Local short name form

Official name

Area

Population

Capital

Currency

International telephone access code

ISO 3166 country codes

Car nationality plate code

Internet country code

GRC Country Code

   1.234,45

(where , indicates the decimal separator and . the thousands separator)

   Note: This section last updated 31st March 2021

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The official languages are Spanish (3 483 700 speakers), Quechua (2 898 983 speakers of two different forms) and Aymará (1 785 000 speakers). Spanish is not as dominant as in other South-American countries and Indian-language addresses will be found in databases.

42 other languages are spoken. The most widespread of these are: Chiquitano (30 000 speakers) and German (160 000 speakers).

Personal names are built in the same way as in Spain. Please refer to the chapter on Spain for details.

   Tables of names can be acquired: given names , surnames/family names , family name prefixes , forms of address , job titles 

Bolivian company types include:

   Comandita Simple
   Joint stock company
   Joint venture company
   Sociedad Anónima
   Sociedad Colectiva (General partnership)
   Sociedad Limitada (Limited liability Company)
   Stock company

   Comprehensive tables of these strings can be acquired – see http:www.grcdi.nl/addresses.htm 

Addresses are written in the following format:

   Recipient name
   {thoroughfare type[]}Thoroughfare name[, ]house number
   SETTLEMENT

For example:

The address may also be written without the comma after the thoroughfare name.

When addresses are written in Spanish, calle, the Spanish word for street, is rarely written. The Spanish thoroughfare type, when included, is written before, and separately from, the thoroughfare name. It should be written with the first letter in lower case.

Addresses may also be found written in Quechua or Aymará.

   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired 

This is written Casilla de Correo, or CC, or Casilla Postale, or Apartado Postale in Bolivia. Cajón Postal, "postal drawer", may also be found.

Bolivia currently has no postal code system.

Bolivia - Postal code format graphic

Bolivia - Postal code format

Bolivia - Postal code specifics

Bolivia - Postal code regular expression

Bolivia - Postal code level of coverage

Bhutan - Postal code map

   Note: This section last updated 1st May 2015

Place names may be found in one of the indigenous languages.

Refer to Exonyms in Bolivia for full lists of place names in Bolivia in other languages.

   Alternate place name forms/postal code tables can be acquired at http:www.grcdi.nl/settlements.htm 

   Other language place name data can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/otherlanguageplace.htm 

Bolivia has 9 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento), not used in addresses:

    Beni   
    Chuquisaca 
    Cochabamba 
    La Paz 
    Oruro 
    Pando 
    Potosí 
    Santa Cruz 
    Tarija 

Administrative districts graphic

   Note: This section last updated 16th May 2022

Bolivian area codes have a single digit when called from abroad. Subscriber numbers have 7 digits. Mobile numbers have the area code 7.