List of South American cities by elevation

Ranked	Town / City	Country	Height (m)	Height (ft)	Comments
1	La Rinconada	Peru	5101	16728	Highest city in the world, 30 000 inhabitants.[1]
2	Parinacota	Chile	4400	14435	Highest settlement in Chile.
3	Mina Pirquitas	Argentina	4340	14240	Highest settlement in Argentina.
4	Cerro de Pasco	Peru	4330	14232	Highest city of over 50,000 inhabitants (70,000).
5	Colquechaca	Bolivia	4170	13680	Highest town in Bolivia.
6	El Alto	Bolivia	4150	13615
7	Potosí	Bolivia	4090	13420
8	Viacha	Bolivia	3871	12700
9	Juliaca	Peru	3824	12546
10	Puno	Peru	3819	12530
11	La Oroya	Peru	3745	12287
12	Oruro	Bolivia	3706	12158
13	Huancavelica	Peru	3676	12060
14	La Paz	Bolivia	3690	11975	Highest capital in the world
15	Sicuani	Peru	3548	11640
16	Apartaderos	Venezuela	3505	11502	Highest town in Venezuela. 3,360 m. according to Google Maps.
17	Cusco	Peru	3399	11151
18	Vetas	Colombia	3350	10990	Highest town in Colombia. 3,230 m. according to Google Maps.
19	Papallacta	Ecuador	3300	10826	Highest town in Ecuador. According to other sources is Zumbahua at 3,510 m.
20	Huancayo	Peru	3259	10659
21	Tarma	Peru	3053	10016
22	Huaraz	Peru	3052	10006
23	Tulcán	Ecuador	2980	9776
24	Andahuaylas	Peru	2926	9599
25	Ipiales	Colombia	2898	9507
26	Quito	Ecuador	2850	9350
27	Tunja	Colombia	2820	9310
28	Ayacucho	Peru	2761	9058
29	Riobamba	Ecuador	2754	9035
30	Cajamarca	Peru	2750	9022
31	Latacunga	Ecuador	2750	9022
32	Sucre	Bolivia	2750	9022
33	Bogotá	Colombia	2640	8661
34	Duitama	Colombia	2590	8497
35	Ambato	Ecuador	2577	8454
36	Cochabamba	Bolivia	2574	8445
37	Sogamoso	Colombia	2569	8428
38	Cuenca	Ecuador	2560	8398
39	Chiquinquirá	Colombia	2556	8386
40	San Juan de Pasto	Colombia	2527	8290

See also

• List of highest towns by country
• List of European cities by elevation

References

1. "BootsnAll Travel Articles - Travel for All. All for Travel". Archived from the original on 2010-12-05. Retrieved 2010-04-24.