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The following is a list of the world's major cities by elevation . In addition, the country , continental region , latitude and longitude are shown for all cities listed.
While the elevation of cities may vary enormously, this list should represent a notional elevation for each city which is verifiable and reasonably acceptable for comparison. The cities must at least of a population of 175,000 to be on the list.
Country/Territory
City Name/s
Continental Region
Latitude
Longitude
Population
Elevation (m)
Albania Tirana Europe N41.3317
E19.8172
104
Austria Vienna Europe N48.2092
E16.3728
170
Belarus Minsk Europe N53.9678
E27.5766
198
Belgium Brussels Europe N50.8371
E4.3676
76
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo Europe N43.8608
E18.4214
577
Bulgaria Sofia Europe N42.7105
E23.3238
591
Croatia Zagreb Europe N45.8150
E15.9785
792,324
130
Czech Republic Prague Europe N50.0878
E14.4205
244
Denmark Aarhus Europe N56.15
E10.22
261,560
105
Denmark Copenhagen Europe N55.6763
E12.5681
583,348
0
Estonia Tallinn Europe N59.4389
E24.7545
37
Finland Helsinki Europe N60.1699
E24.9384
25
France Paris Europe N48.8567
E2.3510
34
Germany Berlin Europe N52.5235
E13.4115
34
Germany Munich Europe N48.1333
E11.5666
519
Greece Athens Europe N37.9792
E23.7166
153
Hungary Budapest Europe N47.4984
E19.0408
102
Ireland Dublin Europe N53.3441
W6.2675
8
Italy Rome Europe N41.8955
E12.4823
14
Kosovo Pristina Europe N42.6740
E21.1788
652
Latvia Riga Europe N56.9465
E24.1049
8
Lithuania Vilnius Europe N54.6896
E25.2799
124
Moldova Chisinau Europe N47.0167
E28.8497
80
Montenegro Podgorica Europe N42.4602
E19.2595
61
Netherlands Amsterdam Europe N52.3738
E4.8910
-2
Norway Oslo Europe N59.9138
E10.7387
12
Poland Warsaw Europe N52.2297
E21.0122
93
Portugal Lisbon Europe N38.7072
W9.1355
15
Republic of Macedonia Skopje Europe N42.0024
E21.4361
243
Romania Bucharest Europe N44.4479
E26.0979
70
Russia Moscow Europe N55.7558
E37.6176
124
Serbia Belgrade Europe N44.8048
E20.4781
116
Slovakia Bratislava Europe N48.2116
E17.1547
131
Slovenia Ljubljana Europe N46.0514
E14.5060
281
Spain Madrid Europe N40.4167
W3.7033
588
Spain Seville Europe N37.3772
W5.9869
7
Sweden Stockholm Europe N59.3328
E18.0645
15
Switzerland Bern Europe N46.9480
E7.4481
513
Ukraine Kiev Europe N50.4422
E30.5367
168
Scotland Edinburgh Europe N55.9518
W3.1834
492,680
47
England London Europe N51.5002
W0.1262
14
Afghanistan Kabul Asia N34.5155
E69.1952
3,678,034
1807
Armenia Yerevan Asia N40.1596
E44.5090
1032
Azerbaijan Baku Asia N40.3834
E49.8932
1
Bangladesh Dhaka Asia N23.7106
E90.3978
3
Burma (Myanmar) Pyinmana Asia N19.7378
E96.2083
77
Cambodia Phnom Penh Asia N11.5434
E104.8984
15
China Beijing Asia N39.9056
E116.3958
63
Georgia Tbilisi Asia N41.7010
E44.7930
451
India New Delhi Asia N28.6353
E77.2250
210
India Bangalore Asia N12.9833
E77.5833
920
Indonesia Jakarta Asia S6.1862
E106.8063
3
Iran Tehran Asia N35.7117
E51.4070
1235
Iraq Baghdad Asia N33.3157
E44.3922
40
Israel Jerusalem Asia N31.7857
E35.2007
580
Japan Tokyo Asia N35.6785
E139.6823
17
