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The history of Bolivia involves thousands of years of human habitation. Lake Titicaca had been an important center of culture and development for thousands of years. The Tiwanaku people reached an advanced level of civilization before being conquered by a rapidly expanding Inca Empire in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Both countries suffered heavy losses in the war. Bolivia lost an estimated 65,000 people killed and 35,000 wounded or captured out of a population of just under 3 million. [4] The humiliating disaster of the Chaco War had a profound impact on Bolivia, which saw the conflict as a watershed event in the history of the 20th century.
Tarija is mostly distributed to Bolivia [2] [3] Peruvian-Bolivian War of 1841-1842 (1841–1842) Bolivia Peru: Indecisive, both sides claimed victory [4] Signature of the Treaty of Puno; Withdrawal of the Peruvian troops from the Bolivian territory. Bolivian withdrawal from southern Peru. [5] Pérez Rebellion (1862) Bolivia: General Gregorio ...
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Bolivia, [c] officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, [d] is a landlocked country located in central South America.It is a country with the largest geographic extension of Amazonian plains and lowlands, mountains and Chaco with a tropical climate, valleys with a warm climate, as well as being part of the Andes of South America and its high plateau areas with cold climates, hills and snow ...
Having lost its entire coastal territory, Bolivia withdrew from the war, while the war between Chile and Peru continued for three more years. Bolivia officially ceded the coastal territory to Chile only twenty-four years later, under the 1904 Treaty of Peace and Friendship. [6] The War of the Pacific was a turning point in Bolivian history.
The Chileans entered the country at the coast for the salitre and the guano (Nitrate-rich bird dung). The result of this brutal war was the loss of Bolivia's coast land to Chile. 1898 La Paz becomes de facto Bolivia's new administrative capital and the seat of the government, thus starting the process of development into the large city it is today.
Historical events in Bolivia (12 C, 1 P) F. ... Pages in category "History of Bolivia" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.