Being one of the top ten smallest countries in South America, Bolivia has many different things you may not know about including their, climates, vegetation and tourist attractions. Although Bolivia is underestimated about what it has, it has one of the best GDP’s and is one of the most visited countries in the region. Bolivia was once known as Upper Peru until a man called Simon Bolivar gained its independence. Francisco Pizarro also played one of the most important roles in the foundation of Bolivia. Francisco Pizarro was a Spanish conquistador. Francisco and his other Spanish conquistadors set out to find different minerals.They ended up in Bolivia finding many different minerals that they could use. Simon Bolivar was voted as president after the country became known as the Republic of Bolivia. Bolivia located on the Eastern Border of South America is bordered by Peru, Chile, Argentina and Paraguay. Bolivia is home to the capital city La Paz, which is the highest capital city in the world. Bolivia is also home to one of the highest navigable lakes in the world, Lake Titicaca. The western part of …show more content…
The lowlands of Bolivia including Santa Cruz, has a regular temperature of 86 degrees fahrenheit. Since it is one of the wettest regions in the country, its rainy season lasts from late September to May. This heavy rainfall is caused by the winds blowing in from the Amazon rainforest. The highlands including Lake Titicaca and La Paz usually has an average temperature of 60-80 degrees fahrenheit. The coldest temperatures usually occur during the months of June and July, the rest of the year is mostly dry and sunny but nights can get cold. Since the southern part of Bolivia has higher altitude, it has more grassland. The soil and vegetation season changes in the Andean Mountains. The mountains also produce the largest amount of potatoes in the
Ecuador is one of the smallest countries of South America. It lies on the West Coast of the continent between Colombia and Peru. The equator crosses Ecuador and gives the country its name. Ecuador is the Spanish word for equator.
The capital of Bolivia is La Paz. Bolivia is the most impecunious country in South America, which is depressing, but things have gotten better over the past 20 years. La Paz is the highest capital in the world, sitting about 12,000 feet above sea level. La Paz translates to “the peace,” which is abbreviated for “the Peace of Ayacucho.” They had an unscrupulous government, taking money from our people, affecting its economy in a terrible way. Bolivia has the second biggest area of natural gas in South America and also has El Mutun, which is the world’s biggest amount of magnesium and iron, but it is difficult for people to utilize our crops to acquire richness because of its terrible environment and horrible government. The Peace of Ayacucho
Simon Bolivar, who had a reputation of being a liberator, took center stage. The common folk began to trust his words, as he talked about fighting for the resources that were theirs, ideals taken directly from the American Revolution itself. Also with the power struggle created by the Napoleonic wars, uprisings began. The most prominent of this movement was the uprising in Chuquisaca in 1809, which led to the formation of the Government Juntas. This group focused on taking the power from the Spanish and giving it to the people. Seeing the movement in Bolivia take shape, Latin Nations such as Peru began to provide military support to Bolivian liberators. Surprisingly, America didn’t live up to its reputation, having no negative impact on this revolution. Normally, America had been notorious for backing up the dictators or colonial powers and suppressing the Latin liberators. All in all, the combination of a power struggle brought upon by foreign wars, introduction of revolutionary independence ideals, proper leadership, and foreign aid, the Bolivian revolution was successful in liberating the nation from Spanish Colonial power after 16 years of conflict.
Bolivia is a small but diverse country in both architecture and culture due to foreign
1. Bolivia has two capital cities: La Paz (the administrative capital) and Sucre (the judicial capital).
Secondly, the physical features of a country will decide many factors about where people will choose to live. Much of Bolivia is mountainous. The Andes mountains stretch across the western portion of the country. Many towns and cities have formed along the bottom of the mountains. In between some of the Andes mountains is
Prior to Spanish discovery of the new world, the area now known as Bolivia was home to three major ethnic and linguistic groups; the Uru, Aymara, and Quechua. The Uru lived on rafts, fishing and foraging along the shore of Lake Titicaca. The Aymara dominated the Uru, reducing their status to poor fishermen and landless workers. Aymara society was built upon a basic social unit of kinship that organized the distribution of labor, and this system, termed “ayllu,” was later adopted by conquering Quechua. The Aymara are known for their practice of ‘freeze drying’ potatoes high in the mountains, for their organized systems of irrigation, and their control of colonies in warm
The geographical makeup of Bolivia is mostly mountainous in the andes mountain chain. Bolivia is also home of the largest lake in South America, Lake Titicaca. The country has a load of rivers and lakes like the Mamore
Peru is a country that has diverse regions ranging from plains to mountainy regions and also the rain forest jungle. It offers a wide variety of sites to its visitors and especially Peru is famous for the family adventures. And every visitor who wishes to go for the adventure with his family must introduce to the Amazon Jungle and Machu Picchu in Peru to his kids where each family member will enjoy the wild life scenes and exploring the valley.
Colombia, republic in South America, situated in the northwestern part of the continent, and bounded on the north by Panama and the Caribbean Sea, on the east by Venezuela and Brazil, on the south by Peru and Ecuador, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. Colombia is the only country of South America with coasts on both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. The total land area of the country is 1,141,748 sq km (440,831 sq mi). The capital and largest city is Bogotá.
Paraguay, a small country located in South America, known for its unique geography and beautiful culture. Did you know that Paraguay has the highest economic growth in South America? Paraguay lies on the banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the country. Paraguay is located in the center of the southern half of South America, northeast of Argentina. Because of the country’s location in South America, it received the nickname Heart of South America.
Ecuador is a small country on the Pacific coast of South America. It is bisected laterally by the equator, and longitudinally by the Andes. The Andes divide the country’s mainland into three distinct regions, the coast to the west, the mountains, and the rainforest to the east. It is the Andes that this paper is focused on, giving special attention to the mountain Cotopaxi.
A common misconception is that Ecuador is just a small country that can't fend for itself or provided for its people, its actually the opposite. They have plenty of resources to share with the world. What are those resources, well, In the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador has the best fishing grounds. They fish mostly
The other higher courts are the Plurinational Constitutional Tribunal which have 7 main members and 7 back up members, and the Plurinational Electoral Organ which contain 7 members. Bolivia earns lots of profits in exporting natural gas. However, it's Latin America's least advanced country. The GDP (PPP) was $59.11 billion in 2013, which ranked 92nd in the world and the growth rate was 6.8%, which was 25th in the world.
Many Americans view South America as poverty and crime-filled. In reality, not all of South America is like this. Among all the countries in South America, Ecuador has one of the highest standards of living in South America.