List of highest cities
Settlements below 4,500 metres ( 14,800 ft )
Table:
Elevation

Name

Country

Comment

4,410 metres (14,470 ft)
Dingboche
Nepal

4,400 metres (14,400 ft)
Parinacota
Chile
Small Chilean hamlet in Putre, Parinacota Province, Arica and Parinacota Region and had 29[7] inhabitants in 2002.

4,350 metres (14,270 ft)
Cojata
Peru

4,338 metres (14,232 ft)
Cerro de Pasco
Peru
Mining town with a population of 66,860 (2007).[8]

4,340 metres (14,240 ft)
Mina Pirquitas
Argentina
Mina Pirquitas is a mining company town and municipality in Jujuy Province, and the highest settlement in Argentina. [9]

4,349 metres (14,268 ft)
Achirik, Jammu and Kashmir
India

4,315 metres (14,157 ft)
Macusani
Peru

4,310 metres (14,140 ft)
Hankar, Jammu and Kashmir
India

4,300 metres (14,100 ft)
Pagri, Tibet
China
Town in Yadong County in the Tibet Autonomous Region (Xizang Zizhiqu), China, near the border with Bhutan. Population 2121 (2004).[10]

4,279 metres (14,039 ft)
Ating, Jammu and Kashmir
India

4,272 metres (14,016 ft)
Khuldo, Jammu and Kashmir
India

4,270 metres (14,010 ft)
Kibber, Himachal Pradesh
India

4,226 metres (13,865 ft)
Demchok, Jammu and Kashmir/ Dêmqog, Tibet
India / China
Hamlet between Jammu and Kashmir state of India and Tibet Autonomous Region of China. The combined Chinese-Indian village has a population of about 150.[11]

4,200 metres (13,800 ft)
Ngari(Shiquanhe), Tibet
China
population 10,282 (2010).[6]

4,170 metres (13,680 ft)
Colquechaca
Bolivia
Colquechaca is a small town in Bolivia. Population 4,272 (2012).[12] It is the highest city in Bolivia[13]

4,100 metres (13,500 ft)
Jama
Argentina
Border post and settlement in Jujuy Province in Argentina.[14]

4,150 metres (13,620 ft)
El Alto
Bolivia
Population 846,880 (2012).[15] It is part of La Paz and contains La Paz's El Alto International Airport.

4,105 metres (13,468 ft)
Junín
Peru

4,100 metres (13,500 ft)
Durbuk, Jammu and Kashmir
India
Village that falls under the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir state in India and has a recorded population of 300 people, though the actual figure may be higher than 300.

