El Alto Municipality

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El Alto Municipality
Municipality
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El Alto with the Andes in the background
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El Alto Municipality
Location of the El Alto Municipality within Bolivia
Coordinates: 16°25′0″S68°12′0″W / 16.41667°S 68.20000°W / -16.41667; -68.20000
Country Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia
Department La Paz Department
Province Pedro Domingo Murillo Province
Seat El Alto
Government
  MayorFanor Nava Santiesteban (2007)
  PresidentGustavo Adolfo Morales (2007)
Area
  Total
134 sq mi (346 km2)
Elevation
13,000 ft (4,000 m)
Population
 (2024 census)
  Total
885,035
  Density6,600/sq mi (2,600/km2)
Time zone UTC-4 (BOT)

El Alto Municipality or El Alto de La Paz Municipality is a municipal section of the Pedro Domingo Murillo Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is El Alto, the second-largest city in Bolivia.

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