Bolivia

About Bolivia

Bolivia is a country in South America, one of the 35 countries of the Americas on GlobeQuizz. Its full official name is Plurinational State of Bolivia. In Arabic, the name is written بوليفيا, and the capital سوكري. Its geographic centre lies in the Southern and Western hemispheres.

The capital of Bolivia is Sucre. Sucre lies at about 19° south and 65° west. Alongside Sucre, La Paz also hosts important national institutions. Bolivia has 4 official languages: Aymara, Guaraní, Quechua, and Spanish. Its currency is the Bolivian Boliviano, with the symbol ⁨Bs.⁩ and the international code BOB.

Bolivia covers about 1,098,581 square kilometres, which puts it 27th by area among the 195 countries on GlobeQuizz. It is landlocked, with no coastline, and has 5 neighbours: Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Chile, and Paraguay. The largest of these neighbours by area is Brazil. Other countries in South America include Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador. Its flag is easy to confuse with the flags of Ghana and Lithuania, a classic trap in the Hard level of the flags quiz. To practise flags, capitals and currencies, play the Americas quiz on GlobeQuizz, which mixes Bolivia with the other countries of the same region.