4,105 metres (13,468 ft)
Ampultun, Jammu and Kashmir
India

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Dingboche ( दिङबोचे ) 27°53′N 86°49′E / 27.883°N 86.817°E / 27.883 ; 86.817 is a Sherpa village in the Khumbu region of north eastern Nepal in the Chukhung Valley . Its population was estimated at approximately 200 in 2011 . It is situated at an altitude of 4,410 metres ( 14,470 ft ) .
Nepal ( Nepali : नेपाल [ neˈpal ] ) , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal , is a landlocked country in South Asia . It is located mainly in the Himalayas , but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain . With an estimated population of 26.4 million , it is 48th largest country by population and 93rd largest country by area . It borders China in the north and India in the south , east and west while Bangladesh is located within only 27 km ( 17 mi ) of its southeastern tip and Bhutan is separated from it by the Indian state of Sikkim . Nepal has a diverse geography , including fertile plains , subalpine forested hills , and eight of the world 's ten tallest mountains , including Mount Everest , the highest point on Earth . Kathmandu is the capital and the largest city . Nepal is a multiethnic country with Nepali as the official language . The name Nepal is first recorded in texts from the Vedic period of the Indian subcontinent , the era in ancient India when Hinduism was founded , the predominant religion of the country . In the middle of the first millennium BCE , Gautama Buddha , the founder of Buddhism , was born in Lumbini in southern Nepal . Parts of northern Nepal were intertwined with the culture of Tibet . The centrally located Kathmandu Valley is intertwined with the culture of Indo-Aryans , and was the seat of the prosperous Newar confederacy known as Nepal Mandala . The Himalayan branch of the ancient Silk Road was dominated by the valley 's traders .
Parinacota is a Chilean hamlet in Putre , Parinacota Province , Arica and Parinacota Region .
Chile ( /ˈtʃɪli/ ( listen ) , /ˈtʃɪleɪ/ ; Spanish : [ ˈtʃile ] ) , [ nb 2 ] officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish : República de Chile ( help·info ) ) , is a South American country occupying a long , narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west . It borders Peru to the north , Bolivia to the northeast , Argentina to the east , and the Drake Passage in the far south . Chilean territory includes the Pacific islands of Juan Fernández , Salas y Gómez , Desventuradas , and Easter Island in Oceania . Chile also claims about 1,250,000 square kilometres ( 480,000 sq mi ) of Antarctica under the Chilean Antarctic Territory . [ nb 3 ] , The arid Atacama Desert in northern Chile contains great mineral wealth , principally copper and lithium . The relatively small central area dominates in terms of population and agricultural resources , and is the cultural and political center from which Chile expanded in the late 19th century when it incorporated its northern and southern regions . Southern Chile is rich in forests and grazing lands , and features a string of volcanoes and lakes . The southern coast is a labyrinth of fjords , inlets , canals , twisting peninsulas , and islands . Spain conquered and colonized the region in the mid-16th century , replacing Inca rule in the north and centre , but failing to conquer the independent Mapuche who inhabited what is now south-central Chile . After declaring its independence from Spain in 1818 , Chile emerged in the 1830s as a relatively stable authoritarian republic . In the 19th century , Chile saw significant economic and territorial growth , ending Mapuche resistance in the 1880s and gaining its current northern territory in the War of the Pacific ( 1879-83 ) after defeating Peru and Bolivia . In the 1960s and 1970s , the country experienced severe left-right political polarization and turmoil .
Putre is a Chilean town and commune , capital of the Parinacota Province in the Arica-Parinacota Region . It is located 130 km ( 81 mi ) east of Arica , at an altitude of 3,500 m ( 11,483 ft ) . The town is backdropped by Taapaca volcanic complex . Putre is on the edge of the Lauca National Park , and is popular with visitors to the National Park wishing to acclimatise to the altitude . There is a historical church in Putre . The commune also includes the localities of Socoroma , Tignamar , Belén , Chapiquiña , Pachama , Ancuta , Guallatiri , Parinacota , Chucuyo and Caquena . On March 6 , 2011 , a 6.2 magnitude earthquake centered 110 km ( 68 mi ) beneath Putre shook northern Chile and southern Peru , causing no injuries and only minor damage .
Parinacota Province ( Spanish : Provincia de Parinacota ) is one of two provinces of the Chilean region of Arica y Parinacota ( XV ) . Its capital is Putre . It is named after the Parinacota Volcano .
The Arica y Parinacota Region ( Spanish : Región de Arica y Parinacota pronounced [ aˈɾika i paɾinaˈkota ] ) is one of Chile 's 16 first order administrative divisions . It borders Peru to the north , Bolivia to the east and Chile 's Tarapacá Region to the south . It is also the country 's newest region , created under Law No . 20,175 . It became operational on October 8 , 2007 . Chile 's former Tarapacá region was a former Peruvian province , which was occupied by Chile under the 1883 Treaty of Ancón at the close of the War of the Pacific , and then formally annexed in 1929 by the Treaty of Lima .
