List of highest large cities

El Alto
Potosí
Shigatse
Juliaca
Puno
Oruro
Lhasa
La Paz

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). For other settlements, see List of highest cities in the world or List of highest towns by country.

Average Height Town / City Country Population Est. Year
4,150 m (13,615 ft)El Alto Bolivia1,184,9422014
4,090 m (13,419 ft)Potosí Bolivia170,0002007[1]
3,836 m (12,585 ft)Shigatse China117,0002013[2]
3,825 m (12,549 ft)Juliaca Peru225,1462007[3]
3,819 m (12,530 ft)Puno Peru120,2292007[3]
3,706 m (12,159 ft)Oruro Bolivia250,7002011
3,658 m (12,001 ft)Lhasa China373,0002009
3,640 m (11,942 ft)La Paz Bolivia845,4802010
3,399 m (11,152 ft)Cusco Peru358,0522011
3,052 m (10,013 ft)Huancayo Peru425,0002012[4]
3,050 m (10,007 ft)Huaraz Peru135,0002011[4]
2,899 m (9,511 ft)Tulcán Ecuador103,1002012
2,898 m (9,508 ft)Ipiales Colombia123,3412010[5]
2,850 m (9,350 ft)Quito Ecuador2,239,1912010
2,820 m (9,252 ft)Tunja Colombia171,0822010[6]
2,809 m (9,216 ft)Golmud China205,7002011
2,790 m (9,154 ft)Sucre Bolivia300,0002007
2,764 m (9,068 ft)Riobamba Ecuador161,7882010
2,746 m (9,009 ft)Ayacucho Peru151,0192011
2,720 m (8,924 ft)Cajamarca Peru283,7672011
2,719 m (8,921 ft)Sacaba Bolivia127,7002006
2,663 m (8,737 ft)Toluca de Lerdo Mexico819,5612010[7]
2,652 m (8,701 ft)Zipaquirá Colombia112,0692010[8]
2,620 m (8,596 ft)Bogotá Colombia8,080,7342005[9]
2,610 m (8,563 ft)Metepec Mexico206,0052005
2,600 m (8,530 ft)Chía Colombia111,9982010[10]
2,586 m (8,484 ft)Facatativá Colombia119,8492005[11]
2,570 m (8,432 ft)Cochabamba Bolivia618,3762010
2,569 m (8,428 ft)Sogamoso Colombia115,5642010[12]
2,565 m (8,415 ft)Soacha Colombia455,9922010[13]
2,560 m (8,399 ft)Kangding China100,0002011
2,550 m (8,366 ft)Cuenca Ecuador331,8882010[14]
2,530 m (8,301 ft)Duitama Colombia110,4182010[15]
2,527 m (8,291 ft)San Juan de Pasto Colombia411,7062010[16]
2,500 m (8,202 ft)Addis Ababa Ethiopia2,738,2482005
2,500 m (8,202 ft)Ambato Ecuador178,5382010[14]
2,500 m (8,202 ft)Lerma Mexico105,5782010
2,496 m (8,189 ft)Zacatecas Mexico138,1762010
2,495 m (8,186 ft)Totonicapán Guatemala134,3732012
2,470 m (8,104 ft)Dessie Ethiopia169,1042005
2,400 m (7,874 ft)Pachuca de Soto Mexico267,8622010
2,400 m (7,874 ft)Chimalhuacán Mexico525,3892010
2,400 m (7,874 ft)Atizapán de Zaragoza Mexico489,9372010
2,400 m (7,874 ft)Dhamar Yemen118,4002003
2,350 m (7,710 ft)Sana'a Yemen2,431,6492010
2,335 m (7,661 ft)Arequipa Peru836,8592005
2,329 m (7,641 ft)Quetzaltenango Guatemala661,3752011
2,325 m (7,628 ft)Asmara Eritrea649,0002009
2,300 m (7,546 ft)Eldoret Kenya289,3802009
2,275 m (7,464 ft)Xining China1,198,3042010
2,260 m (7,415 ft)Calama Chile126,1352002[17]
2,260 m (7,415 ft)Cuautitlán Izcalli Mexico498,0212010
2,250 m (7,382 ft)Ecatepec de Morelos Mexico1,656,1072010
2,250 m (7,382 ft)Los Reyes Acaquilpan Mexico232,5462010
2,250 m (7,382 ft)Cuautitlán, State of Mexico Mexico110,3452010
2,247 m (7,372 ft)Texcoco Mexico105,1652010
2,240 m (7,349 ft)Mexico City Mexico8,851,0802010
2,238 m (7,343 ft)Tlalnepantla de Baz Mexico683,8082010
2,220 m (7,283 ft)Ibarra Ecuador139,7212010
2,220 m (7,283 ft)Nezahualcóyotl Mexico1,109,3632010
2,219 m (7,280 ft)Ghazni Afghanistan157,2772007
2,205 m (7,234 ft)Shimla India171,8172011
2,200 m (7,218 ft)Valle de Chalco Solidaridad Mexico332,2792010
2,194 m (7,198 ft)Santa Fe United States144,2172010[18]
2,180 m (7,152 ft)Tulancingo de Bravo Mexico151,5822010
2,150 m (7,054 ft)Manizales Colombia388,5252010[19]
2,147 m (7,044 ft)Puebla de Zaragoza Mexico1,434,0622005
2,125 m (6,972 ft)Rionegro Colombia110,3292010[20]
2,120 m (6,955 ft)Tizayuca Mexico100,5622005
2,084 m (6,837 ft)Mekele Ethiopia201,5282005
2,070 m (6,791 ft)Shahr-e Kord Iran148,4642006
2,060 m (6,759 ft)Loja Ecuador180,6172010[14]

