Introduction
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Bolivia
[key], officially Plurinational State of Bolivia, republic (2020 est. pop.
11,670,000), 424,162 sq mi (1,098,581 sq km), W South America. One of the
two inland countries of South America, Bolivia is shut in from the Pacific
in the W by Chile and Peru; in the E and N it borders on Brazil, in the SE
on Paraguay, and in the S on Argentina. Sucre is the constitutional capital and
seat of the judiciary, but La Paz is the largest city, political
and commercial focus of the nation, and the administrative capital and seat
of government.
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