Cojata District is one of eight districts of the province Huancané in Peru .
Peru ( /pəˈruː/ ( listen ) ; Spanish : Perú [ peˈɾu ] ; Quechua : Piruw Republika [ pʰɪɾʊw ] ; Aymara : Piruw Suyu [ pɪɾʊw ] ) , officially the Republic of Peru ( Spanish : República del Perú ( help·info ) ) , is a country in western South America . It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia , in the east by Brazil , in the southeast by Bolivia , in the south by Chile , and in the west by the Pacific Ocean . Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains vertically extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon Basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon river . At 1.28 million km2 ( 0.5 million mi2 ) , Peru is the 19th largest country in the world , and the third largest in South America . Peruvian territory was home to several ancient cultures . Ranging from the Norte Chico civilization starting in 3500 BC , the oldest civilization in the Americas and one of the five cradles of civilization , to the Inca Empire , the largest state in pre-Columbian America , the territory now including Peru has one of the longest histories of civilization of any country , tracing its heritage back to the 4th millennia BCE . The Spanish Empire conquered the region in the 16th century and established a viceroyalty that encompassed most of its South American colonies , with its capital in Lima . Peru formally proclaimed independence in 1821 , and following the military campaigns of José de San Martín and Simón Bolívar , and the decisive battle of Ayacucho , Peru completed its independence in 1824 . In the ensuing years , the country enjoyed relative economic and political stability , which ended shortly before the War of the Pacific with Chile . Throughout the 20th century , Peru endured armed territorial disputes , coups , social unrest , and internal conflicts , as well as periods of stability and economic upswing . Alberto Fujimori was elected to the presidency in 1990 ; his government was credited with economically stabilizing Peru and successfully ending the Shining Path insurgency , though he was widely accused of human rights violations and suppression of political dissent . Fujimori left the presidency in 2000 and was charged with human rights violations and imprisoned until his pardon by President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski in 2017 .
Cerro de Pasco is a city in central Peru , located at the top of the Andean mountains . It is the capital of the Pasco region , and an important mining center . At 4,330 metres ( 14,210 ft ) elevation , it is one of the highest cities in the world , and the highest or the second highest city with over 50,000 inhabitants , with elevation reaching up to 4,380 m in the Yanacancha area . It is connected by road and by rail to the capital Lima , as far as 300 km .
Mina Pirquitas is a town and municipality in Jujuy Province in Argentina in the Rinconada Department , in Coyaguaima district , 355 km from the capital of Jujuy , accessed from the town of Abra Pampa by provincial routes 7 and RP 70 ( 138 km ) .
Argentina ( Spanish : [ aɾxenˈtina ] ) , officially the Argentine Republic [ A ] ( Spanish : República Argentina ) , is a country located mostly in the southern half of South America . Sharing the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west , the country is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north , Brazil to the northeast , Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east , and the Drake Passage to the south . With a mainland area of 2,780,400 km2 ( 1,073,500 sq mi ) , [ B ] Argentina is the eighth-largest country in the world , the fourth largest in the Americas , the second largest in South America after Brazil , and the largest Spanish-speaking nation . The sovereign state is subdivided into twenty-three provinces ( Spanish : provincias , singular provincia ) and one autonomous city ( ciudad autónoma ) , Buenos Aires , which is the federal capital of the nation ( Spanish : Capital Federal ) as decided by Congress . The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions , but exist under a federal system . Argentina claims sovereignty over part of Antarctica , the Falkland Islands ( Spanish : Islas Malvinas ) , and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands . The earliest recorded human presence in modern-day Argentina dates back to the Paleolithic period . The Inca Empire expanded to the northwest of the country in Pre-Columbian times . The country has its roots in Spanish colonization of the region during the 16th century . Argentina rose as the successor state of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata , a Spanish overseas viceroyalty founded in 1776 . The declaration and fight for independence ( 1810-1818 ) was followed by an extended civil war that lasted until 1861 , culminating in the country 's reorganization as a federation of provinces with Buenos Aires as its capital city . The country thereafter enjoyed relative peace and stability , with several waves of European immigration , mainly Italians and Spaniards , radically reshaping its cultural and demographic outlook ; 62.5% of the population has full or partial Italian ancestry , and the Argentine culture has significant connections to the Italian culture .
