General Country Information
Capital: La Paz
Population: 9,247,816 (July 2007)
Form of Government: Presidential Republic
Telephone and Internet Communications in real numbers
Telephone - main lines: 646,300 (2005)
Telephone - mobile: 2.421 million (2005)
Internet hosts: 24,363 (2007)
Internet users: 580,000 (2006)
Country Ranking
DOI* 2005/2006: 0.33
World Rank 2005/2006: 119
*The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) evaluates the opportunity, infrastructure and utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) worldwide and was created by the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The DOI is based on a scale of 0-1, where 1 is ideal, and the World Rank is taken into consideration out of 181 countries, based on the DOI.
Disability Organizations and Contact Information:
ABOPANE- Asociación Boliviana de Padres y Amigos de Personas con Discapacidad Mental
Calle 3 de Obrajes No. 563
Edif. Las Orquideas,
La Paz 4668
Bolivia
http://www.grunden.se/abopane
Email: abopane@yahoo.com
Tel: +591-71931360 / +591-2782005
Fax: +591-2782005
Confederación Boliviana de la Persona con Discapacidad - DPI National Assembly
Av. Capitan Arrien ex estación Brasilera
Santa Cruz
Bolivia
Email:boliviacobopdi@yahoo.es
Tel: +591-3-773-58668
Federación Boliviana de Sordos (FEBOS)
Calle Nueva Granada 1746
esq. F. Pizarro, Zona Villa Ingai
Cochabamba
Bolivia
Email: febos17@hotmail.com