References

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  2. ↑ "西藏日喀则市桑珠孜区国家新型城镇化综合试点工作方案要点" [Summary report on the National New Comprehensive Urbanization Pilot Study in Samzhubzê District, Xigazê, Xizang] (in Chinese). askci Corporation (中商情报网). Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  3. 1 2 INEI, Censos Nacionales 2007: XI de Población y VI de Vivienda (2007). «Puno/San Román/Juliaca»
  4. 1 2 "Perú: Estimaciones y Proyecciones de Población por Sexo, según Departmento, Provincia y Distrito, 2000-2015" (in Spanish). INEI. Retrieved 6 February 2013. |chapter= ignored (help)
  5. ↑ "Censo General 2005 – Ipiales, Nariño" (PDF) (in Spanish). Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  6. ↑ "Censo General 2005 – Tunja, Boyacá" (PDF) (in Spanish). Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  7. ↑ "Censo de Población y Vivienda 2010" (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  8. ↑ "Censo General 2005 – Zipaquirá, Cundinamarca" (PDF) (in Spanish). Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  9. ↑ "Censo General 2005 – Bogotá, Bogotá" (PDF) (in Spanish). Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  10. ↑ "Censo General 2005 – Chía, Cundinamarca" (PDF) (in Spanish). Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  11. ↑ "Censo General 2005 – Facatativá, Cundinamarca" (PDF) (in Spanish). Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  12. ↑ "Censo General 2005 – Sogamoso, Boyacá" (PDF) (in Spanish). Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  13. ↑ "Censo General 2005 – Soacha, Cundinamarca" (PDF) (in Spanish). Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  14. 1 2 3 "Resultados Nacionales Censo de Población y Vivienda 2010" (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  15. ↑ "Censo General 2005 – Duitama, Boyacá" (PDF) (in Spanish). Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  16. ↑ "Censo General 2005 – Pasto, Nariño" (PDF) (in Spanish). Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  17. ↑ www.citypopulation.de/Chile-Cities.html
  18. ↑ www.citypopulation.de/php/usa-metro.php
  19. ↑ "Censo General 2005 – Manizales, Caldas" (PDF) (in Spanish). Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  20. ↑ "Censo General 2005 – Rionegro, Antioquia" (PDF) (in Spanish). Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
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