A company town is a place where practically all stores and housing are owned by the one company that is also the main employer . Company towns are often planned with a suite of amenities such as stores , houses of worship , schools , markets and recreation facilities . They are usually bigger than a model village ( model in the sense of an ideal to be emulated ) . Some company towns have had high ideals ; but many have been regarded as controlling or exploitative . Others developed more or less in unplanned fashion , such as Summit Hill , Pennsylvania , United States , one of the oldest , which began as an LC & N Co. mining camp and mine site nine miles ( 14.5 km ) from the nearest outside road .
Jujuy ( Spanish pronunciation : [ xuˈxui̯ ] ) is a province of Argentina , located in the extreme northwest of the country , at the borders with Chile and Bolivia . The only neighbouring Argentine province is Salta to the east and south .
Jammu and Kashmir [ a ] was a region formerly administered by India as a state from 1954 to 2019 , constituting the southern and southeastern portion of the larger Kashmir region , which has been the subject of a dispute between India , Pakistan and China since the mid-20th century . The underlying region of this state were parts of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir , whose western districts , now known as Azad Kashmir , and northern territories , now known as Gilgit-Baltistan , are administered by Pakistan . The Aksai Chin region in the east , bordering Tibet , has been under Chinese control since 1962 . After the Government of India repealed the special status accorded to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Indian constitution in 2019 , the Parliament of India passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act , which contained provisions that dissolved the state and reorganised it into two union territories - Jammu and Kashmir in the west and Ladakh in the east , with effect from 31 October 2019 . At the time of its dissolution , Jammu and Kashmir was the only state in India with a Muslim-majority population .
India ( Hindi : Bhārat ) , officially the Republic of India ( Hindi : Bhārat Gaṇarājya ) , is a country in South Asia . It is the seventh-largest country by area , the second-most populous country , and the most populous democracy in the world . Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south , the Arabian Sea on the southwest , and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast , it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west ; [ e ] China , Nepal , and Bhutan to the north ; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east . In the Indian Ocean , India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives ; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia . Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago . Their long occupation , initially in varying forms of isolation as hunter-gatherers , has made the region highly diverse , second only to Africa in human genetic diversity . Settled life emerged on the subcontinent in the western margins of the Indus river basin 9,000 years ago , evolving gradually into the Indus Valley Civilisation of the third millennium BCE . By 1200 BCE , an archaic form of Sanskrit , an Indo-European language , had diffused into India from the northwest , unfolding as the language of the Rigveda , and recording the dawning of Hinduism in India . The Dravidian languages of India were supplanted in the northern regions . By 400 BCE , stratification and exclusion by caste had emerged within Hinduism , and Buddhism and Jainism had arisen , proclaiming social orders unlinked to heredity . Early political consolidations gave rise to the loose-knit Maurya and Gupta Empires based in the Ganges Basin . Their collective era was suffused with wide-ranging creativity , but also marked by the declining status of women , and the incorporation of untouchability into an organised system of belief .
Macusani is a town in Southern Peru , capital of the province Carabaya in the region Puno .
Pagri [ need quotation to verify ] or Phari is a town in Yadong County in the Tibet Autonomous Region , China near the border with Bhutan . As of 2004 [ update ] the town had a population of 2,121 . It is one of the highest towns in the world , being about 4,300 m ( 14,100 ft ) above sea-level at the head of the Chumbi Valley .
