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ID: 1000046
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Record Type: administrative |
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Bolivia (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 17 00 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -17.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 065 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -65.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Area inhabited by 20,000 BCE; definable cultures developed 1st millenium BCE; home of Tiahuanaco culture 100-1200 CE; Aymara-speaking kingdoms and Quechua-speaking Incan culture thrived 12-16th centuries; Spanish arrived 1532, conquered the Incas by mid-16th century; official languages are Spanish, Quechua, and Ayamará. |
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| Bolivia (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Bolivia (Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Bolivia, Plurinational State of (C,V,English,U)
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| Plurinational State of Bolivia (C,V,English,U)
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| Bolivie (C,O,French-P,U,N)
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| Etat plurinational de Bolivie, l' (C,V)
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| Bolivien (C,O,German-P,U,N)
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| Bolívia (C,O,Portuguese-P,U,N)
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| República de Bolivia (H,V,Spanish,U,N)
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| Republic of Bolivia (H,O)
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| République de Bolivie (H,O,French,U,N)
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| BOL (C,O,ISO3L)
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| BO (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO068 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| BL00 (C,O,FIPS)
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| Bolivian (C,O,English,U,A)
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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gained independence 1825; boundaries altered 1879-1935 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| republic (C) |
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| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1945 |
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