south america • BOL
Bolivia
Location marker · geographic overview
17° S / 65° WTHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Sucre
- Population
- 12,413,315 2024
- Area
- 1,098,581 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- Aymara, Guaraní, Quechua, Spanish
- Currency
- Bolivian boliviano (BOB)
- Geography
- Landlocked
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · Bolivia
Bolivia is a beautiful, geographically rich, and multiethnic country in the heart of South America, visited for its stunning mountain landscapes and vibrant indigenous culture.
Landscape & landmarks
Furthermore Bolivia has the world's largest salt flat Salar de Uyuni, a portion of Lake Titicaca with Isla del Sol and being located in the middle of the Andes — mountain peaks higher than 6,000m.Read the see section ↗
Food & everyday culture
Pique a lo macho – grilled chunks of meat in a slightly spicy sauce with tomatoes and onion, on potatoes […] Salteña – A baked bun filled with meat and potatoes in a slightly sweet or spicy sauce.Read the eat section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-07-19. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
A little more to discover +
- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- South America
- Calling code
- +591
- Internet domain
- .bo
- Land border codes
- ARG, BRA, CHL, PRY, PER
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the right side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .bo. Source ↗
- The source lists monday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.