Viewow’s Traveler Notes in Bolivia
International Dialling Code   +591
Internet Country Code   .bo
Time zone   GMT -4
Monetary Unit   boliviano (BOB)

Weights and Measures   The metric system is in use, at he same time some Spanish weights are still used in retail trade
Electric Power   220/230 V / 50 Hz
Electric Plugs   A & C

A : Flat blade attachment plug

C: Round pin attachment plug

Tip Etiquette   There is no social tipping rule

View of Geography in Bolivia
Coordinates   17 00 S, 65 00 W
Land Area   1,084,390 sq km
Water Area   14,190 sq km
Land Boundaries   6,940 km   
Border Countries   Argentina 832 km, Brazil 3,423 km, Chile 860 km, Paraguay 750 km, Peru 1,075 km
Costline Lenghts   0 km
Highets Point   Nevado Sajama 6,542 m
Lowest Point   Rio Paraguay 90 m
Terrain   rugged Andes Mountains with a highland plateau (Altiplano), hills, lowland plains of the Amazon Basin
Climate   humid and tropical to cold and semiarid (varies with altitude)

Average Tempretures in Summer   26°C (79°F)

Average Tempretures in Winter   8°C (46°F) 

Annual Rainfall Average   Rainfall is heavy in March and April

View of People in Bolivia
National Name   Republica de Bolivia 
Nationality   Bolivian

Anthem   Himno Nacional, beginning "Bolivianos, el hado propicio coronó nuestros volos anhelos" ("Bolivians, propitious fate crowned our outcries of yearning.")

Flag   The flag is a horizontal tricolor of red (top), yellow, and green stripes

Ethnicity   Quechua 30%, mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry) 30%, Aymara 25%, white 15%
Languages   Spanish 60.7% (official), Quechua 21.2% (official), Aymara 14.6% (official), foreign languages 2.4%, other 1.2% (2001 census)
Religious   Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist) 5%
Independance Day   6 August 1825 (from Spain)

View of Demographics in Bolivia
Population Density   % per sq km (July 2008 est.)
Population Growth   1.383% (2008 est.)
Urban Population Rate   % (2006)

Infant Mortality Rate   deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Total Fertility Rates   children born/woman (2008 est.)
Life Expectancy   66.53 years
Birth Rate   22.31 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Death Rate   7.35 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Sex Ratio   0.98 male(s)/female (2008 est.)
Divorces   (annual divorces),  0,11% (2006)
Literacy Rate   86.7% (2001 census)
Literacy Rate (female)   80.7% (2001 census)
Suffrage   18 years of age, universal and compulsory (married); 21 years of age, universal and compulsory (single)

View of Economy in Bolivia

GDP (ppp)   $39.75 billion (2007 est.)
Budget   revenues:$5.723 billion  ,  expenditures:$5.495 billion (2007 est.)

Public Debts   46.3% (of GDP - 2007 est.)  
Exports   $4.49 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Imports   $3.249 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Invenstment   no% (of GDP - 2007 est.)
Unemployment Rate   7.5% (2007 est.)
Labor Force   4.377 million (2007 est.)
Inflation Rate   8.7% (2007 est.)
Growth Rate   1.38% (2007 est.)
Arable Land   2.78% (2005)

Trading partners   Brazil, Argentina, Colombia

Industries   mining, smelting, petroleum, food and beverages, tobacco, handicrafts, clothing
Agriculture   soybeans, coffee, coca, cotton, corn, sugarcane, rice, potatoes; timber
Natural Resources   natural gas, petroleum, zinc, tungsten, antimony, silver, iron, lead, gold, timber, hydropower

View of Some Facts in Bolivia
Main Lines Phones   678,200 (2007) 
Mobile Phones   3.254 million (2007)
Internet Hosts   24,363 (2007)
Internet users   1 million (2007)
Airports  1,061 (2007)
Gsm   GSM 850 / GSM 1800
Gsm Operator   Nuevatel, Entel, Tigo
Railways   3,504 km (2006)
Highways   62,479 km (2006)
Waterways   10,000 km (2008)
Merchant Marine   25 ships (1000 GRT or over - 2008)
Ports and Terminals   Puerto Aguirre

Business Week in Bolivia

--- Offices

Monday - Friday   9a.m. to noon and from 2:30p.m. to 6:30p.m

Saturday   Some industrial companies work from 9a.m. to 1p.m.

Sunday   closed

--- Retails

Monday - Friday   9a.m. to 12:30p.m. and 3p.m. to 7:30p.m.

Saturday   10a.m. to 3p.m.

Sunday   closed

--- Banks

Monday - Friday    9a.m. to 11:30a.m. and 2:30p.m. to 6:30p.m.

Saturday - Sunday   closed

--- Government

Monday - Friday   9a.m. to 5p.m.

New Year's Day   January 1

International Labor Day   May 1

Independence Day   August 6

All Saints' Day   November 1

Christmas Day   December 25

Bank Holiday   December 31

Carnival

Good Friday

Easter

Corpus Christi