Tibet ( /tɪˈbɛt/ ( listen ) ; Tibetan : བོད་ , Lhasa dialect : [ /pʰøː˨˧˩/ ] ; Chinese : 西藏 ; pinyin : Xīzàng ) is a region in Asia covering much of the Tibetan Plateau . It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people as well as some other ethnic groups such as Monpa , Tamang , Qiang , Sherpa , and Lhoba peoples and is now also inhabited by considerable numbers of Han Chinese and Hui people . Tibet is the highest region on Earth , with an average elevation of 5,000 m ( 16,000 ft ) . The highest elevation in Tibet is Mount Everest , Earth 's highest mountain , rising 8,848 m ( 29,029 ft ) above sea level . The Tibetan Empire emerged in the 7th century , but with the fall of the empire the region soon divided into a variety of territories . The bulk of western and central Tibet ( Ü-Tsang ) was often at least nominally unified under a series of Tibetan governments in Lhasa , Shigatse , or nearby locations ; these governments were at various times under Mongol and Chinese overlordship . Thus Tibet remained a suzerainty of the Mongol and later Chinese rulers in Nanjing and Beijing , with reasonable autonomy given to the Tibetan leaders . The eastern regions of Kham and Amdo often maintained a more decentralized indigenous political structure , being divided among a number of small principalities and tribal groups , while also often falling more directly under Chinese rule after the Battle of Chamdo ; most of this area was eventually incorporated into the Chinese provinces of Sichuan and Qinghai . The current borders of Tibet were generally established in the 18th century . Following the Xinhai Revolution against the Qing dynasty in 1912 , Qing soldiers were disarmed and escorted out of Tibet Area ( Ü-Tsang ) . The region subsequently declared its independence in 1913 without recognition by the subsequent Chinese Republican government . Later , Lhasa took control of the western part of Xikang , China .
China ( Chinese : 中国 ; pinyin : Zhōngguó ) , officially the People 's Republic of China ( PRC ) , is a country in East Asia and is the world 's most populous country , with a population of around 1.428 billion in 2017 . Covering approximately 9,600,000 square kilometers ( 3,700,000 sq mi ) , it is the third largest country by area . [ j ] Governed by the Communist Party of China , the state exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces , [ k ] five autonomous regions , four direct-controlled municipalities ( Beijing , Tianjin , Shanghai , and Chongqing ) , and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau . China emerged as one of the world 's first civilizations , in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain . For millennia , China 's political system was based on hereditary monarchies , or dynasties , beginning with the semi-mythical Xia dynasty in 21st century BCE . Since then , China has expanded , fractured , and re-unified numerous times . In the 3rd century BCE , the Qin reunited core China and established the first Chinese empire . The succeeding Han dynasty , which ruled from 206 BCE until 220 CE , saw some of the most advanced technology at that time , including papermaking and the compass , along with agricultural and medical improvements . The invention of gunpowder and movable type in the Tang dynasty ( 618-907 ) and Northern Song ( 960-1127 ) completed the Four Great Inventions . Tang culture spread widely in Asia , as the new Silk Route brought traders to as far as Mesopotamia and the Horn of Africa . Dynastic rule ended in 1912 with the Xinhai Revolution , when the Republic of China ( ROC ) replaced the Qing dynasty . China , as a whole , was ravaged by feudal warlordism and Japan during World War II .
Yadong County ( Chinese : 亚东县 ) , also transliterated from Tibetan as Chomo County ( Tibetan : གྲོ་མོ་རྫོང༌། ; Chinese : 卓木县 / 绰莫县 ; literally : 'deep ravine county ' ) , is a frontier county and trade-market of Tibet Autonomous Region , China , situated in the mouth of the Chumbi valley near the China-India and China-Bhutan border . It lies in the middle part of Himalayas and the south of Tibet Autonomous Region , covering about 4,306 square kilometers with a population of 10,000 . It is under the jurisdiction of Xigazê .
The Tibet Autonomous Region ( TAR ) or Xizang Autonomous Region , called Tibet or Xizang for short , is a province-level autonomous region in southwest China . It was formally established in 1965 to replace the Tibet Area , an administrative division of the People 's Republic of China ( PRC ) , which took over from the Republic of China ( ROC ) about five years after the dismissal of the Kashag by the PRC after the 1959 Tibetan uprising , and about 13 years after Tibet 's incorporation into the PRC in 1951 . The current borders of the Tibet Autonomous Region were generally established in the 18th century and include about half of ethno-cultural Tibet . The Tibet Autonomous Region is the second-largest province-level division of China by area , spanning over 1,200,000 km2 ( 460,000 sq mi ) , after Xinjiang , and mostly due to its harsh and rugged terrain , is the least densely populated provincial-level division of the PRC .
The Tibet Autonomous Region ( TAR ) or Xizang Autonomous Region , called Tibet or Xizang for short , is a province-level autonomous region in southwest China . It was formally established in 1965 to replace the Tibet Area , an administrative division of the People 's Republic of China ( PRC ) , which took over from the Republic of China ( ROC ) about five years after the dismissal of the Kashag by the PRC after the 1959 Tibetan uprising , and about 13 years after Tibet 's incorporation into the PRC in 1951 . The current borders of the Tibet Autonomous Region were generally established in the 18th century and include about half of ethno-cultural Tibet . The Tibet Autonomous Region is the second-largest province-level division of China by area , spanning over 1,200,000 km2 ( 460,000 sq mi ) , after Xinjiang , and mostly due to its harsh and rugged terrain , is the least densely populated provincial-level division of the PRC .
