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Democratic civilian rule was established in 1982, but leaders have faced difficult problems of deep-seated poverty, social unrest, and illegal drug production. In December 2005, Bolivians elected Movement Toward Socialism leader Evo MORALES president - by the widest margin of any leader since the restoration of civilian rule in 1982 - after he ran on a promise to change the country's traditional political class and empower the nation's poor, indigenous majority. However, since taking office, his controversial strategies have exacerbated racial and economic tensions between the Amerindian populations of the Andean west and the non-indigenous communities of the eastern lowlands. In December 2009, President MORALES easily won reelection, and his party took control of the legislative branch of the government, which will allow him to continue his process of change. Location Central South America, southwest of Brazil WebCam   Geographic Coordinates 17 00 S, 65 00 W Area - comparative slightly less than three times the size of Montana Coast line 0 km (landlocked) Climate none (landlocked) Terrain Bolivia varies with altitude; humid and tropical to cold and semiarid Natural Resources Bolivia rugged Andes Mountains with a highland plateau (Altiplano), hills, lowland plains of the Amazon Basin Irrigated land tin, natural gas, petroleum, zinc, tungsten, antimony, silver, iron, lead, gold, timber, hydropower Total Renewable Water Resources 1,320 sq km (2003) Natural Hazards 622.5 cu km (2000) Environment Currentissues flooding in the northeast (March-April) Geography Note the clearing of land for agricultural purposes and the international demand for tropical timber are contributing to deforestation; soil erosion from overgrazing and poor cultivation methods (including slash-and-burn agriculture); desertification; loss of biodiversity; industrial pollution of water supplies used for drinking and irrigation Population Bolivia landlocked; shares control of Lago Titicaca, world's highest navigable lake (elevation 3,805 m), with Peru Population growth rate 9,947,418 (July 2010 est.) Birth Rate 1.72% (2010 est.) Death Rate 25.16 births/1,000 population (2010 est.) Netmigration Rate 6.95 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) Total Fertility Rate -1.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.) Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate 3.07 children born/woman (2010 est.) Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids 0.2% (2007 est.) Hiv/Aids Deaths fewer than 500 (2007 est.) Religions Quechua 30%, mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry) 30%, Aymara 25%, white 15% Languages Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist) 5% Education Expenditures Spanish 60.7% (official), Quechua 21.2% (official), Aymara 14.6% (official), foreign languages 2.4%, other 1.2% (2001 census) Government Type 6.4% of GDP (2003) Administrative Divisions republic; note - the new constitution defines Bolivia as a "Social Unitarian State" Independence 9 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Oruro, Pando, Potosi, Santa Cruz, Tarija National Holiday 6 August 1825 (from Spain) Constitution Independence Day, 6 August (1825) Legal System 7-Feb-09 Suffrage based on Spanish law and Napoleonic Code; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; the 2009 Constitution incorporates indigenous community justice into Bolivia's judicial system Legislative Branch 18 years of age, universal and compulsory (married); 21 years of age, universal and compulsory (single) Political Partie Sand Leaders bicameral Plurinational Legislative Assembly or Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional consists of Chamber of Senators or Camara de Senadores (36 seats; members are elected by proportional representation from party lists to serve five-year terms) and Chamber of Deputies or Camara de Diputados (130 seats total; 70 uninominal deputies directly elected from a single district, 7 "special" indigenous deputies directly elected from non-contiguous indigenous districts, and 53 plurinominal deputies elected by proportional representation from party lists; all deputies serve five-year terms) Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders Bolivia-National Convergence or PPB-CN [Manfred REYES VILLA]; Movement of Social Patriotic Union or Muspa [Ana Maria FLORES Sanzetenea]; Movement Toward Socialism or MAS [Juan Evo MORALES Ayma]; National Unity or UN [Samuel DORIA MEDINA Arana]; People or Gente [Roman LOAYZA]; People for Liberty and Sovereignty