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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 ]
It is located in the city of El Alto, [2] 13 kilometres (8 mi) west of La Paz. [3] At an elevation of 4,061.5 metres (13,325 ft), it is the highest international airport in the world, the seventh highest commercial airport in the world and the highest commercial airport outside of China .
El Alto in Bolivia is the highest-altitude city in the world. This list of the highest cities in the world includes only cities with a population greater than 100,000 inhabitants and an average height above sea level over 2,000 metres (6,600 ft).
Bolivia: 4170 13680 Highest town in Bolivia. 6 El Alto Bolivia: 4150 13615 7 Potosí Bolivia: 4090 13420 8 Viacha Bolivia: 3871 12700 9 Juliaca Peru: 3824 12546 10 Puno Peru: 3819 12530 11 La Oroya Peru: 3745 12287 12 Oruro Bolivia: 3706 12158 13 Huancavelica Peru: 3676 12060 14 La Paz Bolivia: 3690 11975 Highest capital in the world 15 Sicuani ...
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.
It lies near the cities of El Alto and La Paz at the eastern edge of the Altiplano. It is the second highest peak in Bolivia, after Nevado Sajama, and the eighteenth highest peak in South America. [3] The snow line lies at about 4,570 metres (15,000 ft) above sea level, and glaciers are found on the northern face at 4,982 m (16,350 ft).
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.