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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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Places of Interest

Highlights include Estadio Hernando Siles and Casa Grande del Pueblo.

Stadium
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Hernando Siles Stadium, also known as Estadio Olímpico La Paz, is a multi-purpose stadium in , . It is the country's largest stadium, with a capacity of 41,143 seats.

Public building
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The is the Bolivian presidential residence that replaced the in 2018. It is a 30 story tower. Inaugurated on 9 August 2018 during the presidency of Evo Morales as the official residence of the President of Bolivia, the interim government of Jeanine Áñez reverted to occupying the Palacio Quemado from 2019 to 2020.

Square
Photo: Elemaki, CC BY 3.0.
The is the central plaza of the city of La Paz and the open space most connected to the political life of Bolivia. Prominent buildings on the plaza include the Presidential Palace, National Congress of Bolivia, and the Cathedral of La Paz.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include La Paz and Achocalla Municipality.

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is the administrative capital of , while is the constitutional capital and the seat of the Supreme Court.

Town
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is the third municipal section of the in the , . Its seat is or Achuqalla in the native language.

Suburb
or Qalaqutu is a neighborhood in , . It is located in the southern part of the city and is considered one of the largest residential zones due to the cost of the houses and the services available.

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)
Inception
September 26th, 1988
United Nations Location Code
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”
  • Aymara: “El Alto”
  • Basque: “El Alto”
  • 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”
  • Georgian: “ელ-ალტო”
  • German: “El Alto”
  • Greek: “Ελ Άλτο”
  • Gujarati: “અલ અલ્ટો”
  • Hebrew: “אל אלטו”
  • Hindi: “एल अल्टो”
  • Hungarian: “El Alto”
  • Indonesian: “El Alto”
  • Interlingua: “El Alto”
  • Irish: “El Alto”
  • Italian: “El Alto”
  • Japanese: “エル・アルト”
  • Japanese: “エルアルト”
  • Kannada: “ಎಲ್ ಅಲ್ಟೊ”
  • Korean: “엘알토”
  • Ladino: “El Alto”
  • Latvian: “Elalto”
  • Lithuanian: “El Altas”
  • Lithuanian: “El Alto”
  • Macedonian: “Ел Алто”
  • 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”
  • Quechua: “El Alto”
  • Romanian: “El Alto”
  • Russian: “Эль-Альто”
  • Scots: “El Alto”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “El Alto”
  • Sinhala: “එල් අල්ටෝ”
  • 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: “Альту-Пата”
  • 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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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “El Alto”. Photo: CALEIDOSCOPIC, CC BY-SA 4.0.