List of highest towns by country
Sovereign, fully recognized countries

List of highest towns by country

Section Title: Sovereign, fully recognized countries
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Rank	Country	Town / city	Region / state	Height (m)	Height (ft)	Comment

1	Peru	La Rinconada	Puno	5,100	16,728	"The Real Price of Gold" The highest in the world according to National Geographic magazine (May 2003); pop. 30,000.

2	China	Tuiwa	Tibet Autonomous Region	5,070	16,634

3	India	Karzok	Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir	4,570	15,000	Hikkim, Himachal Pradesh has year-round residences from 4330 to 4400 meters. Komic village two km to the southeast of Hikkim has residences up to 4530 meters, and Korzok on Tso Moriri has year-round residences from 4525 to 4570 meters.

4	Chile	Parinacota	Arica-Parinacota	4,400	14,435

5	Nepal	Dingboche	Khumbu	4,350	14,301	Gorakshep (with an elevation of 5,100 m - 16,728 ft) are lodges near to Mount Everest base camp. Lobuche at 4950 metres, Gokyo at 4750 metres (15,583 ft), and Dughla, at 4593 metres (15,075 ft), are higher, but likely not permanently inhabited as they cater to trekkers during season.

6	Argentina	Mina Pirquitas	Jujuy Province	4,340	14,240	Mining company town, with up to 673 inhabitants

7	Bolivia	Colquechaca	Potosí Department	4,170	13,680	https://web.archive.org/web/20141014162038/http://dateandtime.info/citycoordinates.php?id=3919720

8	Afghanistan	Qarabolaq	Wakhan District	4,139	13,579

9	Kyrgyzstan	Chatyndy	Osh Province	4,013	13,166

10	Bhutan	Laya	Gasa District	3,820	12,533

11	Tajikistan	Murghab	Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region	3,650	11,975

12	Mexico	Raíces	Mexico	3,531	11,919	[1]

13	United States	Alma	Colorado	3,560	11,680	[2]

14	Venezuela	Apartaderos	Mérida	3,505	11,502	3,360 m. according to Google Maps.

15	Ethiopia	Mizma	at Ras Dejen	3,500	11,483

16	Colombia	Vetas	Santander	3,350	10,990	3,230 m. according to Google Maps.

17	Ecuador	Papallacta	Napo	3,300	10,827	Zumbahua, according to Google Maps is the highest at 3,510 m.

18	Pakistan	Shimshal	Gilgit-Baltistan	3,200	10,449

19	Guatemala	Ixchiguán	San Marcos Department	3,185	10,449	highest town in Central America

20	Lesotho	Khalahali	Mokhotlong District	3,158	10,361

21	Costa Rica	Villa Mills	Cartago Province	3,100	10,173	Near Cerro de la Muerte, Talamanca Range. Permanent population: 65

22	Yemen	Kawkaban	Sana'a Governorate	2,931	9,616

23	Indonesia	Mulia	Papua Province	2,706	8,881

24	Cameroon	Ndu	Southwest Region	2,611	8,566

25	Eritrea	Adi Keyh	Debub	2,500	8,202

26	Iran	Fereydunshahr	Isfahan Province	2,490	8,169

27	Russia	Kurush	Dokuzparinskiy rayon, Dagestan	2,480	8,134

28	Kenya	Iten	Elgeyo-Marakwet County	2,400	7,874

29	Azerbaijan	Xınalıq	Quba Rayon	2,375	7,710	Population: 2,075

30	Georgia	Bochorna	Akhmeta Municipality	2,345	7,694	population only about 1, so Ushguli is generally seen as the highest 'substantial' village.

31	Morocco	Tacheddirt	Al Haouz	2,314	7,592

32	Andorra	Pas de la Casa	Encamp	2,219	7,316

33	Rwanda	Byumba	Northern Province	2,237	7,342

34	Turkey	Kapıköy	Van	2,220	7,284	Population: 635

35	Italy	Trepalle	Lombardy	2,209	7,247	Cited as highest parish in Europe by its Tourism board

36	Saudi Arabia	Abha	Asir	2,200	7,218	population about 680,912

37	Papua New Guinea	Wabag	Enga Province	2,182	7,162

39	Mongolia	Altai	Yesönbulag, Govi-Altai	2,181	7,156

40	Syria	Rankous	Rif Dimashq Governorate	2,150	7,052	Population: 19,900

41	Switzerland	Juf	Graubünden	2,126	6,973	Village with a population about 24, highest in Europe according to the municipality's (Avers) web page

