BOLIVIA
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Charity Baptist Mission
P.O. Box 692
Bristol, TN 37621-0692
423-878-8131
www.charitybaptistmission.org

Ministries
Bolivia
Cuba

Religion
Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist).

People/Language/Ethnicity
Language: Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara (official). Ethnic: Quechua 30%, mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry) 30%, Aymara 25%, white 15%. Literacy Rate: 83.1% of those above 15 years of age.

Overview
Area: 424,162 sq mi. Slightly less than three times the size of Montana. Sucre is the constitutional capital and seat of the judiciary, but La Paz is the largest city, political and commercial focus of the nation, and the administrative capital and seat of government. Bolivia presents a sharp contrast between high, bleak mountains and plateaus in the west and lush, tropical rain forests in the east.

Population (2003 est.): 8,586,443. Growth rate: 1.8%. Historic and judicial capital (2003 est.): Sucre, 204,200; Administrative capital (2003 est.): La Paz, 1,576,100 (metro.area), 830,500 (city proper). Largest cities (2003 est.): Santa Cruz, 1,168,700; Cochabamba, 815,800; El Alto, 728,500; Oruro, 211,700

Economy
Per capita income $2,600. Real growth rate: 0%. Inflation: 2%. Unemployment: 7.6% (2000) with widespread underemployment. Arable land: 2%. Agriculture: soybeans, coffee, coca, cotton, corn, sugarcane, rice, potatoes; timber. Labor force: 2.5 million; agriculture n.a., industry n.a., services n.a. Industries: mining, smelting, petroleum, food and beverages, tobacco, handicrafts, clothing. Natural resources: tin, natural gas, petroleum, zinc, tungsten, antimony, silver, iron, lead, gold, timber, hydropower.

Source: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001. The World Factbook 2002.