Bolivia
By: Maggie
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Bolivia
Location: Boarders Peru, brazil, Chile,
and Argentina
 Capital: Bolivia has two capitals. One is
constitutional capital located in Sucre.
The other is a administrative capital
located in La Paz.
 Government: republic
 Population:8,043,499
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Bolivia
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The red represents: bravery and strength
The yellow represents: generosity/mineral resources
The green represents: joy, hope, and love
The crescent represents is like the Bolivia coat of
arms. It also represents the terrain and animals. The
crescent also include their struggle for independence,
peace and freedom.
Bolivia
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Bolivia was first ruler by the Inca, but then they
were concured by the spanish in 1525. After
hundreds of year the people wanted to rule their
own country. A man named Simon Boliviar
helped the people to fight back against the
Spanish and on August 6, 1825 Bolivia became
its own country and was named after Simon
Boliviar. The fight lasted 15 years but the Latin
American people from Bolivia won.
Bolivia
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Something that happened in Bolivia during the
time area of 1878-1884 was the War of the
Pacific. This was a war that started because of
a conflict between chili and Bolivia. The conflict
was over the Atacama desert and taxes being
raised there. Chili, Peru, and Bolivia had many
battles between the years 1879-1883. Peru
came out in a civil war, Bolivia after threaten
with invasion sign access to sea over to Chili,
and chili won the war. This made Bolivia
landlocked.
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Bolivians enjoy celebrating very much’ they try
to every change they get. One of their more
popular holidays is independence day. It is
celebrated in honor of the country becoming
free from Spain, August 6, 1825. They
celebrate their independence day by parades,
school functions, music, other ways to entertain,
as well as gun solutes. This holiday is also
called Dia de la Patria.
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A famous man-made structure in Bolivia is
Tiahuanaco. It was created sometime around
when the Inca were there. This was a very
sacred and central part of the civilization. It is
at a very high elevation level which is amazing
because that means the builders had to haul all
the stone up those high mountains to reach it.
There are still many mysteries about this
creation but we do know that is is a very
amazing work of human talent.
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Bolivia will always have problems with the
environment because of how many natural
resources they have. One thing they do a lot is
mining which will become a problem for them.
Another one is soil erosion. This is a problem
because of the poor care for the land in
preparations of the next planting. Many things
have contributed to this poor soil but now year
after year the number of crops is dwindling.
This is effecting the families that live and
depend on the farm.
Simon Bolivia
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Bolivia is named after Simon Bolivia. He
was the man that helped Bolivia earn their
freedom from Spain. He did this for many
other countries too. In Bolivia he was a
founding father as well as a main political
leader.
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Fanny Carrion de Fierro is a famous
woman in Ecuadorian literature. She does
many things in literature. She received
her masters in Arts from university of
California. She received her bachelor
degree from Central University of
Ecuador. She is a doctor of Literature and
has many pieces in her name.
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Five Fun facts about Bolivia are:
Bolivia as one of the biggest salt deposits in the
world. It was once a salt lake but that dried up
and now all that’s left is the salt.
Bolivia contains 40% of all animals and plants.
Bolivia is one of the wettest zones on the plant
and receives 8 meters of water a year.
Bolivia has the worlds largest butterfly
sanctuary
Bolivia is in the top ten for exporters of coffee
and cacao in the world.
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