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La Paz

City in Bolivia
La Paz, in Bolivia, is the highest administrative capital in the world, resting on the Andes’ Altiplano plateau at more than 3,500m above sea level. It stretches to El Alto city in the highlands, with snow-capped, 6,438m-high Mt. Illimani as its...
Elevation: 11,942′
Tallest mountain: Illimani
Department: La Paz
El Alto incorporated: 20th century
Founded: 20 October 1548 by Alonso de Mendoza
Independence: 16 July 1809