or Pulso [Alejo VELIZ]; Social Alliance or AS [Rene JOAQUINO]; Social Democratic Bolivia or BSD [Rime CHOQUEHUANCA] International Organization Participation Bolivian Workers Central or COR; Federation of Neighborhood Councils of El Alto or FEJUVE; Landless Movement or MST; National Coordinator for Change or CONALCAM; Sole Confederation of Campesino Workers of Bolivia or CSUTCB Flag Description CAN, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, LAES, LAIA, Mercosur (associate), MIGA, MINUSTAH, MONUC, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, RG, UN, UNASUR, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO Economy Overview three equal horizontal bands of red (top), yellow, and green with the coat of arms centered on the yellow band GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) Bolivia is one of the poorest and least developed countries in Latin America. Following a disastrous economic crisis during the early 1980s, reforms spurred private investment, stimulated economic growth, and cut poverty rates in the 1990s. The period 2003-05 was characterized by political instability, racial tensions, and violent protests against plans - subsequently abandoned - to export Bolivia's newly discovered natural gas reserves to large northern hemisphere markets. In 2005, the government passed a controversial hydrocarbons law that imposed significantly higher royalties and required foreign firms then operating under risk-sharing contracts to surrender all production to the state energy company in exchange for a predetermined service fee. After higher prices for mining and hydrocarbons exports produced a fiscal surplus in 2008, the global recession in 2009 slowed growth. A decline in commodity prices that began in late 2008, a lack of foreign investment in the mining and hydrocarbon sectors, a poor infrastructure, and the suspension of trade benefits with the United States will pose challenges for the Bolivian economy in 2010. GDP (Official Exchange Rate) $45.11 billion (2009 est.) GDP Real Growth Rate $17.76 billion (2009 est.) GDP Per Capita (PPP) 2.8% (2009 est.) Labor Force $4,600 (2009 est.) Unemployment Rate 4.536 million (2009 est.) Population Below Poverty Line 8.5% (2009 est.) Distribution Of Family Income 60% (2006 est.) Unvestment Gross Fixed 59.2 (2006) Inflation Rrate 17.5% of GDP (2009 est.) Central Bank Discount Rate 44% of GDP (2009 est.) Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate 4.3% (2009 est.) Stock Of Money 13% (31 December 2008) Stock Of Quasi Money 13.87% (31 December 2008) Stock Of Domestic Credit $3.998 billion (31 December 2008) Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares $6.339 billion (31 December 2008) Agriculture - Products $5.433 billion (31 December 2008) Industries $NA (31 December 2008) Industrial Production Growth Rate soybeans, coffee, coca, cotton, corn, sugarcane, rice, potatoes; timber Electricity Production mining, smelting, petroleum, food and beverages, tobacco, handicrafts, clothing Electricity Consumption 0.8% (2009 est.) Electricity Exports 5.495 billion kWh (2007 est.) Electricity Imports 4.665 billion kWh (2007 est.) Oil Production 0 kWh (2008 est.) Oil Consumption 0 kWh (2008 est.) Oil Exports 51,360 bbl/day (2008 est.) Oil Imports 60,000 bbl/day (2008 est.) Oil Proved Reserves 10,950 bbl/day (2007 est.) Natural Gas Production 6,172 bbl/day (2007 est.) Natural Gas Consumption 465 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.) Natural Gas Exports 14.2 billion cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Imports 2.41 billion cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Proved Reserves 11.79 billion cu m (2008 est.) Current Account Balance 0 cu m (2008 est.) Exports 750.4 billion cu m (1 January 2009 est.) Exports Commodities $725 million (2009 est.) Exports Partners $4.837 billion (2009 est.) Imports natural gas, soybeans and soy products, crude petroleum, zinc ore, tin Imports Commodities Brazil 60.1%, US 8.3%, Japan 4.1% (2008) Imports Partners $4.166 billion (2009 est.) Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold petroleum products, plastics, paper, aircraft and aircraft parts, prepared foods, automobiles, insecticides, soybeans Debt - External Brazil 29.4%, Argentina 15.7%, US 10.1%, Chile 9.1%, Peru 6.9%, China 4.6% (2008) Radio Broadcast Stations $5.349 billion (31 December 2009 est.) Television Broadcast Stations $NA (31 December 2009) Internet Country Code $NA (31 December 2009) Airports 4.83 million (2008) Military Service Age and Obligation 1 million (2008)

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