Bolivia
Profile
Capital
Sucre
Area
1.098.581 km²
Population
10.059.856 inhab.
Population density
8,58 inhab/km²
Government
Social, Unitary State of Plurinational Communitarian Law
Language
Spanish. 37 indigenous languages
Currency
Boliviano
HDI
0,662 (2014)
Rural Data
Rural Popullation
3.270.894 inhab.
Nº rural communities
19.179
Estimate of Nº of rural systems
13.215
Estimate of Nº of service providers
13.215
Bolivia is the first and only country worldwide to consider water as a human right. It is located in the center-west of South America, with an area which is the sixth in size in Ibero-America. It is among the countries with the greatest biodiversity in the world and includes different geographical areas such as the Andes, the High Andean Plateau, the Amazon, Moxos Plains and the Chaco region. It is a multiethnic and multicultural country hosting a great wealth in its blend and syncretism of habits and traditions.