BOLIVIA
BY: JENNIFER UL
GEOGRAPHY
OF BOLIVIA
Bolivia is located at 17 south
and 65 west. The area of
Bolivia is 1,098, 581 sq km
but is 1, 083, 301 sq km for
the distances of only land
and is 1, 083, 301 sq km for
water bodies only.
The most populated cities
are the following;
1.) Santa Cruz De La Sierra
2.) Cochabamba
3.) La Paz
MAJOR CITIES
The capital city of Bolivia is La Paz
And the major cities are the following;
• Rurrenabaque
• Trinidad
• Coroico
• Cochabamba
• Oruro
• Potosí
• Uyuni
• Tupiza
• Tarija
• Santa Cruz de la Sierra
• Concepción
• San Rafael
And San José de Chiquitos
MAJOR LANDFORMS & LANDMARKS
• The Andes Mountains is the major landmark and the major landform
of Bolivia. The mountain covers the western half of South America
and also acts as a wall between the continent and the Pacific Ocean.
Other major landmarks include;
Altiplano with a high plateu
containing many ancient lakes,
and the snow mountain
Cordillera Oriental.
Cordillera Occidental which is a
dormant volcano,
MAJOR WATER BODIES
• Lake Titicaca is a major water body. This lake is deep and very
cold but is 3,810m above sea level. This lake is one of the
easiest water body to navigate in the world.
Other important rivers include;
-Beni
-Desaquarde
-Guapore
-Madre De Dios
And Mamore but there are far many more.
CURRENT EVENT
Evo Morales the President
The current event I chose is about a president in Bolivia named Evo
Morales, the first Indian president of Bolivia.
On Saturday September 26, 2015 Evo Morales got elected to be a
president for another term. He first became a president in the year
2006 and this will be his 3rd term of being a president. Reporters are
saying that people would've probably elected him again because while
Evo Morales was ruling Bolivia, the most unstable country of South
America became calm and peaceful.
Evo said that he would happily give up the office but others force him
to stay. But now he states that since the first term didn't count, he
would participate in the vote which will be held on 2019 to become a
president for the 4th term
Why Is This Article
Important?
I T H I N K T H AT T H I S A R T I C L E I S
I M P O R TA N T B E C A U S E T H E
A RT I C L E T E L L S W H O I S R U L I N G
BOLIVIA WHICH CAN EFFECT
H O W B O L I V I A I S R U L E D.
A L S O W E C A N R E L AT E TO T H I S
A RT I C L E B E C A U S E W E J U S T
R E C E N T LY E L E C T E D A N E W
P R I M E M I N I S T E R O N O C T. 1 9 ,
2015.
¿DID YOU KNOW?
The total population of the people
living in Bolivia are 11.2 million
people in the year 2015. The
estimated population for males are
about 5,334,727 people and for
womens there are about 5,456,155
people.
Most Bolivians travel through
bus more than other viechles
but if there is a place where
buses don't reach, they use
camonies (lorries) but rarely
do. Bolivia has 18 merchant
boats to send materials/food
to other countries.
STORY OF THE FLAG
The Bolivian flag was created after 11 days of gaining independence
from Spain which is August 17, 1825. The flag was created with greenred-green stripped across the flag horizontally with the red strip being
a little wider than the greens. The red strip had 5 stars on it
representing the 5 provinces at that time (La Paz, Potosí, Cochabamba,
Chuquisaca and Santa Cruz) and the flag was waved on top of Cerro
Rico in Potosí by Simón Boliviar. This is why Aug.17 is called "Día de la
Bandera".
Then after about a year on 1826 July 26, a man named Congress
modified the flag by making the colours yellow-red-green and replacing
the 5 stars with the nationalcoat of arms.
Then finally president Manuel Belzu changed the flag again to the
colours found on the national flowers Kantuta and Patuju which are
red-yellow-green. This happened on Nov.6, 1851and this flag is the flag
you see today.
LAWS & TRAVEL TIPS
A STRANGE LAW:
TRAVEL TIPS:
Bolivia has a strange law about
rubber trees. They state that if
the land that has rubber trees
growing on it does not belong to
anyone, it is declared the
government's land.
Here are some travel tips if you
go to Bolivia.
• Transporting using viechles can
be tough
• Make sure you know exactly
where you are going
• The transportation costs are
very cheap so you could use
taxis rather than buses.
• Make sure you know your
money because Bolivians don't
give out change that accuratley.
NATIVE
ANIMALS
Native animals that are
popular and well-known are
camels, llama, guanaco and
alpaca.
A very rare animal is a
flamingo called Andean
flamingo.
Unique animals that can be
found are Capybara, the
Amazon river dolphin and an
animal called Sabiru.
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