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Brief History of Bolivia: The earliest known ancient civilization in Bolivia was the Tiwanakan culture which was around 2000 BC and was located south of Lake Titicaca. They built a great city called Tiwanaku. Thousands of years later, in the 15 century, the Incan Empire entered into Boliva. They were the dominant culture until the Spanish arrived in 1525. The Bolivians lived under Spanish rule.
Bolivia lost great slices of territory to three neighboring nations hampered by internal strife. Several thousand square miles and its outlet to the Pacific were taken by Chile after the War of the Pacific (1879-1884). In 1903, a piece of Bolivia’s Acre Province, rich in rubber, was ceded to Brazil; and in 1938, after losing the Chaco War of 1932-1935 to Paraguay, Bolivia gave up its claim.
Bolivia has one of the highest numbers of official languages in the world, with 39 languages being lawfully recognized as official. The major native languages in Bolivia that have more than a million speakers are Quechua and Aymara. Castilian is the Spanish dialect used in Bolivia, with speakers found all over the country.
Facts about Bolivia’s history. 21. During the 18th century, Bolivia was known as Upper Peru. It got its name from Simon Bolivar, the military and political leader. (19) 22. Bolivia became independent on August 6, 1825 (from Spain). 23. An estimated eight million Andean Indians died because of the mining of Cerro Rico (Rich Hill). The highest.
A selection of the most interesting facts about Bolivia we picked up during our visit. Before we went to Bolivia, my entire education on the country came from this scene from the 1969 film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Although our arrival in the country wasn’t quite as displeasing as Robert Redford’s, Bolivia did prove one of the more challenging countries we’ve visited.
Bolivia is an amazing country, rich in culture, tourism, and history. Located in western-central South America, Bolivia is bordered by Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Peru, and Chile. Bolivia is divided into 3 very diverse regions, the Andean region, that’s surrounded by mountain ranges and has the highest altitude in Bolivia, the sub Andean region, that’s distinguished by its farming.
Although the article is very informative and seems to be backed-up by research, it needs to be thoroughly upgraded (the most recent reference is from 2000)--in order to reflect the reality of Bolivia since 2005, where for the first time in its history, a person from indigenous extraction was democratically elected. This brought about fundamental changes in Bolivia. Eleven years is a huge.