Bolivie fowk

**Bolivie fowk** (*Bolivianos* in Spaingie), cried **Bolivies** an aw, are the ceetizens o Bolivie. Amerindians inhabitie Bolivie territory for several millennia afore Spaingie Conquest in the 16t century. Spaniards an Africans arrivit in steady nummers unner colonial rule, mixin widely wi ilk ither an wi indigenous fowks.

The Bolivie population, estimatit at 10.9 milion is multiethnic, includin Amerindians, Mestizos, Europeans, Asies an Africans. The main leid spoken is Spaingie, awtho the Guarani, Aymara an Quechua leids are common an aw three, as well as 34 ither indigenous leids, are offeecial an aw. The lairge nummer o different culturs athin Bolivie haes contributit greatly tae a wide diversity in fields such as airt, cuisine, leeteratur, an muisic.

## Ethnic groups

The ethnic composition o Bolivie includes a great diversity o culturs. Maist o the indigenous fowks hae assimilatit a mestizo cultur, diversifyin an expandin their indigenous heritage. Consequently, thare is in Bolivie a mix o culturs, which joins thegither Hispanic an Amerindian cultures.

The ethnic distribution o Bolivie is estimatit tae be 30% Quechua-speakin an 25% Aymara-speakin. The lairgest o the approximately three dozen native groups are the Quechuas (2.5&nbsp;million), Aymaras (2&nbsp;million), then Chiquitano (180,000), an Guaraní (125,000). So the full Amerindian population is at 55%; the remainin 30% are mestizo (mixed Amerindian an white), an aroond 15% are white.

### Indigenous
* Indigenous, cried *"originarios"* ("native" or "oreeginal") an less frequently an aw, *Amerindians*. This ethnic group is composed bi the stryndents o the Pre-Hispanic culturs. They can be Andean, as the Aymaras an Quechuas (which formit the auncient Inca Empire), which concentrate in the wastren depairtments o La Paz, Potosí, Oruro, Cochabamba an Chuquisaca. Thare is an important oriental ethnic population an aw, composed bi the Guaraní an Moxos, amang ithers, an that inhabit the depairtments o Santa Cruz, Beni, Tarija an Pando. The indigenous fowk compose the 60% o the Bolivie population.

### Mestiizo
* Mestizo. Ethnic mix o indigenous fowk an Europeans or Europeans stryndents. They are distributit throuoot the entire kintra an compose the 26% o the Bolivie population. Maist fowk assume their *mestizo* identity while at the same time identifyin thairsels wi ane or mair indigenous culturs.

### European
* The maist pairt are seicont-generation stryndents o criollos an Europeans or Arabs, comin maistly frae Germany, Croatia, Spain, Italy, Lebanon an Turkey. They are uisually concentratit in the largest ceeties; La Paz, Santa Cruz de la Sierra an Cochabamba, but as well in some minor ceeties like Tarija. In the Santa Cruz Depairtment thare is an important colony (70.000 inhabitants) o German-speakin Mennonites. Whites represent 15% - 25% o the total Bolivie population.
Aroond 1,300,000 Bolivies are Spaingie strynd, an 500,000 are o German backgrund, an aroond 350,000 are Italian, 200,000 Portuguese, an aroond 50,000 Croatie strynd.

### Black African
* Afro Bolivies. Stryndants o African slaves, which arrivit in the times o the Spaingie Empire. They inhabit the depairtment o La Paz, an locatit mainly in the provinces o Nor Yungas an Sud Yungas.

### Asie
* Asies. Mainly Japanese (14.000), Cheenese (4.600), Koreans an Lebanese.
* Ither: There are sma amoonts o European citizens o Germany, Fraunce, Italy an Portugal, as well as comin frae ither American kintras, as Argentinae, Brazil, Chile, Colombie, Cuba, Ecuador, Unitit States, Paraguay, Peru, Mexico an Venezuela, amang ithers. Thare are important Peruvian colonies in La Paz, El Alto an Santa Cruz de la Sierra.

#### Indigenous fowks
The Indigenous fowks o Bolivie are dividit intae twa different ethnic groups; the Andeans, which are locatit in the Andean Altiplano an the glen region an the ethnic cultur o the oriental Llanos region, which inhabit the wairm regions o eastren Bolivie (Gran Chaco).

* **Andean ethnies**
**Aymaras. They live on the heich plateau o the depairtments o La Paz, Oruro an Potosí, as well as some sma regions near the tropical flatlands.
**Quechuas. They inhabit maistly the glens on Cochabamba an Chuquisaca. They inhabit some muntain regions in Potosí an Oruro an aw. They divide thairsels intae different quechua nations, as the Tarabucos, Ucumaris, Chalchas, Chaquies, Yralipes, Tirinas, amang ithers.
* **Ethnies o the Oriental Llanos**
**Guaraníes. Formit bi: Guarayos, Pausernas, Sirionos, Chiriguanos, Wichí, Chulipis, Taipetes, Tobas an Yuquis.
** **Tacanas**: Formit bi: Lecos, Chimanes, Araonas an Maropas.
** **Panos**: Formit bi: Chacobos, Caripunas, Sinabos, Capuibos an Guacanaguas.
** **Aruacos**: Formit bi: Apolistas, Baures, Moxos, Chané, Movimas, Cayabayas, Carabecas, Paiconecas or Paucanacas.
** **Chapacuras**: Formit bi: Itenez or More, Chapacuras, Sansinonianos, Canichanas, Itonamas, Yuracares, Guatoses an Chiquitos.
** **Botocudos**: Formit bi: Bororos y Otuquis.
** **Zamucos**: Formit bi: Ayoreos.

## Releegion

The Roman Catholic kirk haes a dominant presence in **releegion in Bolivie**. 
While a vast majority o Bolivies are Catholic Christians, a hintle smawer portion o the population pairticipates actively. In the decades follaein the Seicont Vatican Cooncil (1962–65), the Kirk tried tae mak releegion a mair active force in social life.

A 2008 survey for Americas Barometer, wi 3,003 respondents an an error (+/- 1,8% ) returned these results:

Ither reviews o the population vary frae these specific results.

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