Paraguay 750 km, Peru 900 km

_#_Coastline: none--landlocked

_#_Maritime claims: none--landlocked

_#_Disputes: has wanted a sovereign corridor to the South Pacific
Ocean since the Atacama area was lost to Chile in 1884; dispute with
Chile over Rio Lauca water rights

_#_Climate: varies with altitude; humid and tropical to cold and
semiarid

_#_Terrain: high plateau, hills, lowland plains

_#_Natural resources: tin, natural gas, crude oil, zinc, tungsten,
antimony, silver, iron ore, lead, gold, timber

_#_Land use: arable land 3%; permanent crops NEGL%; meadows and
pastures 25%; forest and woodland 52%; other 20%; includes irrigated
NEGL%

_#_Environment: cold, thin air of high plateau is obstacle to
efficient fuel combustion; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification

_#_Note: landlocked; shares control of Lago Titicaca, world's
highest navigable lake, with Peru

_*_People
_#_Population: 7,156,591 (July 1991), growth rate 2.4% (1991)

_#_Birth rate: 34 births/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Death rate: 9 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Net migration rate: - 1 migrant/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Infant mortality rate: 83 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

_#_Life expectancy at birth: 59 years male, 64 years female (1991)

_#_Total fertility rate: 4.6 children born/woman (1991)

_#_Nationality: noun--Bolivian(s); adjective Bolivian

_#_Ethnic divisions: Quechua 30%, Aymara 25%, mixed 25-30%,
European 5-15%

_#_Religion: Roman Catholic 95%; active Protestant minority,
especially Evangelical Methodist

_#_Language: Spanish, Quechua, and Aymara (all official)

_#_Literacy: 78% (male 85%, female 71%) age 15 and over can
read and write (1990 est.)

_#_Labor force: 1,700,000; agriculture 50%, services and utilities
26%, manufacturing 10%, mining 4%, other 10% (1983)

_#_Organized labor: 150,000-200,000, concentrated in mining, industry,
construction, and transportation; mostly organized under Bolivian
Workers' Central (COB) labor federation

_*_Government
_#_Long-form name: Republic of Bolivia

_#_Type: republic

_#_Capital: La Paz (seat of government); Sucre (legal capital and seat
of judiciary)

_#_Administrative divisions: 9 departments (departamentos,
singular--departamento); Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, El Beni, La Paz, Oruro,
Pando, Potosi, Santa Cruz, Tarija

_#_Independence: 6 August 1825 (from Spain)

_#_Constitution: 2 Februa