| | Geographic Coordinates: | 17 00 S, 65 00 W | | Location: | Central South America, southwest of Brazil | | Area: | total: 1,098,580 sq km
land: 1,084,390 sq km
water: 14,190 sq km | | Area - comparative: | slightly less than three times the size of Montana | | Land boundaries: | total: 6,940 km
border countries: Argentina 832 km, Brazil 3,423 km, Chile 860 km, Paraguay 750 km, Peru 1,075 km | | Coastline: | 0 km (landlocked) | | Terrain: | rugged Andes Mountains with a highland plateau (Altiplano), hills, lowland plains of the Amazon Basin | | Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Rio Paraguay 90 m
highest point: Nevado Sajama 6,542 m | | Capital: | 9 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Oruro, Pando, Potosi, Santa Cruz, Tarija |
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