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area 1,098,581 sq km, 424,052sq mi capital La
Paz (seat of government), Sucre (legal
capital and seat of judiciary).
towns Santa Cruz, Cochabamba, Oruro, Potosí
physical high plateau (Altiplano) between
mountain ridges (cordilleras); forest and
lowlands (llano) in the E features Andes,
lakes Titicaca (the world`s highest navigable
lake, 3,800 m, 12,500ft) and Poopó; La Paz is
world`s highest capital city (3,600 m,
11,800ft).
head of state and government Gonzalo Sanchez
de Lozada from 1993 political system emergent
democratic republic political parties
National Revolutionary Movement (MNR), center
right; Movement of the Revolutionary Left
(MIR), left of center; Nationalist Democratic
Action (ADN), right of center exports tin,
antimony (second largest world producer),
other nonferrous metals, oil, gas (piped to
Argentina), agricultural products, coffee,
sugar, cotton currency boliviano population
(1992) 7,739,000; (Quechua 25%, Aymara 17%,
mestizo (mixed) 30%, European 14%); growth
rate 2.7% p.a.