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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 ]
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 ...
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).
Because of the thin high altitude air, most commercial wide-body aircraft such as the Boeing 747 and Airbus A330 cannot operate at full load out of El Alto International Airport. As a result, much of the international traffic to and from Bolivia operates out of Viru Viru International Airport in Santa Cruz de la Sierra which is located at a ...
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 ...
In Bolivia's highland city of El Alto, the row of colorful corrugated metal roofs - blues, oranges, reds and greens - for a moment distracts from the terrifying sight below: a precipitous drop ...
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.
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.