| Official name: |
Republic of Bolivia
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| Capital: |
La Paz (seat of government); Sucre (legal capital and seat of judiciary)
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| Area: |
total: 1,098,580 sq km
water: 14,190 sq km
land: 1,084,390 sq km
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| Climate: |
varies with altitude; humid and tropical to cold and semiarid
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| Location: |
Central South America, southwest of Brazil
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| Geographic coordinates: |
17 00 S, 65 00 W
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| Comparative Area: |
slightly less than three times the size of Montana
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| Land boundaries: |
total: 6,743 km
border countries: Argentina 832 km, Brazil 3,400 km, Chile 861 km, Paraguay 750 km, Peru 900 km
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| Coastline: |
0 km (landlocked)
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| Terrain: |
rugged Andes Mountains with a highland plateau (Altiplano), hills, lowland plains of the Amazon Basin
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| Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Rio Paraguay 90 m
highest point: Nevado Sajama 6,542 m
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