42	Armenia	Jermuk	Vayots Dzor	2,080	6824

43	France	Saint-Véran	Hautes-Alpes	2,040	6,692	Known as the highest commune of France - and the highest commune of Europe,

44	South Africa	Dullstroom	Mpumalanga	2,019	6,624

45	Uganda	Kabale	Western Region	2,000	6,560

46	Panama	Cerro Punta	Chiriquí Province	2,000	6,560

47	East Timor	Hatu-Builico	Ainaro District	2,000	6,560

48	Austria	Obergurgl	Tyrol	1,930	6,332	Hochgurgl is at 2150m (7,054 feet), but is not recognized as an independent village, but as a part of Obergurgl.

49	Burundi	Muramvya	Muramvya Province	1,924	6,315

50	Sri Lanka	Nuwara Eliya	Nuwara Eliya District, Central Province	1,868	6,128

51	Algeria	Tazrouk	Tazrouk District, Tamanrasset Province	1,827	5,994

52	Kazakhstan	Narynkol	Almaty Province	1,819	5,971

53	Madagascar	Soanindrariny	Vakinankaratra	1,817	5,964

54	Somalia	Erigavo	Sanaag	1,788	5,869

55	Comoros	La Convalescence	Grande Comore	1,787	5,866

56	Oman	Saiq	Ad Dakhiliyah Governorate	1,755	5,758

57	Lebanon	Bekaa Kafra	North Governorate	1,750	5,740	[3]

58	Namibia	Windhoek	Khomas Region	1,728	5,669

59	Angola	Huambo and Lubango	Huambo and Huíla	1,721	5,646

60	Honduras	La Esperanza	Intibucá Department	1,700	5,577

62	Tanzania	Mbeya	Mbeya Region	1,700	5,577

63	Spain	Valdelinares	Teruel, Aragon	1,693	5,553	http://www.panageos.es/teruel/valdelinares

64	El Salvador	Apaneca	Ahuachapán Department	1,683	5,523

65	Canada	Lake Louise	Alberta	1,661	5,449	Several ski towns & villages are higher than Lake Louise.

66	Djibouti	Airolaf	Tadjourah Region	1,667	5,468

67	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Masisi	North Kivu Province	1,651	5,419

68	Zimbabwe	Marondera	Mashonaland East	1,630	5,348

69	Brazil	Campos do Jordão	São Paulo	1,628	5,341	[4]

70	Vietnam	Sa Pa	Lào Cai Province	1,600	5,249

70	Bulgaria	Manastir	Plovdiv Province	1,600	5,249	Village centre at 1,460 m, highest neighbourhoods reaching above 1,600 m.[5] Chamla in Smolyan Province is higher at ~1,650 m, but uninhabited since the 1980s.[6]

72	Malaysia	Brinchang	Pahang	1,592	5,226	Kundasang, located in Sabah, is higher (with 1,884 m), but it is a small village of the town of Ranau.

73	Malawi	Dedza	Central Region	1,590	5,216

74	Egypt	Saint Catherine	South Sinai Governorate	1,586	5,203

75	Niger	Inignaouei	Agadez Region, Arlit Department	1,556	5,108

76	Haiti	Kenscoff	Ouest	1,504	4,934

77	Swaziland	Sandlane	Manzini District	1,503	4,934

78	Philippines	Baguio	Benguet	1,540	5,050	There are towns that have higher altitude like Atok (2,200m or 7,400 ft), but among places that have city status Baguio is the highest.

78	Uzbekistan	Yangiabad	Tashkent Province	1,500	4,921

78	Cape Verde	Estância Roque	Fogo Island	1,500	4,921

81	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Lukomir	Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, Konjic municipality	1,495	4,905	Also highest in the Balkans

82	Australia	Cabramurra	New South Wales	1,475	4,839	Highest on continent Several ski towns & villages are higher than Cabramurra. The highest town without a ski lift network is Dinner Plain at 1,570 metres

