List of highest large cities
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 6,700 feet (2,042 m). For other settlements, see List of highest cities in the world or List of highest towns by country.
Median elevation | City, or town | Country(ies) | Population (people) | Estimated Year |
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13,615 feet (4,150 m) | El Alto | Bolivia | 1,184,942 | 2014 |
13,420 feet (4,090 m) | Potosí | Bolivia | 170,000 | 2007[1] |
12,585 feet (3,836 m) | Shigatse | China | 117,000 | 2013[2] |
12,549 feet (3,825 m) | Juliaca | Peru | 225,146 | 2007[3] |
12,531 feet (3,819 m) | Puno | Peru | 120,229 | 2007[3] |
12,159 feet (3,706 m) | Oruro | Bolivia | 250,700 | 2011 |
12,002 feet (3,658 m) | Lhasa | China | 373,000 | 2009 |
11,942 feet (3,640 m) | La Paz | Bolivia | 845,480 | 2010 |
11,151 feet (3,399 m) | Cusco | Peru | 358,052 | 2011 |
10,013 feet (3,052 m) | Huancayo | Peru | 425,000 | 2012[4] |
10,006 feet (3,050 m) | Huaraz | Peru | 135,000 | 2011[4] |
9,510 feet (2,899 m) | Tulcán | Ecuador | 103,100 | 2012 |
9,508 feet (2,898 m) | Ipiales | Colombia | 123,341 | 2010[5] |
9,350 feet (2,850 m) | Quito | Ecuador | 2,239,191 | 2010 |
9,252 feet (2,820 m) | Tunja | Colombia | 171,082 | 2010[6] |
9,216 feet (2,809 m) | Golmud | China | 205,700 | 2011 |
9,153 feet (2,790 m) | Sucre | Bolivia | 300,000 | 2007 |
9,068 feet (2,764 m) | Riobamba | Ecuador | 161,788 | 2010 |
9,009 feet (2,746 m) | Ayacucho | Peru | 151,019 | 2011 |
8,923 feet (2,720 m) | Cajamarca | Peru | 283,767 | 2011 |
8,921 feet (2,719 m) | Sacaba | Bolivia | 127,700 | 2006 |
8,736 feet (2,663 m) | Toluca de Lerdo | Mexico | 819,561 | 2010[7] |
8,700 feet (2,652 m) | Zipaquirá | Colombia | 112,069 | 2010[8] |
8,596 feet (2,620 m) | Bogotá | Colombia | 7,363,782 | 2005[9] |
8,563 feet (2,610 m) | Metepec | Mexico | 206,005 | 2005 |
8,530 feet (2,600 m) | Chía | Colombia | 111,998 | 2010[10] |
8,484 feet (2,586 m) | Facatativá | Colombia | 119,849 | 2005[11] |
8,432 feet (2,570 m) | Cochabamba | Bolivia | 618,376 | 2010 |
8,428 feet (2,569 m) | Sogamoso | Colombia | 115,564 | 2010[12] |
8,415 feet (2,565 m) | Soacha | Colombia | 455,992 | 2010[13] |
8,400 feet (2,560 m) | Kangding | China | 100,000 | 2011 |
8,366 feet (2,550 m) | Cuenca | Ecuador | 331,888 | 2010[14] |
8,300 feet (2,530 m) | Duitama | Colombia | 110,418 | 2010[15] |
8,290 feet (2,527 m) | San Juan de Pasto | Colombia | 411,706 | 2010[16] |
8,203 feet (2,500 m) | Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | 2,738,248 | 2005 |
8,203 feet (2,500 m) | Ambato | Ecuador | 178,538 | 2010[14] |
8,202 feet (2,500 m) | Lerma | Mexico | 105,578 | 2010 |
8,189 feet (2,496 m) | Zacatecas | Mexico | 138,176 | 2010 |
8,186 feet (2,495 m) | Totonicapán | Guatemala | 134,373 | 2012 |
8,103 feet (2,470 m) | Dessie | Ethiopia | 169,104 | 2005 |
7,874 feet (2,400 m) | Pachuca de Soto | Mexico | 267,862 | 2010 |
7,874 feet (2,400 m) | Chimalhuacán | Mexico | 525,389 | 2010 |
7,874 feet (2,400 m) | Atizapán de Zaragoza | Mexico | 489,937 | 2010 |
7,867 feet (2,398 m) | San Marcos, Guatemala/San Pedro Sacatepéquez, San Marcos | Guatemala | 108,688 | 2010 |
7,710 feet (2,350 m) | Sana'a | Yemen | 2,431,649 | 2005 |
7,660 feet (2,335 m) | Arequipa | Peru | 836,859 | 2005 |
7,640 feet (2,329 m) | Quetzaltenango | Guatemala | 661,375 | 2011 |
7,628 feet (2,325 m) | Asmara | Eritrea | 649,000 | 2009 |
