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La Paz, Bolivia Quito, Ecuador Bogotá, Colombia Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Thimphu, Bhutan Asmara, Eritrea Sana'a, Yemen Mexico City, Mexico Tehran, Iran Kabul, Afghanistan Nairobi, Kenya Kathmandu, Nepal. This is a list of national capitals ordered by elevation. Higher elevations typically have social, economic, and architectural effects on cities ...
The following is a list of the world's major cities (either capitals, more than one million inhabitants or an elevation of over 1,000 m [3,300 ft]) by elevation. In addition, the country, continental region, latitude and longitude are shown for all cities listed.
This is a list of points in the Philippines that are farther north, south, east, or west than any other location in the country. Also included are extreme points in elevation, extreme distances, and other points of geographic interest. Republic Act No. 9522 of 2009, [1] defines the archipelagic baselines of the Philippines.
Quito's elevation of 2,850 m (9,350 ft) makes it either the highest or the second highest national capital city in the world. This varied standing is because Bolivia is a country with multiple capitals ; if La Paz is considered the Bolivian national capital, it tops the list of highest capitals, but if Sucre is specified as the capital, then it ...
Map of countries coloured according to their highest point. The following sortable table lists land surface elevation extremes by country or dependent territory. Topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface.
Elevation or altitude above sea level is a standard measurement for: Geographic locations such as towns, mountains and other landmarks. The top of buildings and other structures. Mining infrastructure, particularly underground. Flying objects such as airplanes or helicopters below a Transition Altitude defined by local regulations. [2]
Some locations have no dry season (meaning, all months have an average rainfall of above 60 mm (2.4 in)) and certain higher-altitude areas can have a subtropical climate. Manila and most of the lowland areas are hot and dusty from March to May. Even at this time, however, temperatures rarely rise above 37 °C (98.6 °F).
El Panecillo (from Spanish panecillo small piece of bread, diminutive of pan bread) is a 200-metre-high hill of volcanic-origin, with loess soil, located between southern and central Quito. Its peak is at an elevation of 3,016 metres (9,895 ft) above sea level. The original name used by the aboriginal inhabitants of Quito was Yavirac.