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List Of Highest Cities
This is an incomplete list of the highest settlements in the world. Only settlements that are permanently occupied all year long with a significant population and lying at least partially above an elevation of 3,500 metres (12,140 feet) are included. Highest settlements This section lists all the settlements with a significant year-round population above . Settlements below This section lists selected settlements with a significant year-round population between and . See also *List of highest towns by country *List of capital cities by altitude This is a list of national capitals ordered by elevation. Higher elevations typically have social, economic, and architectural effects on cities, in particular colder temperatures in winter. Low elevation cities are often seaports o ... * List of highest large cities in the world References {{DEFAULTSORT:highest settlements in the world Settlements Geography-related lists of superlatives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amdo Town
Pana, or Pagnag (), also known as Anduo, or Amdo, is a town and the seat of Amdo County in the Nagqu Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region, in China. It lies 464 kilometres north of Lhasa and 138 km north of Nagchu Town, Nagqu. As of 2004 its jurisdiction had a population of about 2700, 683 of which were living in the town of Pana. The principal economic activity is animal husbandry, pastoral yak, goat, sheep, and so on. Blueschist outcrops are found in the area. The villagers in recent times organized a railway protecting committee to select locals to monitor the Qinghai-Tibet Railway. "Constructed on the southern side of the Dangla Mountains, Amdo is a Chinese-style town on the Qinghai-Tibet Highway. The road here leads off to the west, heading towards the Mount Kailash, Mt. Kailash area via the Changthang Plateau. Many of the buses from Golmud to Lhasa used to stay overnight here." At an elevation of , Amdo is one of the List_of_highest_cities_in_the_world, highest year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Rinconada, Peru
La Rinconada is a town in the Peruvian Andes near a gold mine. At up to above sea level, it is the highest permanent settlement in the world. Between 2001 and 2009, the population was estimated by ''National Geographic'' to have increased to 30,000 people from just a small gold prospector camp because the price of gold rose 235% over that period, although this number has not been reflected by the 2007 or 2017 censuses. The town has gained notoriety for its extreme living conditions that include its high rates of altitude sickness, pollution, poverty, murder, and sex trafficking, and as a result has sometimes been referred to in Spanish as ''la ciudad sin ley del Perú'', which means "the lawless city of Peru." Location La Rinconada is a populated center, within the jurisdiction of Ananea District, in San Antonio de Putina Province, Puno Department, Peru. La Rinconada is located in the Janca region, according to the classification of Pulgar Vidal. According to the May 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parinacota, Chile
Parinacota is a Chilean hamlet in Putre, Parinacota Province, Arica and Parinacota Region. Location It is situated on the highlands at an elevation of in Lauca National Park near the small town of Putre and had 29 inhabitants as of 2002. Church The church was built in the 17th century in the form of a central nave with two side chapels. The walls are made of stone and clay and are supported by exterior arches of unmortared stone. The floor is brick with a central band of stone. Originally there was no choir. A choir without railing was built later-on whereas one of the most interesting frescoes of the area, the ''Last Judgment'' was destroyed. The atrium is surrounded by a clay wall on which are situated several figures made of red stone: A bishop, lilies, phalli and others. The square tower was rebuilt in 1789 and painted with white lime. Noteworthy are the frescoes in the interior which were painted in water colors by Indians in the Andean baroque of the 17th century. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dingboche
Dingboche is a Sherpa village at an elevation of in the Khumbu region of northeastern Nepal. Its population was estimated at approximately 200 in 2011. Transport Coming from Namche Bazaar or Tengboche, Dingboche is the better alternative than the village of Pheriche, in being more sunny, and less affected by the icy winds that descend through the Valley of Khumbu. There are no roads that go to the village, only trails, and with the exceptions of some agricultural products produced around the village; yaks and mules carry most of what is consumed locally.Shrestha, Vinos Prasad; “Concise Geography of Nepal”; (2007); Mandal Publications; . Climate Dingboche has a Tundra climate (Köppen classification ''ET''). It has cool and rainy summers and dry and cold winters, affected mainly by its altitude and by monsoon A monsoon () is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagqu
Nagqu (also Naqu, Nakchu, or Nagchu; ; ) is a prefecture-level city in the north of the Chinese autonomous region of Tibet. On May 7, 2018, the former Nagqu Prefecture was officially declared the sixth prefecture-level city in Tibet after Lhasa, Shigatse, Chamdo, Nyingchi and Shannan. The regional area, covering an area of , is bordered by Bayingolin and Hotan Prefectures of Xinjiang to the north, Haixi, Yushu Prefectures of Qinghai and Chamdo to the east, Nyingchi, Lhasa and Shigatse to the south, Ngari Prefecture to the west. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 462,381. Since its official establishment in 2018, it is the largest prefecture-level city by area in the world, being slightly larger than Sweden. Nagqu contains 89 townships, 25 towns, and 1,283 villages. The main city of Nagqu is along the China National Highway 109, northeast of Lhasa. Amdo, Nyainrong and Xainza are other towns of note. Extremely rich in water resources, with 81% of Tibet's lak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanle (village)
