List of highest towns by country

This list is about the highest settlements by country; for a list of highest cities, see List of highest cities in the world.

This is a list of the highest settlements by country. Only permanent settlements occupied year-round are included. The locally claimed elevation above sea level is given; this may be the highest point in the settlement, the lowest point, an average height or the elevation of a particular central point.

The high elevation of the towns or cities affects the social and physical arrangement of the place. In many cases, the cold climate in winter necessitates a particular style of house; the type of agriculture practised and the domestic animals kept there are limited; or, the type of work carried on is specialised.

Rank	Country	Town / City	Region / State	Height (m)	Height (ft)	Comment
1	Peru	La Rinconada	Puno	5,100	16,728	[1] The highest in the World according to National Geographic Magazine (May 2003)
1	China	Wenzhuan	Qinghai - Tibet	5,019	16,467	Highest city in the world according to The Guinness Book of World Records.
3	Bolivia	Colquechaca	Potosi	4,692	15,393	http://www.pueblos20.net/bolivia/pueblo.php?id=2684
4	India	Ukdungle	Jammu and Kashmir, Leh District	4,659	15,285
5	Chile	Parinacota	Arica-Parinacota	4,400	14,435
6	Nepal	Dolpa	Karnali Zone	4,360	14,301	[citation needed]
7	Argentina	Mina Pirquitas	Jujuy Province	4,271	14,012	Olaroz Chico, also situated in Jujuy Province, is higher (with 4,544 m), but it is considered a sparse rural community by the Argentine census (with 183 inhabitants).
8	Kyrgyzstan	Chatyndy	Osh Province	4,013	13,166
9	Bhutan	Laya	Gasa District	3,820	12,533
10	Tajikistan	Murghab	Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region	3,650	11,975
11	Mexico	Raíces	Mexico	3,531	11,919	[2]
12	Venezuela	Apartaderos	Mérida	3,505	11,502
13	Ethiopia	Mizma	at Ras Dejen	3,500	11,483	[citation needed]
14	Ecuador	Papallacta	Napo	3,300	10,827	[citation needed]
14	Colombia	Vetas	Santander	3,300	10,827
16	Pakistan	Shimshal	Northern Areas	3,200	10,449
17	Guatemala	Ixchiguán	San Marcos Department	3,185	10,449	highest town in Central America
18	Lesotho	Khalahali	Mokhotlong District	3,158	10,361
19	United States	Alma	Colorado	3,156	10,354	[3]
20	Costa Rica	Villa Mills	Cartago	3,100	10,170	Near Cerro de la Muerte, Talamanca Range. Permanent population: 65
21	Cameroon	Ndu	Southwest Region	2,611	8,566
22	Eritrea	Adi Keyh	Debub	2,500	8,202	[citation needed]
23	Iran	Fereydunshahr	Isfahan Province	2,490	8,169
24	Russia	Kurush	Dokuzparinskiy rayon, Dagestan	2,480	8,134	[citation needed]
25	Turkey	Baskale	Van	2,460	8,071	Population: 55,563
26	Azerbaijan	Khinalug	Quba Rayon	2,375	7,710	Population: 2,075
27	Kenya	Nyahururu	Rift Valley Province	2,360	7,741	[citation needed]
28	Indonesia	Ilaga	Papua Province	2,286	7,500
29	Yemen	Sana'a	Sana'a	2,250	7,382
30	Rwanda	Byumba	Northern Province	2,237	7,342
31	Andorra	Pas de la Casa	Encamp	2,219	7,316
32	Italy	Trepalle	Lombardy	2,209	7,247	Cited as highest parish in Europe by its Tourism board
33	Saudi Arabia	Abha	Asir	2,200	7,218	population about 680,912
34	Georgia	Ushguli	Svaneti	2,086 - 2,200	7,216	population about 200, bordering Europe/Asia boundary[citation needed]
35	Mongolia	Altai	Yesönbulag, Govi-Altai	2,181	7,156
36	Syria	Rankous	Rif Dimashq Governorate	2,150	7,052	Population: 19,900
37	Switzerland	Juf	Graubünden	2,126	6,973	population about 24, highest in Europe according to the municipality's web page]
38	France	Saint-Véran	Hautes-Alpes	2,040	6,692	Known as the highest commune of France,
39	Uganda	Kabale	Western Region	2,000	6,560	[citation needed]
39	Panama	Cerro Punta	Chiriquí Province	2,000	6,560
41	South Africa	Belfast	Mpumalanga	1,970	6,462	[citation needed]
42	Austria	Obergurgl	Tyrol	1,930	6,332	Hochgurgl is at 2150m (7,054 feet), but is not recognized as an independent village, but as a part of Obergurgl.
43	Sri Lanka	Nuwara Eliya	Nuwara Eliya District, Central Province	1,868	6,128
44	Algeria	Tazrouk	Tazrouk District, Tamanrasset Province	1,827	5,994
45	Kazakhstan	Narynkol	Almaty Province	1,819	5,971
46	Lebanon	Bqaa Kafra		1,750	5,740	[4]
46	Armenia	Tsaghkadzor	Kotayk	1,750	5,740
48	Namibia	Windhoek	Khomas Region	1,728	5,669
49	Angola	Huambo	Huambo Province	1,721	5,646
