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Bolivia • Oruro

Bolivia • Oruro

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Oruro is a city in Bolivia with a population of 235,393 (2010 calculation)[1], located about equidistant between La Paz and Sucre at approximately 3710 meters above sea level.

Bolivia • Oruro

Bolivia • Oruro

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The Altiplano (Spanish for high plain), in west-central South America, where the Andes are at their widest, is the most extensive area of high plateau on Earth outside of Tibet. Lake Titicaca is its best known geographical feature.

Bolivia • El Alto

Bolivia • El Alto

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At one time merely a suburb of adjacent La Paz, Bolivia, on the Altiplano highlands, the city of El Alto (Spanish for The Heights) is today one of Bolivia's largest and fastest-growing urban centers. As of the 2001 census, the population was 649,958. In 2010, the population may be nearly 900,000, or more. The city contains La Paz's El Alto International Airport. El Alto is one of the highest major cities in the world, up to 4150 meters (13,615 feet) above sea level.