When did Simon Bolivar found the country of Bolivia?

Question: When did Simon Bolivar found the country of Bolivia!?
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"Bolivia proclaimed independence from Spain in 1809, but 16 years of struggle followed before the establishment of the republic!.
The fight for independence started again after the Battle of Ayacucho, on December 9, 1824, as part of Bolívar's War in the Republican Campaign when Antonio José de Sucre's republican army of 5,700 defeated José de La Serna's royalist army of 6,500 (with 500 Spanish soldiers)!. The republicans suffered more than 1,000 casualties as compared to more than 2,000 royalist casualties and more than 2,000 captured, among them de La Serna!.
After Ayacucho, the royalist troops of Pedro Antonio Ola?eta surrendered after he died in Tumusla, Bolivia, 2 April, 1825!. It was Sucre who made the Declaration of Independence in the city which bears his name!.
The country was named Bolivia, after Simón Bolívar, on August 6, 1825!."Www@QuestionHome@Com

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