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South America > Bolivia > Geography

BOLIVIAN GEOGRAPHY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Area > Comparative
slightly less than three times the size of Montana
Area > Comparative to US places
slightly less than three times the size of Montana
Area > Land 1,084,390 sq km [27th of 236]
    (per capita) 122.735 sq km per 1,000 people ... [15th of 201]
Area > Total 1,098,580 sq km [34th of 248]
    (per capita) 132.094 sq km per 1,000 people ... [17th of 193]
Area > Water 14,190 sq km [32nd of 237]
    (per capita) 1,556.066 sq km per 1 million peo [28th of 225]
Capital city with population
Sucre - 131,800; La Paz (Administrative capital) - 713,400
capitals and largest cities > Countries > Cities larger than the capital
Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz is larger than La Paz; La Paz is larger than Sucre; metropolitan La Paz is larger than Santa Cruz)
Climate
varies with altitude; humid and tropical to cold and semiarid
Coastline 0 [241st of 249]
    (per capita) 0 [222nd of 230]
Elevation extremes > Highest point Nevado Sajama 6,542 m
Elevation extremes > Lowest point Rio Paraguay 90 m
Forested Land 48.9% [38th of 193]
Geographic coordinates 17 00 S, 65 00 W
Geography > Note
landlocked; shares control of Lago Titicaca, world's highest navigable lake (elevation 3,805 m), with Peru
highest towns > Town/City El Alto
Irrigated land 1,320 sq km [81st of 185]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; CIA World Factbook; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.; Wikipedia: List of capitals and largest cities by country ; FAO; Wikipedia: List of highest towns by country

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Bolivia, Republic of Bolivia, Republica de Bolivia

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