Bhutan ( /buːˈtɑːn/ ( listen ) ; Dzongkha : འབྲུག་ཡུལ་ , romanized : Druk Yul [ ʈuk̚˩.yː˩ ] ) , officially the Kingdom of Bhutan ( Dzongkha : འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཁབ་ , romanized : Druk Gyal Khap ) , is a landlocked country in South Asia . Located in the Eastern Himalayas , it is bordered by the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north , the Indian state of Sikkim , the Chumbi Valley of Tibet , China in the west and south , the Arunachal Pradesh state of India in the east , and the Indian states of Assam and West Bengal in the south . Bhutan is geopolitically in South Asia and is the region 's second-least-populous nation after the Maldives . Thimphu is its capital and largest city , while Phuntsholing is its financial center . Bhutan 's independence has endured for centuries . It has never been colonized in its history . Situated on the ancient Silk Road between Tibet , the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia , the Bhutanese state developed a distinct national identity based on Buddhism . Headed by a spiritual leader known as the Zhabdrung Rinpoche , the territory comprised many fiefdoms and was governed as a Buddhist theocracy . Following a civil war in the 19th century , the House of Wangchuck reunited the country and established relations with the British Empire . Bhutan fostered a strategic partnership with India during the rise of Chinese communism and has a disputed border with China . In 2008 Bhutan transitioned from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy and held the first election to the National Assembly of Bhutan . The National Assembly is part of the bicameral parliament of the Bhutanese democracy .
Kibber also Kyibar is a village high in the Spiti Valley in the Himalayas at 4270 metres or 14,200 ft in Himachal Pradesh in northern India . It contains a monastery and the Kibber Wildlife Sanctuary . Kibber lies in a narrow valley on the summit of a limestone rock . It is located 20 kilometres from Kaza and a bus service connects them in the milder summer months . Agriculture forms the backbone of the local economy and lush green fields are abundant . Villagers count on the 3 day traditional trade route over Parang La to Ladakh to barter their horses for yaks or to sell for cash .
Himachal Pradesh ( Hindi : [ ɦɪˈmaːtʃəl pɾəˈdeːʃ ] ( listen ) ; lit . snow-laden province ) is a state in the northern part of India . Situated in the Western Himalayas , it is bordered by union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on the north , Punjab state on the west , Haryana state on the southwest , Uttarakhand state on the southeast , and Tibet region on the east . At its southernmost point , it also touches the state of Uttar Pradesh . The predominantly mountainous region comprising the present day Himachal Pradesh has been inhabited since pre-historic times having witnessed multiple waves of human migration from other areas . Through its history , the region was mostly ruled by local kingdoms some of which accepted suzerainty of larger empires . Prior to India 's independence from the British , Himachal comprised the hilly regions of Punjab Province of British India . After independence , many of the hilly territories were organised as the Chief Commissioner 's province of Himachal Pradesh which later became a union territory . In 1966 , hilly areas of neighbouring Punjab state were merged into Himachal and it was ultimately granted full statehood in 1971 . Himachal Pradesh is spread across valleys with many perennial rivers flowing through them . Almost 90% of the state 's population lives in rural areas . Agriculture , horticulture , hydropower and tourism are important constituents of the state 's economy .
Demchok , also spelled Demjok , is a village and military encampment in the Leh district of Ladakh , India . It is administered as part of the Leh tehsil , in the Indian-administered part of the disputed Demchok sector south of Aksai Chin . The Line of Actual Control ( LAC ) passes along the southeast side of the village , following a wadi just upstream from the nearby Indus River . [ citation needed ] Across the wadi , less than a kilometre away , [ citation needed ] is a Chinese-administered village , called Dêmqog , which was once part of Demchok . It is one of the few spots , designated for periodic meetings between the armed forces of the two nations . This village was on an old route linking Ladakh and Tibet , currently closed . The village lies 36.5 km east of Ukdungle ( 32°36′05″N 78°57′54″E / 32.6015°N 78.9651°E / 32.6015 ; 78.9651 ) . China claims the whole Demchok sector as part of its Tibet Autonomous Region . Though the Kailash Lake Manasarovar is 300 km away , the route there is mostly through plains . The worlds highest motorable road passing through the Umling La pass ( 32°41′47″N 79°17′03″E / 32.6964°N 79.2842°E / 32.6964 ; 79.2842 ) in Ladakh at a height of 19,029 feet ( 5,800 m ) connects to Demchok .
