List of highest large cities in the world

El Alto

Potosí

Shigatse

Juliaca

Puno

Oruro

Lhasa

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.

Average Height	Town / City	Country	Population	Est. Year
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	100,000	2010
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	2005
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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