Highest Towns by Country 2025

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Chile

4,400

Country	HIghest Town Name↓	State	Elevation (m)	Elevation (ft)
Mauritania	Zouérat	Tiris Zemmour Region	488	1,604
Slovenia	Zgornje Jezersko	Carinthia	973	3,195
Montenegro	Žabljak	Žabljak Municipality	1,456	4,777
Poland	Ząb	Lesser Poland Voivodeship	1,013	3,326
Cuba	Yateras	Guantánamo Province	470	1,542
Ukraine	Yasinia	Zakarpattia Oblast, Rakhiv Raion	931	3,054
Uzbekistan	Yangiabad	Tashkent Province	1,500	4,921
Taiwan	Wutai	Pingtung County	1,075	3,530
Namibia	Windhoek	Khomas Region	1,728	5,669
Barbados	White Hill	Saint Andrew Parish	304	1,000
Kuwait	Wafra	Al Ahmadi Governorate	168	554
Papua New Guinea	Wabag	Enga Province	2,182	7,162
Slovakia	Vysoké Tatry	Prešov Region	1,125	3,691
Costa Rica	Villa Mills	Cartago Province	3,100	10,173
Colombia	Vetas	Santander	3,350	10,990
Vatican City	Vatican City		75	246
Mayotte	Vahibé	Commune of Mamoudzou	250	820
Netherlands	Vaals	Limburg	198	650
Qatar	Umm Bab	Jariyan al Batnah	68	226
Nauru	Uaboe	Uaboe District	35	118
China	Tuiwa	Tibet Autonomous Region	5,070	16,634
Luxembourg	Troisvierges	Clervaux	469	1,539
Italy	Trepalle	Lombardy	2,209	7,247
South Sudan	Torit	Eastern Equatoria	829	2,723
Tunisia	Thala	Kasserine Governorate	1,017	3,337
Algeria	Tazrouk	Tazrouk District, Tamanrasset Province	1,827	5,994
Myanmar	Taunggyi	Shan State	1,436	4,730
South Korea	Taebaek	Gangwon Province	650	2,133
Morocco	Tacheddirt	Al Haouz	2,314	7,592
Lithuania	Švenčionys	Utena County	230	755
Madagascar	Soanindrariny	Vakinankaratra	1,817	5,964
Curacao	Sint Willibrordus		67	223
Jordan	Shoubak	Ma'an Governorate	1,330	4,360
Aruba	Shiribana		127	419
Pakistan	Shimshal	Gilgit-Baltistan	3,200	10,499
Greece	Seli, Samarina, Aetomilitsa	Epirus and Macedonia	1,450	4,800
French Guiana	Saül	Arrondissement of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni	230	757
Guam	Santa Rita		131	433
Uruguay	Santa Clara de Olimar	Treinta y Tres Department	320	1,050
Bolivia	Santa Barbara	Potosí Department	4,770	15,600
Liberia	Saniquellie	Nimba County	671	2,204
Eswatini	Sandlane	Manzini District	1,503	4,934
Nicaragua	San José de Cusmapa	Madriz Department	1,184	3,887
North Korea	Samjiyŏn	Ryanggang Province	1,356	4,452
Oman	Saiq	Ad Dakhiliyah Governorate	1,755	5,758
France	Saint-Véran	Hautes-Alpes	2,040	6,692
Guadeloupe	Saint-Claude	Saint-Claude Commune	544	1,788
Montserrat	Saint John's	Northern Zone	239	787
Egypt	Saint Catherine	South Sinai Governorate	1,586	5,203
Togo	Sadomé	Plateaux Region	798	2,621
Mali	Sadegue	Mopti Region	604	1,984
Vietnam	Sa Pa	Lào Cai Province	1,600	5,249
Brunei	Rumah Supon	Tutong District	203	669
Bangladesh	Rulkippara	Chittagong Division	237	780
Liechtenstein	Rotenboden	Triesenberg	1,416	4,645
Belgium	Rocherath	Liège	650	2,133
Syria	Rankous	Rif Dimashq Governorate	2,150	7,052
Mexico	Raíces	Mexico	3,633	11,919
Afghanistan	Qarabolaq	Wakhan District	4,139	13,579
Micronesia	Pwoaipwoai	Pohnpei	478	1,571
Cyprus	Prodromos	Limassol District	1,380	4,528
Spain	Pradollano	Granada, Andalucía	2,078	6,817
Cambodia	Phumi Popok Vil	Kampot Province	842	2,765
Laos	Phongsali	Phongsali Province	1,334	4,379
Iraq	Penjwin	Sulaymaniyah Governorate	1,368	4,491
Paraguay	Pedro Juan Caballero	Amambay	670	2,201
Chile	Parinacota	Arica-Parinacota	4,400	14,435
Ecuador	Papallacta	Napo	3,300	10,827
Tonga	Pangai	Eua Island	184	606