Dêmqog ( Chinese : 典角 ; Tibetan : ཌེམ་ཆོག་ ) is a small Tibetan village in the Chinese-controlled portion of the disputed Demchok sector between China and India and is administered as part of the Tibet Autonomous Region by China . It lies a kilometer east , across a wadi forming the China-India Line of Actual Control , from the Indian-controlled village and border facility of Demchok or New Demchok . The combined Chinese-Indian village has a population of about 150 . The village lies 22.7 miles east of Ukdungle ( India ) and 16.2 miles south of Lekong Yok .
In biology a population is all the organisms of the same group or species , which live in a particular geographical area . The area of a sexual population is the area where inter-breeding is potentially possible between any pair within the area , and where the probability of interbreeding is greater than the probability of cross-breeding with individuals from other areas . In sociology , population refers to a collection of humans and their entire race . Demography is a social science which entails the statistical study of populations . Population , in a more simple term , is the number of people in a city or town , region , country or world ; population is usually determined by a process called census ( a process of collecting , analyzing , compiling and publishing data ) .
Ngari Prefecture is a prefecture of China 's Tibet Autonomous Region . Its capital is Gar County . Its administrative centre is the town of Burang Town . The largest settlement is Shiquanhe . Parts of the border of Ngari with India are disputed ( see Aksai Chin ) .
Colquechaca is a small town in Bolivia . In 2009 it has an estimated population of 1,753 . It is the highest city in Bolivia , at 4,170 metres ( 13,680 ft ) above sea level , with residences up to 4,235 metres ( 13,894 ft ) .
Bolivia ( /bəˈlɪviə/ ( listen ) Spanish pronunciation : [ bo.ˈli.βja ] ) , officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia ( Spanish : Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia Spanish pronunciation : [ esˈtaðo pluɾinasjoˈnal de βoˈliβja ] ( listen ) ) , is a landlocked country located in western-central South America . The capital is Sucre , while the seat of government and financial center is located in La Paz . The largest city and principal industrial center is Santa Cruz de la Sierra , located on the Llanos Orientales ( tropical lowlands ) , a mostly flat region in the east of the country . The sovereign state of Bolivia is a constitutionally unitary state , divided into nine departments . Its geography varies from the peaks of the Andes in the West , to the Eastern Lowlands , situated within the Amazon Basin . It is bordered to the north and east by Brazil , to the southeast by Paraguay , to the south by Argentina , to the southwest by Chile , and to the northwest by Peru . One-third of the country is within the Andean mountain range . With 1,098,581 km2 ( 424,164 sq mi ) of area , Bolivia is the fifth largest country in South America , after Brazil , Argentina , Peru and Colombia ( and alongside Paraguay , one of the only two landlocked countries in the Americas ) , the 27th largest in the world , the largest landlocked country in the Southern Hemisphere and the world 's seventh largest landlocked country , after Kazakhstan , Mongolia , Chad , Niger , Mali and Ethiopia . The country 's population , estimated at 11 million , is multiethnic , including Amerindians , Mestizos , Europeans , Asians and Africans . Spanish is the official and predominant language , although 36 indigenous languages also have official status , of which the most commonly spoken are Guarani , Aymara and Quechua languages . Before Spanish colonization , the Andean region of Bolivia was part of the Inca Empire , while the northern and eastern lowlands were inhabited by independent tribes . Spanish conquistadors arriving from Cuzco and Asunción took control of the region in the 16th century .
The Paso de Jama is a mountain pass through the Andes between Chile and Argentina , at an elevation of 4,200 m ( 13,800 ft ) at the border . It is the northernmost road border crossing between the two countries . The pass is reached via Chile Route 27 and via National Route 52 ( Argentina ) . The Chile Route 27 reaches an altitude according to OpenStreetMap of 4,831 metres ( 15,850 ft ) at 23°04′21″S 67°30′17″W / 23.07250°S 67.50472°W / -23.07250 ; -67.50472 in a roaddistance of 57.6 kilometres ( 35.8 mi ) west of the border , making it one of the highest highways in Southamerica . The pass links the city of Jujuy in Argentina with San Pedro de Atacama in Chile . The road was opened on 6 December 1991 , and has been paved throughout 2005 . It is open throughout the year , although occasionally closed by snow . It is used by truck traffic between northern Argentina and Paraguay and the ports of northern Chile . The Argentine border station is five kilometers east of the border in the small settlement of Jama at 4,100 metres ( 13,500 ft ) , 23°14′14″S 67°01′22″W / 23.23722°S 67.02278°W / -23.23722 ; -67.02278 As of at least 2016 this site offers joint entry/exit processing by Chilean and Argentine authorities for customs , immigration , and other checks . There is an additional Chilean border station at San Pedro de Atacama , 160 km from the pass .