Hanle (also spelt Anle) is a large historic village in the Indian union territory of Ladakh. The village of Hanle comprises six hamlets — Bhok, Dhado, Punguk, Khuldo, Naga and Tibetan Refugee habitation —within 1100 sq km Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary in Changtang#India, Changthang plateau.Hanle India's first dark sky reserve accessed 5 June 2023. It is the site of the 17th-century Hanle Monastery (gompa) of the Drukpa Lineage, Drukpa Kagyu branch of Tibetan Buddhism. Hanle is located in the Hanle River valley on an old branch of the ancient Ladakh–Tibet trade route. Hanle is the home of Hanle observatory (ISO - Indian Astronomical Observatory), the tenth (see List of highest astronomical observatories) highest optical telescope in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lahaul And Spiti District
The Lahaul and Spiti district is a high-altitude district in Himachal Pradesh, north India. This entirely mountainous district consists of two geographically distinct as well as formerly separate political-administrative units, called Lahaul () and Spiti (; or ). Lahaul and Spiti is the largest district by area in Himachal Pradesh, and one of the least populous districts in the whole of India. Kyelang (also spelled as 'Keylong') in Lahaul is the headquarters of the whole district, while Spiti also has a subdivisional headquarters, at Kaza. Geography Physical Geologically located in the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau, Lahaul and Spiti district is connected to Manali through the Rohtang Pass. Lahaul has three valleys, the Chandra valley (locally known as Rangloi valley), the Bhaga valley (locally known as Ghar valley), and the Chandra-Bhaga valley (locally known as Pattan valley, and further on as Chenab valley). The confluence of the Chandra and the Bhaga rivers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Komic
Komic (also spelled as Komik) is a small village located in Spiti Tehsil of Lahaul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh (; Sanskrit: ''himācāl prādes;'' "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a States and union territories of India, state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen Indian Himalayan ... with a population of 130, out of which 90 are males and 40 are females as per the India Population Census of 2011. Komic village is one of the world’s highest motorable villages. Population Tourism Komic village has the 500 year-old Lundup Tsemo Gompa Buddhist Monastery, and is one of the world’s highest villages. References {{reflist Villages in Lahaul and Spiti district ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ladakh
Ladakh () is a region administered by India as a union territory and constitutes an eastern portion of the larger Kashmir region that has been the subject of a Kashmir#Kashmir dispute, dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947 and India and China since 1959.The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the WP:TERTIARY, tertiary sources (a) through (e), reflecting WP:DUE, due weight in the coverage. Although "controlled" and "held" are also applied neutrally to the names of the disputants or to the regions administered by them, as evidenced in sources (h) through (i) below, "held" is also considered politicised usage, as is the term "occupied", (see (j) below). (a) (subscription required) Quote: "Kashmir, region of the northwestern Indian subcontinent ... has been the subject of dispute between India and Pakistan since the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947. The northern and wester ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karzok
Karzok or Korzok (at an altitude of 14,995 ft or 4,570 m to 15,075 ft or 4,595 m above sea level), on the northwestern shores of the Tso Moriri lake, is a village in the Rupshu region and Community development block in India, block of the Leh district in Ladakh, India. Featuring among the List of highest cities in the world, highest permanent settlement of the world, it is located 60 southwest of Nyoma,Korzok , https://www.dangerousroads.org/asia/india/5683-korzok.html 40 km south of Puga separated by Salt Valley it is 80-100 northwest of Chumur, The Korzok Monastery, of Drukpa Lineage, Drukpa Tibetan Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhist lineage, is located here. History Karzok was on the Central Asian trade route until 1947 and was the headquarters of the Rupshu Valley. One of the kings, Rupshu Goba, who lived there with his family, built nine permanent houses there. The village has several houses, and the nomadic population who establish their tents (made of yak hair or s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ananea District
Ananea District is one of five districts of the San Antonio de Putina Province in Peru. Geography The Apolobamba mountain range traverses the district. One of the highest peaks of the district is Palumani at above sea level. Other mountains are listed below: History Ananea District was created on May 2, 1854. Ethnic groups The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (57.88%) learnt to speak in childhood, 36.50% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish) Climate Ananea, due to extreme elevation, experiences an alpi ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Condoroma District
Condoroma District is one of eight districts of the province Espinar in Peru. Geography Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below:escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Espinar Province (Cusco Region) Ethnic groups The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (86.26%) learnt to speak in childhood, 13.56% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census The 2007 Peru Census was a detailed enumeration of the Peruvian population. It was conducted by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática on Sunday, October 21, 2007. Its full name in Spanish is XI Censo de Población y VI de Vivie ...). INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