Jordan Amman Asia N34.11
E21.41
1094
Kazakhstan Astana Asia N51.1796
E71.4475
338
Kuwait Kuwait City Asia N29.3721
E47.9824
5
Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Asia N42.8679
E74.5984
771
Laos Vientiane Asia N17.9689
E102.6137
148
Lebanon Beirut Asia N33.8872
E35.5134
55
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Asia N3.1502
E101.7077
60
Mongolia Ulan Bator Asia N47.9138
E106.9220
1284
Nepal Kathmandu Asia N27.7058
E85.3157
1298
North Korea Pyongyang Asia N39.0187
E125.7468
6
Oman Masqat Asia N23.6086
E58.5922
68
Pakistan Islamabad Asia N33.6751
E73.0946
507
Philippines Baguio Asia N16.42
E120.60
345,366
1540
Philippines Manila Asia N14.5790
E120.9726
12,877,253
7
Qatar Doha Asia N25.2948
E51.5082
13
Saudi Arabia Riyadh Asia N24.6748
E46.6977
624
Singapore Singapore Asia N1.2894
E103.8500
0
South Korea Seoul Asia N37.5139
E126.9828
33
Sri Lanka Colombo Asia N6.9155
E79.8572
4
Syria Damascus Asia N33.5158
E36.2939
691
Taiwan Kaohsiung Asia N22.6333
E120.2667
9
Taiwan Taipei Asia N25.0338
E121.5645
5
Tajikistan Dushanbe Asia N38.5737
E68.7738
789
Thailand Bangkok Asia N13.7573
E100.5020
1
Tibet (CN)Lhasa Asia N29.3900
E91.0700
223,001
3490
Timor-Leste (East Timor)Dili Asia S8.5662
E125.5880
11
Turkey Ankara Asia N39.9439
E32.8560
938
Turkmenistan Ashgabat Asia N37.9509
E58.3794
215
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Asia N24.4764
E54.3705
13
Uzbekistan Tashkent Asia N41.3193
E69.2481
459
Vietnam Hanoi Asia N21.0341
E105.8372
25
Yemen Sana'a Asia N15.3556
E44.2081
1,937,451
2253
Argentina Buenos Aires Americas S34.6118
W58.4173
10
Bahamas Nassau (on New Providence)Americas N25.0661
W77.3390
2
Bolivia La Paz Americas S19.0421
W65.2559
877,363
3812
Bolivia Sucre Americas S19.0500
W65.2500
300,000
2810
Brazil Brasília Americas S15.7801
W47.9292
1079
Brazil São Paulo Americas S23.55
W46.6333
760
Canada Calgary Americas N51.05
E114.05
1046
Canada Edmonton Americas N53.53333
W113.5000
643
Canada Ottawa Americas N45.4235
W75.6979
74
Chile Santiago Americas S33.4691
W70.6420
521
Colombia Bogota Americas N4.6473
W74.0962
7,878,783
2619
Costa Rica San Jose Americas N9.9402
W84.1002
1146
Cuba Havana Americas N23.1333
W82.3667
4
Dominican Republic Santo Domingo Americas N18.4790
W69.8908
0
Ecuador Quito Americas S0.2295
W78.5243
2,671,191
2850
El Salvador San Salvador Americas N13.7034
W89.2073
658
Guatemala Guatemala City Americas N14.6248
W90.5328
1529
Haiti Port-au-Prince Americas N18.5392
W72.3288
98
Honduras Tegucigalpa Americas N14.0821
W87.2063
980
Jamaica Kingston Americas N17.9927
W76.7920
53
Mexico Mexico City Americas N19.4271
W99.1276
8,918,653
2216
Nicaragua Managua Americas N12.1475
W86.2734
75
Panama Panama City Americas N8.9943
W79.5188
0
Paraguay Asuncion Americas S25.3005
W57.6362
54
Peru Cerro de Pasco Americas S10.4111
W76.1545
70,000
4330
Peru Cusco Americas S13.5250
W71.9722
435,114
3399
Peru Lima Americas S12.0931
W77.0465
107
Peru Puno Americas S13.5036
W70.0126
149,042
3810
Puerto Rico (US)San Juan Americas N18.4500
W66.0667
3
Suriname Paramaribo Americas N5.8232
W55.1679
1
United States Denver Americas N39.7392
