Interesting Facts about Bolivia

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21 curious facts about Bolivia.

• Bolivia is named after Simón Bolivar, the great South American liberator. Bolivar led the struggle to free Bolivia and the rest of South America from Spanish colonial rule. He was also the author of Bolivia's first constitution.
• Palaeontologists come to Bolivia to study its preserved dinosaur footprints. The footprints of titanosauruses, ankylosauruses and theropods have been found near Sucre.
• Lake Titicaca is the highest navigable lake in the world. There are ancient ruins near the lake and on the island called Isla del Sol (Island of the Sun).
• There are still Incan roads in Bolivia. These roads were built over some of the roughest terrain in the world. During Incan times, messengers called chasquis ran along these roads delivering messages across the Incan empire.