7,464 feet (2,275 m) | Xining | China | 1,198,304 | 2010 |
7,415 feet (2,260 m) | Cuautitlán Izcalli | Mexico | 498,021 | 2010 |
7,381 feet (2,250 m) | Ecatepec de Morelos | Mexico | 1,656,107 | 2010 |
7,381 feet (2,250 m) | Los Reyes Acaquilpan | Mexico | 232,546 | 2010 |
7,381 feet (2,250 m) | Cuautitlán, State of Mexico | Mexico | 110,345 | 2010 |
7,372 feet (2,247 m) | Texcoco | Mexico | 105,165 | 2010 |
7,349 feet (2,240 m) | Mexico City | Mexico | 8,851,080 | 2010 |
7,342 feet (2,238 m) | Tlalnepantla de Baz | Mexico | 683,808 | 2010 |
7,283 feet (2,220 m) | Ibarra | Ecuador | 139,721 | 2010 |
7,282 feet (2,220 m) | Nezahualcóyotl | Mexico | 1,109,363 | 2010 |
7,280 feet (2,219 m) | Ghazni | Afghanistan | 157,277 | 2007 |
7,234 feet (2,205 m) | Shimla | India | 171,817 | 2011 |
7,217 feet (2,200 m) | Valle de Chalco Solidaridad | Mexico | 332,279 | 2010 |
7,152 feet (2,180 m) | Tulancingo de Bravo | Mexico | 151,582 | 2010 |
7,053 feet (2,150 m) | Manizales | Colombia | 388,525 | 2010[17] |
7,044 feet (2,147 m) | Puebla de Zaragoza | Mexico | 1,434,062 | 2005 |
6,971 feet (2,125 m) | Rionegro | Colombia | 110,329 | 2010[18] |
6,955 feet (2,120 m) | Tizayuca | Mexico | 100,562 | 2005 |
6,837 feet (2,084 m) | Mekele | Ethiopia | 201,528 | 2005 |
6,790 feet (2,070 m) | Scæhrekord | Iran | 148,464 | 2006 |
6,758 feet (2,060 m) | Loja | Ecuador | 180,617 | 2010[14] |
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- 1 2 INEI, Censos Nacionales 2007: XI de Población y VI de Vivienda (2007). «Puno/San Román/Juliaca»
- 1 2 "Perú: Estimaciones y Proyecciones de Población por Sexo, según Departmento, Provincia y Distrito, 2000-2015" (in Spanish). INEI. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
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ignored (help) - ↑ "Censo General 2005 – Ipiales, Nariño" (PDF) (in Spanish). Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ↑ "Censo General 2005 – Tunja, Boyacá" (PDF) (in Spanish). Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ↑ "Censo de Población y Vivienda 2010" (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ↑ "Censo General 2005 – Zipaquirá, Cundinamarca" (PDF) (in Spanish). Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ↑ "Censo General 2005 – Bogotá, Bogotá" (PDF) (in Spanish). Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ↑ "Censo General 2005 – Chía, Cundinamarca" (PDF) (in Spanish). Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ↑ "Censo General 2005 – Facatativá, Cundinamarca" (PDF) (in Spanish). Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ↑ "Censo General 2005 – Sogamoso, Boyacá" (PDF) (in Spanish). Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ↑ "Censo General 2005 – Soacha, Cundinamarca" (PDF) (in Spanish). Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- 1 2 3 "Resultados Nacionales Censo de Población y Vivienda 2010" (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ↑ "Censo General 2005 – Duitama, Boyacá" (PDF) (in Spanish). Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ↑ "Censo General 2005 – Pasto, Nariño" (PDF) (in Spanish). Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ↑ "Censo General 2005 – Manizales, Caldas" (PDF) (in Spanish). Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ↑ "Censo General 2005 – Rionegro, Antioquia" (PDF) (in Spanish). Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
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