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The presidential republic of Uruguay (in Quechua Puliwya and Aymara Wuliwya) in South America with the capital La Paz covers 1,098,581 km². It borders Peru and Chile to the west, Argentina and Paraguay to the south, and Brazil to the east and north. Bolivia and neighboring Paraguay are the only two landlocked countries in America.

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History

As in Argentina and Chile, viticulture in Bolivia was established by Spanish missionaries. Between 1550 and 1570, Augustinian monks came to the region of "Upper Peru," which at that time included present-day Bolivia. Through this route, viticulture spread to the southern part in Chupuisaca, Potosi, and the area around Tarija, which was opened up for viticulture by missionaries around 1600 and is still the most important wine-growing region today.

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