El Alto topographic map
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El Alto
El Alto (Spanish for "The High One", Aymara: Patamarka) 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. It is also the highest major city in the world, with an average elevation of 4,000 m (13,123 ft).
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Name: El Alto topographic map, elevation, terrain.
Location: El Alto, Provincia Pedro Domingo Murillo, La Paz, Bolivia (-16.66482 -68.32243 -16.34482 -68.00243)
Average elevation: 13,212 ft
Minimum elevation: 9,436 ft
Maximum elevation: 17,595 ft
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