Geography
Bolivian geography is a lacustrine country that
is fitted in mountains of The Andes in the
center of South America. Bolivia has great natural wealth,
its wealth, nevertheless, are hard to obtain.
The mountains retain rich mineral deposits, but
they are to heights of 4.000 to 4.550 meters,
where the physical work is extremely difficult.
The mahogany, rubber, chestnut, nut, soybean and
wheat are abundant, invaluables and intact wealth
that are in the tropical rain forests of their
next amazonía. Sucre is the capital of
Bolivia; La Paz is the Host capital of Government.
Bolivia got to be a republic in 1825, when it
gained his independence of Spain. Bolivia by Simón
names Bolivar, the liberator of America.
Land
and resources
Earth and resources the Southeast of Bolivia is
dominated by mountains of The Andes, is amplest,
of 650 km, The Andes is divided in two great mountain
ranges that separated by wide a well-known plateau
like Altiplano. The Western Mountain range border
form with Chile; it raises the tips snow-covered
between 5.700 m.s and 6.500 m.s and reaches 7.014
m.s in the snow-covered Ancohuma, that is the
highest point in Bolivia. The Western Mountain
range is dominated by snowed of the Illampu the
6.485 m.s and Illimani 6.882 m.s the Eastern Mountain
range runs in direction the northwest - Southeastern
and it opens towards low territories of the department
of Santa Cruz and amazonian river basin. In one
it narrows strip, the valleys sink in these Eastern
inclinations, conforming the departments of Cochabamba,
Chuquisaca, and Tarija. Between Western and Eastern
mountain ranges this the Plateau, that has an
elevation average of 3.600 m.s and is one of the
populated areas more discharges in the world.
The Plateau, of 840 km in length and an average
of 140 km of ample and is dominated by Lago Titicaca,
located on the Peruvian border, is the navigable
lake more world stop. The three fourth parts of
Bolivia are occupied by level the Eastern ones,
that incline gradually from elevations of 450
m.s to 200 m.s in the borders with Brazil, Paraguay,
and Argentina. Level the northern ones of the
Beni, are bathed by the rivers tributary important
Beni and Mamoré of the great Amazonian
fluvial river basin.
Climate
The climate of the Plateau
is fresh and hard all the year because of the
height. The diurnal temperatures frequently reach
between 15 ºC and 18 ºC, and in the
nights, frequently, it falls until the freezing,
specially during the winter (June - August). The
precipitation adds 700 mm on the coasts of Lago
Titicaca, that is so great and deep that it exerts
a moderating marine effect on the climate of the
northern Plateau, to less than 125 mm in the most
barren parts of the plateau. The Yungas sub is
appreciably warmer because of their inferior height
has humid climate - tropical, characterized by
a heavy annual precipitation of on 1.250 mm, a
high humidity throughout the year, and an annual
temperature of 23 ºC. In level the climate
he is hot and sub - tropical, with the heavy summer
precipitation in the north and a drier climate,
climate more warming up towards the south.
Flora
& Fauna
The Plateau is too high and has a thin one of
vegetation. Extensive forests sub - tropical they
cover the savannah with the Beni. The life animal
of Bolivia varies much and is very rich. The usually
found animals in the rainy forests include the
jaguar, capybara, monkeys, bear, squirrel, wild
boar toucan, and the anaconda. The valleys puma,
rabbit and red deer. The flame, the alpaca, vicuna,
and chinchilla lives in the Plateau.
People
The main ethnic groups in Bolivia
are Indian, that constitute a 55% of the total
population; the mestizos (of mixed ancestry European
India and), who constitute 25 - 30% of the total
population; and European people (mainly Spanish),
who constitute 5 - 15% of the total population.
Both bigger Indian groups are the Quechuas, that
constitute on 30% of the total population, and
the Aymarás, that it constitutes on 25%
of the total population.