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2 The area by departments is as follows:

As to the manner of determining the area of the country he says:

In view of these facts, and until all disputed boundary questions are definitely settled, the area of Bolivia, as here given, may be accepted as authentic and substantially correct.

This gives to Bolivia an area greater than that of any single country in Europe, with the exception of Russia, and more than 7,500 square miles greater than that of the Kingdom of Great Britain, France, Germany, Greece, Switzerland, and Belgium combined. It will be observed, however, that the Litoral or Department of Atacama, having an area of 77,286.61 square kilometers or 29,840 square miles, is still in the possession of Chile, and will so continue until the question of its permanent disposition is determined.

Statements of the population of Bolivia are also greatly at variance. By the census of 1854, the population was 2,326,126 inhabitants, viz: