Bolivia has been hit by an economic turmoil fuelled by dependence on U.S. dollar, draining international reserves and mounting debts.
Bolivia [Capital: La Paz (administrative); Sucre (constitutional)]
- Political features
- Largest landlocked country of Southern Hemisphere located in South America.
- Land boundary: Brazil (north and east), Paraguay (southeast), Argentina (south), Chile (southwest and west) and Peru (northwest).
- Geographical features
- Mountain range: Andes Mountains.
- Highest point: Mt Sajama.
- Major rivers: Madeira, Paraguay, Mamore.
- It is also home to Amazon rainforest.
- Bolivia shares Lake Titicaca, the second largest lake in South America (after Lake Maracaibo), with Peru.