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South America

Flag of Bolivia

A high-altitude nation with two capitals and a sea of salt.

Flag of Bolivia

Colours, by share of the flag

  • #007830 33%
  • #c01818 32%
  • #f0d800 25%

Measured from the flag artwork itself, so shares are approximate and emblems get folded into the nearest tone.

Flags people confuse it with

Bolivia in numbers

Official name Plurinational State of Bolivia
Capital Sucre
Region South America, South America
Population 11,673,029
Area 1,098,581 km² · 11 people per km²
Currency Bolivian boliviano (BOB)
Languages Spanish
Country codes BO · BOL · .bo
Coastline Landlocked

Things worth knowing

  • Bolivia has two capitals: Sucre is the constitutional seat, while La Paz holds the government.
  • The Salar de Uyuni is the world's largest salt flat, turning into a giant mirror when rain covers it.
  • Bolivia is landlocked yet still maintains a navy, which patrols rivers and Lake Titicaca.

Did you know

Lake Titicaca, shared with Peru, is the highest large navigable lake in the world.

Neighbours

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Country data from the mledoze/countries dataset under ODbL 1.0. Flag artwork from the same dataset. All 196 flags.