50	Honduras	La Esperanza	Intibucá Department	1,700	5,577
50	Tanzania	Mbeya	Mbeya Region	1,700	5,577
52	Spain	Valdelinares	Teruel, Aragon	1,693	5,553
53	El Salvador	Apaneca	Ahuachapán Department	1,683	5,523
54	Djibouti	Airolaf	Tadjourah Region	1,667	5,468
55	Morocco	Ifrane	Meknès-Tafilalet	1,665	5,460
56	Zimbabwe	Marondera	Mashonaland East	1,630	5,348
57	Brazil	Campos do Jordão	São Paulo	1,628	5,341	[5]
58	Vietnam	Sa Pa	Lao Cai province	1,600	5,249
59	Malaysia	Brinchang	Pahang	1,592	5,226	Kundasang, located in Sabah, is higher (with 1,884 m), but it is a small village of the town of Ranau.
60	Malawi	Dedza	Central Region	1,590	5,216
61	Egypt	Saint Catherine	South Sinai Governorate	1,586	5,203
62	Canada	Lake Louise	Alberta	1,534	5,033
63	Swaziland	Sandlane	Manzini District	1,503	4,934
64	Philippines	Baguio	Benguet	1,500	4,921
65	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Lukomir	Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, Konjic municipality	1,495	4,905	Also highest in the Balkans
66	Australia	Cabramurra	New South Wales	1,475	4,839	Highest in country and continent
67	Greece	Samarina, Seli, and Aetomilitsa.	Epirus and Macedonia (Greece)	1,450	4,800
68	Guinea	Mali	Labé Region	1,441	4,730
69	Liechtenstein	Rotenboden	Balzers	1,416	4,645
70	Cyprus	Prodromos	Limassol District	1,380	4,528
71	Mozambique	Lichinga	Niassa Province	1,360	4,462
72	Turkmenistan	Khodzhai-Fil’ata	Lebap Province	1,346	4,416
73	Slovakia	Štrbské Pleso	High Tatras	1,335	4,380	[6]
74	Botswana	Kanye	Southern District	1,306	4,288
75	Zambia	Lusaka	Lusaka	1,279	4,196	Lusaka
76	Germany	Feldberg	Baden-Württemberg	1,277	4,190	highest German village, http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feldberg_(Schwarzwald)
77	Bulgaria	Chepelare	Smolyan Province	1,232	4,042
78	Norway	Finse	Western Norway	1,222	4,000
79	Nicaragua	San José de Cusmapa	Madriz Department	1,184	3,887
80	Dominican Republic	Constanza	La Vega Province	1,164	3,819
81	Albania	Moscopole	Korçë County	1,160	3,806
82	Israel	Majdal Shams	Golan Heights, North District	1,120	3,674
83	Croatia	Begovo Razdolje	Primorje–Gorski Kotar County	1,060	3,478
84	Portugal	Guarda	Guarda District	1,056	3,464	[citation needed]
85	Romania	Predeal	Braşov County	1,033	3,389	[7]
86	Tunisia	Thala	Kasserine Governorate	1,017	3,337
87	Poland	Ząb	Lesser Poland Voivodeship	1,013	3,323	[citation needed]
88	Haiti	Fonds-Verrettes	Ouest Department	950	3,117
89	Ukraine	Yasinia	Zakarpattia Oblast, Rakhiv Raion	931	3,054
90	Japan	Fujikawaguchiko	Minamitsuru District, Yamanashi Prefecture	875	2,885
91	Sweden	Högvålen	Härjedalen	835	2,739	[citation needed] Only a few people. Other high localities are Tännäs, 660 m, 111 persons, Funäsdalen, 620 m, 798 people and Kiruna, 540 m, 18 154 people.
92	New Zealand	National Park Village	Manawatu-Wanganui Region	825	2,706	[8]
93	Hungary	Mátraszentimre		810	2,657	[citation needed]
94	Puerto Rico	Aibonito		731	2,401
95	Libya	Gharyan	Jabal al Gharbi District	700	2,296
96	Ghana	Amedzofe	Volta Region	677	2,224
97	San Marino	City of San Marino		675	2,215
98	Paraguay	Pedro Juan Caballero	Amambay	670	2,201
99	Belgium	Rocherath	Liège	650	2,133	[9]
99	South Korea	Taebaek	Gangwon-do	650	2,133
101	Jamaica	Mandeville	Manchester Parish	628	2,061
102	Finland	Kilpisjärvi	Lapland	490	1,607	excursionmap.fi
103	Western Sahara	Hasi Chor		483	1,584
104	Iceland	Möðrudalur á Fjöllum		469	1,539
105	United Kingdom England	Flash	Staffordshire	463	1,519	Verified by Ordnance Survey
106	Scotland	Wanlockhead	Dumfries and Galloway	432	1,417
107	Wales	Garn-yr-erw	Torfaen	400	1,312	cited by the Ordnance Survey
108	Moldova	Bălăneşti	Nisporeni District	324	1,066
109	Uruguay	Santa Clara de Olimar	Treinta y Tres Department	320	1,050
110	Ireland	Bailieborough	County Cavan	270	885	http://www.Bailieboroughnews.ie/
111	Latvia	Alūksne	Vidzeme	217	712	List of highest towns in Latvia
112	Denmark	Ejer	Region Midtjylland	160	520	[10]
113	Estonia	Otepää	Valga County	152	518	[citation needed]
114	Northern Ireland	Pomeroy	County Tyrone	142	469

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See also

• Extreme points of Earth
• List of European cities by elevation
• List of South American cities by elevation
• List of highest United States cities by state
• List of capital cities by altitude