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The three cities that had a negative population growth from 2001 to 2012 are La Paz (−4.1%), Yacuíba (−4.2%), and Santa Ana del Yacuma (−5.4%). With the exception of the Department of La Paz, each department's capital city is the largest city in its respective department.
El Alto (Spanish for "The Heights" [1]) is the second-largest city in Bolivia, located adjacent to La Paz in Pedro Domingo Murillo Province on the Altiplano highlands. El Alto is today one of Bolivia's fastest-growing urban centers, with an estimated population of 943,558 in 2020. [2]
El Alto Municipality or El Alto de La Paz Municipality is a municipal section of the Pedro Domingo Murillo Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is El Alto, the second-largest city in Bolivia.
Rank Name Department Pop. Rank Name Department Pop. Santa Cruz de la Sierra El Alto: 1: Santa Cruz de la Sierra: Santa Cruz: 1,453,549: 11: Montero: Santa Cruz: 109,518
Bolivia: Small town in Bolivia. Population 4,272 (2012). [12] It is the highest city in Bolivia. [13] 4,100 metres (13,500 ft) Jama Argentina: Border post and settlement in Jujuy Province in Argentina. [14] 4,150 metres (13,620 ft) El Alto Bolivia: Population 846,880 (2012). [15] It is part of La Paz and contains La Paz's El Alto International ...
La Paz, Bolivia, is the second-largest city located in the Altiplano (after El Alto) Volcanoes in Sajama National Park (Parinacota and Pomerape). The Altiplano is an area of inland drainage lying in the central Andes, occupying parts of northern Chile, western Bolivia, southern Peru and northwest Argentina.
Highest city in the world, 30 000 inhabitants. [1] 2 Parinacota Chile: 4400 14435 Highest settlement in Chile. 3 Mina Pirquitas Argentina: 4340 14240 Highest settlement in Argentina. 4 Cerro de Pasco Peru: 4330 14232 Highest city of over 50,000 inhabitants (70,000). 5 Colquechaca Bolivia: 4170 13680 Highest town in Bolivia. 6 El Alto Bolivia ...
Located in the Bolivian Tin Belt, Cerro Rico de Potosí is the world's largest silver deposit and has been mined since the sixteenth century, producing up to 60,000 tonnes by 1996. Estimates are that much silver still remains in the mines. Potosí became the second largest city, and the site of the first mint, in the Americas.