El Alto ( Spanish for The Heights ) 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 a population of 974,754 in 2011 . El Alto is the highest major metropolis in the world , with an average elevation of 4,150 m ( 13,615 ft ) . [ citation needed ] The El Alto-La Paz metropolitan area , formed by the cities of El Alto , La Paz , and Viacha , constitutes the most populous urban area of Bolivia , with a population of 2.3 million inhabitants ( greater than the metropolitan area of the country 's largest city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra ) .
La Paz ( /lɑː ˈpɑːz/ ) , officially known as Nuestra Señora de La Paz ( Spanish pronunciation : [ ˈnwestɾa seˈɲoɾa ðe la ˈpas ] ; English : Our Lady of Peace ) , also named Chuqi Yapu ( Chuquiago ) in Aymara , is the seat of government and the de facto national capital of the Plurinational State of Bolivia ( the constitutional capital of Bolivia is Sucre ) . With an estimated 789,541 residents as of 2015 , La Paz is the third-most populous city in Bolivia ( after Santa Cruz de la Sierra and El Alto ) . Its metropolitan area , which is formed by La Paz , El Alto and Viacha , makes up the most populous urban area in Bolivia , with a population of 2.3 million . It is also the capital of the La Paz Department . The city , located in west-central Bolivia 68 km ( 42 mi ) southeast of Lake Titicaca , is set in a canyon created by the Choqueyapu River . It is located in a bowl-like depression surrounded by the high mountains of the Altiplano . Overlooking the city is the towering , triple-peaked Illimani . Its peaks are always snow-covered and can be seen from many parts of the city . At an elevation of roughly 3,650 m ( 11,975 ft ) above sea level , La Paz is the highest capital city in the world . Due to its altitude , La Paz has an unusual subtropical highland climate , with rainy summers and dry winters . La Paz was founded on October 20 , 1548 by the Spanish conquistador Captain Alonso de Mendoza at the site of the Inca settlement of Laja as a connecting point between the commercial routes that led from Potosí and Oruro to Lima ; the full name of the city was originally Nuestra Señora de La Paz ( meaning Our Lady of Peace ) in commemoration of the restoration of peace following the insurrection of Gonzalo Pizarro and fellow conquistadors against the first viceroy of Peru . The city was later moved to its present location in the valley of Chuquiago Marka .
El Alto International Airport ( Spanish : Aeropuerto Internacional El Alto ) ( IATA : LPB , ICAO : SLLP ) is an international airport serving La Paz , Bolivia . It is located in the city of El Alto , 8 mi ( 13 km ) west of La Paz . At an altitude of 4,061.5 m ( 13,325 ft ) , it is the highest international airport and the fifth highest commercial airport in the world . The airport has been in service since the first half of the 20th century , but was modernized in the late 1960s , when its runway was lengthened and a new passenger terminal with modern facilities was built . The new airport was inaugurated in 1965 . El Alto airport was a primary hub for the former Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano , Bolivia 's flag carrier which ceased operations in 2007 and is a hub for Línea Aérea Amaszonas . It serves also as a focus city for Boliviana de Aviación which is a state-owned airline .
Junín is a town in Central Peru , capital of the province Junín in the region Junín . Raúl Pacheco and Gladys Tejeda , both Olympic marathon runners , were born here .
Durbok , also spelled Durbuk , is a village and headquarter of eponymous Subdivision and block in the Leh district of Ladakh , India . It is located in the Leh tehsil . This small village falls between Chang La mountain pass and Tangste on the way to Pangong Tso Lake .
Ladakh ( /ləˈdɑːk/ ) is a region administered by India as a union territory , and constituting a part of the larger region of Kashmir , which has been the subject of dispute between India , Pakistan , and China since 1947 . It is bordered by Tibet to the east , the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh to the south , Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan to the west , and the southwest corner of Xinjiang across the Karakoram Pass in the far north . It extends from the Siachen Glacier in the Karakoram range to the north to the main Great Himalayas to the south . The eastern end of Ladakh , consisting of the uninhabited Aksai Chin plains , has been under Chinese control since 1962 . Until 2019 , Ladakh was a region of the state of Jammu and Kashmir . In August 2019 , the Parliament of India passed an act by which Ladakh became a union territory on 31 October 2019 . In the past Ladakh gained importance from its strategic location at the crossroads of important trade routes , but since the Chinese authorities closed the borders with Tibet and Central Asia in the 1960s , international trade has dwindled except for tourism . Since 1974 , the Government of India has successfully encouraged tourism in Ladakh . Since Ladakh is a part of the strategically important Kashmir region , the Indian military maintains a strong presence in the region . The largest town in Ladakh is Leh , followed by Kargil , each of which headquarters a district . The Leh district contains the Indus , Shyok and Nubra river valleys . The Kargil district contains the Suru , Dras and Zanskar river valleys .