Editing Bolivia (section)

=== Religion ===
{{Main|Religion in Bolivia}}
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[[File:Basilica de San Francisco La Paz.jpg|thumb|200x200px|[[Basilica of San Francisco, La Paz|Basilica of San Francisco]] in La Paz]]
Bolivia is a constitutionally [[secular state]] that guarantees the [[freedom of religion]] and the independence of government from religion.{{sfn|Constitute Assembly of Bolivia|2007|p=2}}

According to the 2001 census conducted by the [[National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia]], 78% of the population is [[Catholicism|Roman Catholic]], followed by 19% that are [[Protestant]], as well as a small number of Bolivians that are [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox]], and 3% non-religious.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2007/90243.htm | title= Bolivia religion | publisher= Department of State | location= US | date= 14 September 2007 | access-date= 30 August 2010 | archive-date= 8 March 2020 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200308123543/https://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2007/90243.htm | url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://institutointerglobal.org/ateismo/1545-ateos-en-numeros|title=Ateos en números|publisher=InterGlobal|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205041006/http://institutointerglobal.org/ateismo/1545-ateos-en-numeros|archive-date=5 December 2014}}</ref>

The [[Association of Religion Data Archives]] (relying on the World Christian Database) records that in 2010, 92.5% of Bolivians identified as Christian (of any denomination), 3.1% identified with indigenous religion, 2.2% identified as [[Baháʼí Faith|Baháʼí]], 1.9% identified as agnostic, and all other groups constituted 0.1% or less.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bolivia: Adherents|url=http://www.thearda.com/internationalData/countries/Country_27_2.asp|website=The Association of Religious Data Archives|access-date=5 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015204554/http://www.thearda.com/internationalData/countries/Country_27_2.asp|archive-date=15 October 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

Much of the indigenous population adheres to different traditional beliefs marked by [[inculturation]] or [[Syncretic|syncretism]] with Christianity. The cult of [[Pachamama]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.catamarcaguia.com.ar/Cultura/Pachamama.php |title=Pachamama y los Dioses Incaicos |publisher=Catamarcaguia.com.ar |access-date=14 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117013359/http://www.catamarcaguia.com.ar/Cultura/Pachamama.php |archive-date=17 January 2013}}</ref> or "Mother Earth", is notable. The veneration of the [[Virgen de Copacabana|Virgin of Copacabana]], Virgin of Urkupiña and Virgin of Socavón, is also an important feature of [[Christian pilgrimage]]. There also are important [[Aymara people|Aymaran communities]] near [[Lake Titicaca]] that have a strong devotion to [[James, son of Zebedee|James the Apostle]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bolivia.com/Noticias/AutoNoticias/DetalleNoticia32134.asp|publisher=Bolivia.com|title=El Tata Santiago, un santo en Guaqui con vena de general|access-date=7 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206130141/http://www.bolivia.com/Noticias/AutoNoticias/DetalleNoticia32134.asp|archive-date=6 February 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Deities worshiped in Bolivia include [[Ekeko]], the Aymaran god of abundance and prosperity, whose day is celebrated every 24 January, and [[Guarani mythology|Tupá]], a god of the [[Guaraní people]].