6 Of The World’s Highest Inhabited Places That Exist Above 10,000 Feet

Situated at 13,615 ft with a population of almost a million, growth in El Alto picked up in the ’50s after people from Bolivia’s rural areas migrated here. Today it’s the second largest city in Bolivia and one of the country’s important urban centres.

Few landmarks that contributed to the growth of this economy include the set up of railways in 1903, an air force base in 1925, the city’s first elementary school in 1939, and finally a water supply system that connected El Alto to La Paz.