Bolivia is a country in the west of South America. Much of the west is high and mountainous (the Andes); the east is lower and greener.

Bolivia is a country in the west of South America.Bolivia玻利維亞是南美洲西邊的一個國家。Much of the west is high and mountainous (the Andes);西部大多是又高又多山的地形（Andes安地斯山脈）；the east is lower and greener.東部則比較低、比較綠。

It has no sea coast — Chile and Peru sit between Bolivia and the ocean — and that lost coastline is still a sore point in Bolivian history. Its neighbours are Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, and Peru.

It has no sea coast它沒有海岸線——— Chile and Peru sit between Bolivia and the ocean —智利和秘魯夾在Bolivia和海洋之間——and that lost coastline is still a sore point in Bolivian history.而失去海岸線這件事，至今仍是Bolivia歷史上的一個痛處。Its neighbours are Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, and Peru.它的鄰國有巴西、巴拉圭、阿根廷、智利和秘魯。

More than ten million people live there.

More than ten million people live there.那裡住了超過一千萬人。

Though actually, “the capital” is messier than a tidy map suggests: Sucre is the official, constitutional capital, but the government sits in La Paz, which is the city most foreigners mean. The name is Spanish Bolivia, “land of Bolívar,” from Simón Bolívar, the leader who fought Spanish rule in South America, plus -ia, an ending used to make country names.

Though actually, "the capital" is messier than a tidy map suggests:不過其實，「首都」這件事，比地圖上看起來的還要複雜：Sucre is the official, constitutional capital,Sucre蘇克雷才是法定上的憲政首都，but the government sits in La Paz,但政府實際上設在La Paz拉巴斯，which is the city most foreigners mean.也是大部分外國人講到首都時心裡想的那個城市。The name is Spanish Bolivia, "land of Bolívar,"這個名字來自西班牙文Bolivia，意思是「Bolívar的土地」，from Simón Bolívar, the leader who fought Spanish rule in South America,源自對抗南美洲西班牙統治的領袖Simón Bolívar，plus -ia, an ending used to make country names.加上用來造國名的字尾-ia。