The 2010 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

      0.2% (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 107

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

      8,100 (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 112

      HIV/AIDS - deaths:

      fewer than 500 (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 84

      Major infectious diseases:

      degree of risk: high

      food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever

      vectorborne diseases: dengue fever, malaria, and yellow fever

      water contact disease: leptospirosis (2009)

      Nationality:

      noun: Bolivian(s)

      adjective: Bolivian

      Ethnic groups:

      Quechua 30%, mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry) 30%,

       Aymara 25%, white 15%

      Religions:

      Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist) 5%

      Languages:

      Spanish 60.7% (official), Quechua 21.2% (official), Aymara 14.6% (official), foreign languages 2.4%, other 1.2% (2001 census)

      Literacy:

      definition: age 15 and over can read and write

      total population: 86.7%

      male: 93.1%

      female: 80.7% (2001 census)

      School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):

      total: 14 years

      male: 14 years

      female: 14 years (2007)

      Education expenditures:

      6.3% of GDP (2006) country comparison to the world: 31

      Government ::Bolivia

      Country name:

      conventional long form: Plurinational State of Bolivia

      conventional short form: Bolivia

      local long form: Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia

      local short form: Bolivia

      Government type:

      republic; note - the new constitution defines Bolivia as a "Social Unitarian State"

      Capital:

      name: La Paz (administrative capital)

      geographic coordinates: 16 30 S, 68 09 W

      time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

      note: Sucre (constitutional capital)

      Administrative divisions:

      9 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Oruro, Pando, Potosi, Santa Cruz, Tarija

      Independence:

      6 August 1825 (from Spain)

      National holiday:

      Independence Day, 6 August (1825)

      Constitution:

      7 February 2009

      Legal system:

      based on Spanish law and Napoleonic Code; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; the 2009 Constitution incorporates indigenous community justice into Bolivia's judicial system

      Suffrage:

      18 years of age, universal and compulsory (married); 21 years of age, universal and compulsory (single)

      Executive branch:

      chief of state: President Juan Evo MORALES Ayma (since 22 January 2006); Vice President Alvaro GARCIA Linera (since 22 January 2006); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government

      head of government: President Juan Evo MORALES Ayma (since 22 January 2006); Vice President Alvaro GARCIA Linera (since 22 January 2006)

      cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president (For more information visit the World Leaders website ) elections: president and vice president elected on the same ticket by popular vote for a five-year term and are eligible for a single re-election; election last held on 6 December 2009 (next to be held in 2014)

      election results: Juan Evo MORALES Ayma reelected president; percent of vote - Juan Evo MORALES Ayma 64%; Manfred REYES VILLA 26%; Samuel DORIA MEDINA Arana 6%; Rene JOAQUINO 2%; other 2%

      Legislative branch:

      bicameral Plurinational Legislative Assembly or Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional consists of Chamber of Senators or Camara de Senadores (36 seats; members are elected by proportional representation from party lists to serve five-year terms) and Chamber of Deputies or Camara de Diputados (130 seats total; 70 uninominal deputies directly elected from a single district, 7 "special" indigenous deputies directly elected from non-contiguous indigenous districts, and 53 plurinominal deputies elected by proportional representation from party lists; all deputies serve five-year terms)

      elections: Chamber of Senators and Chamber of Deputies - last held on 6 December 2009 (next to be held in 2014)

      election results: Chamber of Senators - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - MAS 26, PPB-CN 10; Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - MAS 89, PPB-CN 36, UN 3, AS 2

      Judicial branch:

      Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (judges elected by popular vote from list of candidates pre-selected by Assembly for six-year terms); District Courts (one in each department); Plurinational Constitutional Court (five primary or titulares and five alternate or suplente magistrates elected by popular vote from list of candidates pre-selected by Assembly for six-year terms; to rule on constitutional issues); Plurinational Electoral Organ (seven members elected by the Assembly and the president; one member must be of indigenous origin to six-year terms); Agro-Environmental Court (judges elected by popular vote from list of candidates pre-selected by Assembly for six-year terms; to run on agro-environmental issues); provincial and local courts (to try minor cases)

      Political parties and leaders:

      Bolivia-National Convergence or PPB-CN [Manfred REYES VILLA];

       Fearless Movement or MSM [Juan DE GRANADO Cosio]; Movement Toward

       Socialism or MAS [Juan Evo MORALES Ayma]; National Unity or UN

       [Samuel DORIA MEDINA Arana]; People or Gente [Roman LOAYZA]; Social

       Alliance or AS [Rene JOAQUINO]

      Political pressure groups and leaders:

      Bolivian Workers Central or COR; Federation of Neighborhood Councils of El Alto or FEJUVE; Landless Movement or MST; National Coordinator for Change or CONALCAM; Sole Confederation of Campesino Workers of Bolivia or CSUTCB

      other: Cocalero groups; indigenous organizations (including Confederation of Indigenous Peoples of Eastern Bolivia or CIDOB and National Council of Ayullus and Markas of Quollasuyu or CONAMAQ); labor unions (including the Central Bolivian Workers' Union or COB and Cooperative Miners Federation or FENCOMIN)

      International organization participation:

      CAN, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD,

       IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO

       (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, LAES, LAIA, Mercosur (associate), MIGA,

       MINUSTAH, MONUSCO, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, RG, UN, UNASUR,