Estonia	Otepää	Valga County	152	499
Austria	Obergurgl	Tyrol	1,930	6,332
Sri Lanka	Nuwara Eliya	Nuwara Eliya District, Central Province	1,868	6,128
Serbia	Nova Varoš	Zlatibor District	1,111	3,648
Vanuatu	Nokowoula	Sanma Province, Espiritu Santo Island	1,291	4,238
Palau	Ngatpang	Ngatpang State, Babeldaob Island	162	534
Senegal	Nepen Diakha	Kédougou Region	153	502
Cameroon	Ndu	Southwest Region	2,611	8,566
Gabon	Ndindi	Ngounié Province	932	3,061
Fiji	Navai	Viti Levu	738	2,424
New Zealand	National Park Village	Manawatū-Whanganui region	825	2,706
Kazakhstan	Narynkol	Almaty Province	1,819	5,971
Tajikistan	Murghab	Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region	3,650	11,975
Burundi	Muramvya	Muramvya Province	1,924	6,315
Indonesia	Mulia	Papua Province	2,706	8,879
Albania	Moscopole	Korçë County	1,160	3,806
Equatorial Guinea	Moka	Bioko Island	1,013	3,326
Iceland	Möðrudalur	Eastern Region	469	1,539
Argentina	Mina Pirquitas	Jujuy Province	4,340	14,240
Saint Lucia	Migny	Soufrière Quarter	454	1,492
Tanzania	Mbeya	Mbeya Region	1,700	5,577
Hungary	Mátraszentimre	Heves County	824	2,703
DR Congo	Masisi	North Kivu Province	1,651	5,419
United Arab Emirates	Masafi	Ras al-Khaimah & Fujairah	567	1,863
Zimbabwe	Marondera	Mashonaland East	1,630	5,348
Jamaica	Mandeville	Manchester Parish	628	2,061
Bulgaria	Manastir	Plovdiv Province	1,600	5,249
Guinea	Mali	Labé Region	1,441	4,712
Sao Tome and Principe	M. Vilela	São Tomé Island	991	3,254
Zambia	Lusaka	Lusaka Province	1,279	4,196
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Lukomir	Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, Konjic municipality	1,495	4,905
Mozambique	Lichinga	Niassa Province	1,360	4,462
Martinique	Le Morne-Vert	Le Morne-Vert Commune	601	1,975
Bhutan	Laya	Gasa District	3,820	12,533
Canada	Lake Louise	Alberta	1,661	5,449
Belarus	Lahojsk	Minsk Region	220	725
Peru	La Rinconada	Puno	5,100	16,728
Honduras	La Esperanza	Intibucá Department	1,700	5,577
Comoros	La Convalescence	Grande Comore	1,787	5,866
Sudan	Kutum	North Darfur	1,127	3,700
Russia	Kurush	Dokuzparinskiy rayon, Dagestan	2,480	8,134
North Macedonia	Kruševo	Kruševo Municipality	1,350	4,429
Finland	Kilpisjärvi	Lapland	490	1,607
Azerbaijan	Khınalıg	Guba District	2,375	7,710
Lesotho	Khalahali	Mokhotlong District	3,158	10,361
Haiti	Kenscoff	Ouest	1,504	4,934
Yemen	Kawkaban	Sana'a Governorate	2,931	9,616
India	Karzok	Ladakh	4,570	15,000
Turkey	Kapıköy	Van	2,220	7,284
Botswana	Kanye	Southern District	1,306	4,288
Solomon Islands	Kamanjikoko	Guadalcanal Province	913	2,998
Uganda	Kabale	Western Region	2,000	6,560
Switzerland	Juf	Graubünden	2,126	6,973
Nigeria	Jos	Plateau State	1,238	4,062
Guatemala	Ixchiguán	San Marcos Department	3,185	10,449
Kenya	Iten	Elgeyo-Marakwet County	2,400	7,874
Guyana	Ipichau	Potaro-Siparuni	611	2,004
Niger	Inignaouei	Agadez Region, Arlit Department	1,556	5,108
Angola	Huambo and Lubango	Huambo and Huíla	1,721	5,646
Turkmenistan	Hojapil	Lebap Province	1,346	4,416
Sweden	Högvålen	Härjedalen	835	2,739
Reunion	Hell-Bourg	Salazie Commune	1,344	4,412
Timor-Leste	Hatu-Builico	Ainaro District	2,000	6,560
Western Sahara	Hasi Chor	Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira	483	1,584
Palestine	Halhul	Hebron Governorate	1,004	3,297
Portugal	Guarda	Guarda District	1,056	3,464
Ireland	Glencullen	County Dublin	300	980
Libya	Gharyan	Jabal al Gharbi District	700	2,296
