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El Alto ( Spanish for " The Heights ") is the second - largest city in Bolivia , located adjacent to ___MASK17___ in Pedro Domingo Murillo Province on the Altiplano highlands . El Alto is today one of Bolivia ' s fastest - growing urban centers , with a population of 974 , 754 in 2011 . El Alto is the highest major metropolis in the world , with an average elevation of . ___MASK12___ , officially the Argentine Republic , is a federal republic in the southern half of South America . Sharing the bulk of the Southern Cone with its neighbor Chile to the west , the country is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north , Brazil to the northeast , Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east , and the Drake Passage to the south . With a mainland area of , ___MASK12___ is the eighth - largest country in the world , the second largest in Latin America , and the largest Spanish - speaking one . The country is subdivided into twenty - three provinces ( singular " provincia ") and one autonomous city (" ciudad autónoma "), Buenos Aires , which is the federal capital of the nation as decided by Congress . The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions , but exist under a federal system . Afro - Eurasia , Afroeurasia , or Eurafrasia , is the combination of ___MASK84___ and Eurasia ( Europe and ___MASK48___ ) which together form the largest contiguous landmass on Earth . The term is a portmanteau of the names of its constituent parts . ___MASK49___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK49___ , is a South American country occupying a long , narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the ___MASK57___ Ocean to the west . It borders ___MASK51___ to the north , Bolivia to the northeast , Argentina to the east , and the Drake Passage in the far south . Chilean territory includes the ___MASK57___ islands of Juan Fernández , Salas y Gómez , Desventuradas , and Easter Island in Oceania . ___MASK49___ also claims about of Antarctica , although all claims are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty . Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in ___MASK56___ South America , bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest , Brazil to the east and northeast , and Bolivia to the northwest . Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River , which runs through the center of the country from north to south . Due to its ___MASK56___ location in South America , it is sometimes referred to as " Corazón de Sudamérica " (" Heart of South America "). Paraguay is one of the two landlocked countries ( the other is Bolivia ) that lie outside Afro - Eurasia . Paraguay is the smallest landlocked country in the Americas . Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos ( YPFB ) is the state - owned oil and gas company of Bolivia . ___MASK37___ , also collectively called America , encompass the totality of the continents of ___MASK10___ and South America . Together they make up most of Earth ' s western hemisphere and comprise the " New World ". The Altiplano ( Spanish for " high plain "), Collao ( Quechua and Aymara : Qullaw , meaning " place of the Qulla "), Andean Plateau or Bolivian Plateau , in west - ___MASK56___ South America , is the area where the Andes are the widest . It is the most extensive area of high plateau on Earth outside Tibet . The bulk of the Altiplano lies in Bolivia , but its northern parts lie in ___MASK51___ , and its southern parts lie in Chile and Argentina . ___MASK53___ , officially the Federative Republic of ___MASK53___ , is the largest country in both South America and Latin America . As the world ' s fifth - largest country by both area and population , it is the largest country to have Portuguese as an official language and the only one in ___MASK37___ . Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east , ___MASK53___ has a coastline of . It borders all other South American countries except Ecuador and Chile and covers 47 . 3 % of the continent ' s land area . Its Amazon River basin includes a vast tropical ___MASK75___ , home to diverse wildlife , a variety of ecological systems , and extensive natural resources spanning numerous protected habitats . This unique environmental heritage makes ___MASK53___ one of 17 megadiverse countries , and is the subject of significant ___MASK65___ interest and debate regarding deforestation and environmental protection . ___MASK51___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK51___ , is a country in western South America . It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia , in the east by Brazil , in the southeast by Bolivia , in the south by Chile , and in the west by the Pacific Ocean . ___MASK51___ is an extremely biodiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains vertically extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon Basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon river . South America is a continent located in the western hemisphere , mostly in the southern hemisphere , with a relatively small portion in the northern hemisphere . It is also considered a subcontinent of ___MASK37___ , which is the model used in nations that speak Romance languages . The reference to South America instead of other regions ( like Latin America or the Southern Cone ) has increased in the last decades due to changing geopolitical dynamics ( in particular , the rise of ___MASK53___ ). Bolivia (; ), officially known as the Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country located in western - ___MASK56___ South America . It is bordered to the north and east by Brazil , to the southeast by Paraguay , to the south by Argentina , to the southwest by Chile , and to the northwest by ___MASK51___ . One - third of the country is the Andean mountain range , with one of its largest cities and principal economic centers , El Alto , located on the Altiplano . Bolivia is one of two landlocked countries ( the other is Paraguay ) that lie outside Afro - Eurasia . Bolivia is the largest landlocked country in the Americas .