El Alto

La Paz is the administrative capital of , while is the constitutional capital and the seat of the Supreme Court.
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  • Type: City with 847,000 residents
  • Description: second-largest city in Bolivia
  • Also known as: “ელ ალტო” and “エルアルト”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Estadio Hernando Siles and Casa Grande del Pueblo.

Stadium
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Hernando Siles Stadium, also known as Estadio Olímpico…

Public building
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The is the Bolivian…

Square
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The is the central plaza of the city…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include La Paz and Calacoto.

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is the administrative capital of , while…

Suburb
or Qalaqutu is a neighborhood in , .

El Alto

Latitude
-16.5048° or 16° 30′ 17″ south
Longitude
-68.1624° or 68° 9′ 45″ west
Population
847,000
Elevation
4,099 metres (13,448 feet)
Established
September 26th, 1988
UN/LOCODE
BO ALT
Open location code
57MHFRWQ+32
Open­Street­Map ID
node 568203308
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3918378
Wiki­data ID
Q30996
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“El Alto” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “El Alto”
  • Arabic: “إل ألتو”
  • Armenian: “Էլ Ալտո (Բոլիվիա)”
  • Armenian: “Էլ Ալտո”
  • Asturian: “El Alto”
  • Aymara: “Altu pata”
  • Basque: “El Alto”
  • Belarusian: “Эль-Альта”
  • Bengali: “এল অল্ট”
  • Bulgarian: “Ел Алто”
  • Catalan: “El Alto”
  • Chinese: “埃爾阿爾托”
  • Czech: “El Alto”
  • Danish: “El Alto”
  • Dutch: “El Alto”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ال التو”
  • Esperanto: “El Alto”
  • Estonian: “El Alto”
  • Finnish: “El Alto”
  • French: “El Alto”
  • Galician: “El Alto”
  • Georgian: “ელ-ალტო”
  • German: “El Alto”
  • Greek: “Ελ Άλτο”
  • Gujarati: “અલ અલ્ટો”
  • Hebrew: “אל אלטו”
  • Hindi: “एल आल्तो”
  • Hungarian: “El Alto”
  • Indonesian: “El Alto”
  • Interlingua: “El Alto”
  • Irish: “El Alto”
  • Italian: “El Alto”
  • Japanese: “エル・アルト”
  • Kannada: “ಎಲ್ ಅಲ್ಟೊ”
  • Korean: “엘알토”
  • Ladino: “El Alto”
  • Latvian: “Elalto”
  • Lithuanian: “El Altas”
  • Macedonian: “Ел Алто”
  • Malagasy: “El Alto”
  • Malay: “El Alto”
  • Marathi: “अल ऑल्टो”
  • Nauru: “El Alto”
  • Northern Frisian: “El Alto”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “El Alto”
  • Norwegian: “El Alto”
  • Ossetian: “Эль-Альто”
  • Persian: “ال آلتو”
  • Polish: “El Alto”
  • Portuguese: “El Alto”
  • Quechua: “Altu llaqta”
  • Romanian: “El Alto”
  • Russian: “Эль-Альто”
  • Scots: “El Alto”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “El Alto”
  • Sinhala: “එල් අල්ටෝ”
  • Slovak: “El Alto”
  • Slovenian: “El Alto”
  • Spanish: “El Alto”
  • Swedish: “El Alto”
  • Tamil: “எல் ஆல்டோ”
  • Tatar: “Эл-Альто”
  • Telugu: “ఎల్ ఆల్టో”
  • Thai: “เอล อัลโต”
  • Turkish: “El Alto”
  • Ukrainian: “Ель-Альто”
  • Urdu: “ایل آلتو، لاپاز”
  • Venetian: “El Alto”
  • Veps: “El‘ Al’to”
  • Veps: “El’ Al’to”
  • Vietnamese: “El Alto”
  • Volapük: “El Alto”
  • Waray (Philippines): “El Alto”
  • Welsh: “El Alto”
  • “El Alto”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Ampliación Ferroviaria 2da. Sección and Zona 23 de Marzo La Hoyada.

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