83	Thailand	Ban Na Yang	Chiang Mai Province	1,467	4,816

84	Montenegro	Žabljak	Žabljak Municipality	1,456	4,777

85	Greece	Seli, Samarina and Aetomilitsa	Epirus and Macedonia (Greece)	1,450	4,800

86	Guinea	Mali	Labé Region	1,441	4,712

87	Burma	Taunggyi	Shan State	1,436	4,730

88	Liechtenstein	Rotenboden	Triesenberg	1,416	4,645

89	Cyprus	Prodromos	Limassol District	1,380	4,528

90	Iraq	Penjwin	Sulaymaniyah Governorate	1,368	4,491

91	Mozambique	Lichinga	Niassa Province	1,360	4,462

92	North Korea	Samjiyŏn	Ryanggang Province	1,356	4,452

93	North Macedonia	Kruševo	Kruševo Municipality	1,350	4,429	Kruševo is the highest town/ city in North Macedonia. The highest settlement in North Macedonia is Plakje near Ohrid, however it only has a population of 4.

94	Turkmenistan	Khodzhai-Fil'ata	Lebap Province	1,346	4,416

96	Laos	Phongsali	Phongsali Province	1,334	4,379

97	Botswana	Kanye	Southern District	1,306	4,288

98	Vanuatu	Nokowoula	Sanma Province, Espiritu Santo Island	1,291	4,238

99	Zambia	Lusaka	Lusaka Province	1,279	4,196

100	Germany	Feldberg	Baden-Württemberg	1,277	4,190	highest German village

101	Nigeria	Jos	Plateau State	1,238	4,062

102	Norway	Finse	Western Norway	1,222	4,000

103	Nicaragua	San José de Cusmapa	Madriz Department	1,184	3,887

104	Dominican Republic	Constanza	La Vega Province	1,164	3,819	The highest residence situated in Constanza is at 1,330 m above sea level. Jamamucito is higher (1,410 m), but it is a small hamlet pertaining to the village of Jamamu, in the town of Las Placetas, belonging to the city of San José de las Matas.

105	Albania	Moscopole	Korçë County	1,160	3,806

106	Sudan	Kutum	North Darfur	1,127	3,700

107	Serbia	Nova Varoš	Zlatibor District	1,111	3,648

109	Chad	Aouzou	Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Prefecture	1,074	3,526

110	Central African Republic	Bocaranga	Ouham-Pendé	1,072	3,517

111	Croatia	Begovo Razdolje	Primorje–Gorski Kotar County	1,060	3,478	Reference: Note: The meteorological station at Zavižan is located at an altitude of 1,594 metres (5,230 ft), and is staffed round the clock by a family from a nearby village, but is not legally considered a settlement.

112	Portugal	Guarda	Guarda District	1,056	3,464	Penhas da Saúde is higher (with 1,500 m), but it is a small village of the Covilhã Municipality.

