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Lobuche or Lobuje is a small settlement near Mount Everest in the Khumbu region of Nepal. It is one of the last overnight stops with lodging on the way to Everest Base camp. 4,870 metres (15,980 ft) Wenquan, Qinghai China [4] This small settlement is the highest "city" in the world according to The Guinness Book of World Records. [5]
This is a list of the highest settlements by country. Many of these are too small to be regarded as towns or cities. Only permanent settlements occupied year-round are included. When possible, the highest point in the contiguous year-round settlement is listed, though average heights or the elevations of a central point may also be found.
At up to 5,100 m (16,700 ft; 3.2 mi) above sea level, it is the highest permanent settlement in the world. [ 2 ] Between 2001 and 2009, the population was estimated by National Geographic to have increased to 30,000 people from just a small gold prospector camp because the price of gold rose 235% over that period, [ 3 ] although this number has ...
The highest permanent human settlement is La Rinconada, Peru, 5,100 m (16,732 ft), in the Peruvian Andes. The farthest road from the Earth's centre is the Road to Carrel Hut in the Ecuadorian Andes , at an elevation of 4,850 m (15,912 ft) above sea level and a distance of 6,382.9 km (3,966 mi) from the centre of the Earth.
To be included on the list, a place needs to be an incorporated municipality (i.e. a city, town, or village) and it needs to be at an elevation of 3,000 feet (914 m) or higher. In the United States, settlements above 3,000 feet are found primarily on the High Plains, in the Rocky Mountains, and in Western North Carolina. However, since many ...
The highest peak in American Samoa is Lata Mountain at an elevation of 3,163 feet (964 meters). [5] Lata Mountain is located in the Manu'a District on Ta‘ū island. There are no human settlements on the highest elevations of Lata Mountain. The population of the Manu'a Islands (which includes Ta'u) is 1,143 as of 2010. [6] 8356 feet (2547 m ...
Humans have survived for two years at 5,950 m (19,520 ft, 475 millibars of atmospheric pressure), which is the highest recorded permanently tolerable altitude; the highest permanent settlement known, La Rinconada, is at 5,100 m (16,700 ft). [16]
List of Neolithic settlements; Lost city – Human settlement that has become uninhabited; Requirements for permanent settlements – Transition from nomadic lifestyle to a society that remains in one place permanently; Settlement geography; Urban sprawl – Expansion of auto-oriented, low-density development in suburbs