W104.9847
600,158
1610
United States Atlanta Americas 33°45′18″N
84°23′24″W
463,878
225 to 320
United States New York City Americas N40.7077
W74.0035
10
United States Washington D.C Americas N38.8921
W77.0241
2
Uruguay Montevideo Americas S34.8941
W56.0675
43
Venezuela Caracas Americas N10.4961
W66.8983
909
Algeria Alger /Algiers
Africa
N36.7755
E3.0597
0
Angola Luanda
Africa
S8.8159
E13.2306
6
Benin Porto-Novo
Africa
N6.4779
E2.6323
38
Botswana Gaborone
Africa
S24.6570
E25.9089
1014
Burkina Faso Ouagadougou
Africa
N12.3569
W1.5352
305
Burundi Bujumbura
Africa
S3.3818
E29.3622
794
Cameroon Yaounde
Africa
N3.8612
E11.5217
726
Central African Republic Bangui
Africa
N4.3621
E18.5873
369
Chad N'djamena
Africa
N12.1121
E15.0355
298
Congo (Republic of) Brazzaville
Africa
S4.2767
E15.2662
155
Congo (Democratic Republic) Kinshasa
Africa
S4.3369
E15.3271
240
Côte d'Ivoire Yamoussoukro
Africa
N6.8067
W5.2728
217
Djibouti Djibouti
Africa
N11.5806
E43.1425
0
Egypt Al Qahirah / Cairo
Africa
N30.0571
E31.2272
22
Eritrea Asmara Africa N15.3315
E38.9183
649,000
2363
Ethiopia Addis Ababa Africa
N9.0084
E38.7575
3,384,569
2362
Gabon
Libreville
Africa
N0.3858
E9.4496
0
Gambia
Banjul
Africa
N13.4399
W16.6775
0
Ghana
Accra
Africa
N5.5401
W0.2074
98
Guinea
Conakry
Africa
N9.5370
W13.6785
0
Guinea-Bissau
Bissau
Africa
N11.8598
W15.5875
0
Kenya Nairobi Africa S1.2762
E36.7965
3,138,369
1728
Lesotho
Maseru
Africa
S29.2976
E27.4854
227,880
1673
Liberia
Monrovia
Africa
N6.3106
W10.8047
0
Libya
Tarabulus / Tripoli
Africa
N32.8830
E13.1897
6
Madagascar
Antananarivo
Africa
S18.9201
E47.5237
1288
Malawi
Lilongwe
Africa
S13.9899
E33.7703
1024
Mali
Bamako
Africa
N12.6530
W7.9864
349
Mauritania
Nouakchott
Africa
N18.0669
W15.9900
6
Mauritius
Port Louis
Africa
S20.1654
E57.4896
134
Morocco
Rabat
Africa
N33.9905
W6.8704
53
Mozambique
Maputo
Africa
S25.9686
E32.5804
63
Namibia Windhoek Africa S22.5749
E17.0805
325,858
1721
Niger
Niamey
Africa
N13.5164
E2.1157
207
Nigeria
Abuja
Africa
N9.0580
E7.4891
777
Rwanda
Kigali
Africa
S1.9441
E30.0619
1567
São Tomé and Príncipe
Sao Tome (on Sao Tome)
Africa
N0.3360
E6.7311
141
Senegal
Dakar
Africa
N14.6953
W17.4439
37
Sierra Leone
Freetown
Africa
N8.4697
W13.2659
76
Somalia
Muqdisho / Mogadishu
Africa
N2.0411
E45.3426
28
South Africa
Johannesburg
Africa
S26.2044
E28.0456
1753
South Africa
Pretoria
Africa
S25.7463
E28.1876
1271
Sudan
Al Khartum / Khartoum
Africa
N15.6331
E32.5330
377
Tanzania
Dodoma
Africa
S6.1670
E35.7497
1148
Togo
Lome
Africa
N6.1228
E1.2255
63
Tunisia
Tunis
Africa
N36.8117
E10.1761
0
Uganda
Kampala
Africa
N0.3133
E32.5714
1202
Zambia
Lusaka
Africa
S15.4145
E28.2809
1270
Zimbabwe
Harare
Africa
S17.8227
E31.0496
1480
Western Sahara (MA)
Laayoune / El Aaiun
Africa
N27.1536
W13.2033
72
Australia
Canberra
Oceania
S35.2820
E149.1286
605
New Zealand
Wellington
Oceania
S41.2865
E174.7762
20
Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby
Oceania
S9.4656
E147.1969
39
Azerbaijan
Baku
Asia
N40.3953
E49.8822
-28
India Srinagar Asia N34.0837
E74.7973
1,192,792
1585
See also
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