114	Romania	Predeal	Braşov County	1,033	3,389	[7]

115	Czech Republic	Boží Dar	Karlovy Vary Region	1,028	3,372

116	Tunisia	Thala	Kasserine Governorate	1,017	3,337

117	Poland	Ząb	Lesser Poland Voivodeship	1,013	3,326

117	Equatorial Guinea	Moka	Bioko Island	1,013	3,326

119	Slovakia	Vysoké Tatry	Prešov Region	1,010	3,314

121	São Tomé and Príncipe	M. Vilela	São Tomé Island	991	3,254

122	Belize	Baldy Beacon	Cayo District	978	3,211

123	Slovenia	Zgornje Jezersko	Carinthia	973	3,195

124	Israel	Beit Jann	Northern District	940	3,084

125	Gabon	Ndindi	Ngounié Province	932	3,061

126	Ukraine	Yasinia	Zakarpattia Oblast, Rakhiv Raion	931	3,054

127	Solomon Islands	Kamanjikoko	Guadalcanal Province	913	2,998

128	Sierra Leone	Dawule	Northern Province	890	2,923

129	Japan	Fujikawaguchiko	Minamitsuru District, Yamanashi Prefecture	875	2,874

130	Samoa	Afiamalu	Upolu Island	863	2,834

131	Cambodia	Phumi Popok Vil	Kampot Province	842	2,765

132	Sweden	Högvålen	Härjedalen	835	2,739

133	South Sudan	Torit	Eastern Equatoria	829	2,723

134	New Zealand	National Park Village	Manawatu-Wanganui Region	825	2,706	[8] Population:174

135	Hungary	Mátraszentimre	Heves County	810	2,657

136	Republic of the Congo	Edzouanseke	Plateaux Department	803	2,637

137	Togo	Sadomé	Plateaux Region	798	2,621

138	Jordan	Ajloun	Ajloun Governorate	760	2,508

139	Fiji	Navai	Viti Levu	738	2,424

141	Libya	Gharyan	Jabal al Gharbi District	700	2,296

142	Ghana	Amedzofe	Volta Region	677	2,224

143	San Marino	City of San Marino	Castello della Città di San Marino	675	2,215

144	Trinidad and Tobago	Brasso Seco	Tunapuna–Piarco	673	2,211

145	Liberia	Saniquellie	Nimba County	671	2,204

146	Paraguay	Pedro Juan Caballero	Amambay	670	2,201

147	Belgium	Rocherath	Liège	650	2,133	[9]

147	South Korea	Taebaek	Gangwon-do	650	2,133

149	Jamaica	Mandeville	Manchester Parish	628	2,061

150	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Fancy	Saint Vincent Island	612	2,007

151	Guyana	Ipichau	Potaro-Siparuni	611	2,004

152	Mali	Sadegue	Mopti Region	604	1,984

154	Côte d'Ivoire	Biankouma	Biankouma Department	600	1,971

155	United Arab Emirates	Masafi	Ras al-Khaimah and Fujairah	567	1,863

158	Finland	Kilpisjärvi	Lapland	490	1,607	excursionmap.fi

159	Mauritania	Zouérat	Tiris Zemmour Region	488	1,604

161	Federated States of Micronesia	Pwoaipwoai	Pohnpei	478	1,571

162	Cuba	Yateras	Guantánamo Province	470	1,542

163	Iceland	Möðrudalur	Northwestern Region	469	1,539

163	Luxembourg	Troisvierges	Clervaux	469	1,539

165	United Kingdom	Flash	Staffordshire, England	463	1,519	Verified by Ordnance Survey

166	Burkina Faso	Diali	Cascades Region	456	1,499

167	Saint Lucia	Migny	Soufrière Quarter	454	1,492

168	Benin	Aledjo-Koura	Donga Department	451	1,482

169	Mauritius	Curepipe	Plaines Wilhems District	446	1,466

170	Suriname	Anapi	Sipaliwini District	398	1,309

172	Grenada	Constantine	Saint George Parish	396	1,302

174	Moldova	Bălăneşti	Nisporeni District	324	1,066

175	Uruguay	Santa Clara de Olimar	Treinta y Tres Department	320	1,050

176	Barbados	White Hill	Saint Andrew Parish	304	1,000

177	Ireland	Glencullen	County Dublin	300	980

179	Malta	Dingli	Malta Island, Western District	250	820

183	Bangladesh	Rulkippara	Chittagong Division	237	780

185	Guinea-Bissau	Bolabá	Gabú Region	226	744

186	Lithuania	Švenčionys	Utena County	230	755

187	Belarus	Lahojsk	Minsk Region	220	725

188	Latvia	Alūksne	Vidzeme	217	712	List of highest towns in Latvia

190	Brunei	Rumah Supon	Tutong District	203	669

191	Netherlands	Vaals	Limburg	198	650

192	Tonga	Pangai	'Eua Island	184	606

193	Kuwait	Wafra	Al Ahmadi Governorate	168	554

195	Palau	Ngatpang	Ngatpang State, Babeldaob Island	162	534

196	Denmark	Ejer	Region Midtjylland	160	520	[10]

197	Senegal	Nepen Diakha	Kédougou Region	153	502

198	Estonia	Otepää	Valga County	152	499

204	Vatican City	Vatican City	75	246

205	Qatar	Umm Bab	Jariyan al Batnah	68	226

207	Bahrain	Awali	Awali Municipality	62	206

208	The Gambia	Bani	Upper River Division, Kantora District	50	164

209	Nauru	Uaboe	Uaboe District	35	118

210	The Bahamas	Freeport	Grand Bahama, Freeport District	10	36

212	Dominica	None	0	0

212	Saint Kitts and Nevis	None	0	0

212	Seychelles	None	0	0

212	Antigua and Barbuda	None	0	0

212	Singapore	None	0	0

212	Monaco	None	0	0

212	Kiribati	None	0	0

212	Marshall Islands	None	0	0

212	Tuvalu	None	0	0

212	Maldives	None	0	0

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Apartaderos is located at an altitude of 3,505 metres and it is the highest town in Venezuela.

final_sentence: Apartaderos is located at an altitude of 3,505 metres and it is the highest town in Venezuela.