find that the population of Bolivia, who are estimated With 32%, they are a mixture between the European and the Indian. As for the rest of the population of Bolivia, who constitute 14%, they are of European descent

Astronomically located at latitude 17.03 degrees south of the equator, and at a longitude 64.59 degrees west of the Greenwich Line, it is located geographically in the western range of the South American continent, where it is bordered on the north side and the eastern side by Brazil, and bordered on the west by Chile and Peru, and bounded on the south side Argentina and Paraguay, and its climate is characterized by a diverse climate between the continental climate, and hot humid wing

Bolivia has a variety of terrain, such as: mountain highlands, the Andes Mountains. The high plateau that includes two mountain ranges: Eastern Cordillera and Western Cordillera. The lowlands located in the eastern side of it, and includes: Lake Titicana, which is one of the largest fresh lakes located in the continent of South America. The surfaces of the eastern slopes are like the Amazon basin

The agricultural sector, whose main products are rice, corn, wheat, sugar cane, cocoa and cotton. Livestock sector, such as goats and sheep. The sector of extraction and production of natural gas, oil, gold, tin, uranium and salt. The tourism sector because it contains an abundant number of tourist attractions, such as: the underground secret temple. Lake Titicaca, shared by Bolivia and Peru. Other landmarks such as the Sun Gate, Tiwanaku Archaeological Zone, National Archaeological Museum, and Kontiki


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  1. A country in South America which is an internal state, located within the western range of South America

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