Romania	Fundata	Brașov County	1,360	4,462
Japan	Fujikawaguchiko	Yamanashi Prefecture	875	2,874
Bahamas	Freeport	Grand Bahama, Freeport District	10	36
Isle of Man	Foxdale	Glenfaba sheading	151	498
United Kingdom	Flash	Staffordshire, England	463	1,519
Norway	Finse	Western Norway	1,222	4,000
Iran	Fereydunshahr	Isfahan Province	2,490	8,169
Germany	Feldberg	Baden-Württemberg	1,277	4,190
New Caledonia	Farino	South Province	250	820
Cape Verde	Estância Roque	Fogo Island	1,500	4,921
Somalia	Erigavo	Sanaag	1,788	5,869
Andorra	El Pas de la Casa	Encamp	2,219	7,280
Denmark	Ejer	Region Midtjylland	160	520
Republic of the Congo	Edzouanseke	Plateaux Department	803	2,637
South Africa	Dullstroom	Mpumalanga	2,019	6,624
United States Virgin Islands	Dorothea and Resolution	Saint Thomas	371	1,220
Malta	Dingli	Malta Island, Western District	250	820
Nepal	Dingboche	Khumbu, Koshi Province	4,350	14,301
Burkina Faso	Diali	Cascades Region	456	1,499
Malawi	Dedza	Central Region	1,590	5,216
Sierra Leone	Dawule	Northern Province	890	2,923
Mauritius	Curepipe	Plaines Wilhems District	446	1,466
Dominican Republic	Constanza	La Vega Province	1,164	3,819
Grenada	Constantine	Saint George Parish	396	1,302
San Marino	City of San Marino	Castello della Città	675	2,215
Kyrgyzstan	Chatyndy	Osh Province	4,013	13,166
Panama	Cerro Punta	Chiriquí Province	2,000	6,560
Northern Mariana Islands	Capitol Hill	Saipan	214	705
Brazil	Campos do Jordão	São Paulo	1,628	5,341
Australia	Cabramurra	New South Wales	1,475	4,839
Rwanda	Byumba	Northern Province	2,237	7,342
Malaysia	Brinchang	Pahang	1,592	5,226
Trinidad and Tobago	Brasso Seco	Tunapuna–Piarco	673	2,211
Czech Republic	Boží Dar	Karlovy Vary Region	1,028	3,372
Guinea-Bissau	Bolabá	Gabú Region	226	744
Cayman Islands	Bodden Town	Bodden Town district	10	30
Georgia	Bochorna	Akhmeta Municipality	2,345	7,694
Central African Republic	Bocaranga	Ouham-Pendé	1,072	3,517
Ivory Coast	Biankouma	Biankouma Department	600	1,971
Lebanon	Bekaa Kafra	North Governorate	1,750	5,740
Israel	Beit Jann	Northern District	940	3,084
Croatia	Begovo Razdolje	Primorje–Gorski Kotar County	1,060	3,478
Gambia	Bani	Upper River Division, Kantora District	50	164
Thailand	Ban Na Yang	Chiang Mai Province	1,467	4,816
Belize	Baldy Beacon	Cayo District	978	3,211
Moldova	Bălănești	Nisporeni District	324	1,066
Philippines	Baguio	Benguet	1,500	4,921
Bahrain	Awali	Awali Municipality	62	206
Venezuela	Apartaderos	Mérida	3,505	11,502
El Salvador	Apaneca	Ahuachapán Department	1,683	5,523
Chad	Aouzou	Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Prefecture	1,074	3,526
Suriname	Anapi	Sipaliwini District	398	1,309
Ghana	Amedzofe	Volta Region	677	2,224
Ethiopia	Amaras	Amhara Region	3,728	12,230
Latvia	Alūksne	Vidzeme	217	712
Mongolia	Altai City	Yesönbulag, Govi-Altai	2,181	7,156
United States	Alma	Colorado	3,560	11,680
Benin	Aledjo-Koura	Donga Department	451	1,482
Armenia	Akhpradzor	Gegharkunik	2,293	7,444
Djibouti	Airolaf	Tadjourah Region	1,667	5,468
Puerto Rico	Aibonito	San Juan–Caguas–Guaynabo metropolitan area	731	2,401
Samoa	Afiamalu	Upolu Island	863	2,834
Eritrea	Adi Keyh	Debub	2,500	8,202
Saudi Arabia	Abha	Asir	2,200	7,218
American Samoa	A'oloau	Tutuila	264	869

List includes both sovereign states and dependent territories.
Heights shown are total elevation above sea level rather than relative height as compared to local geography.
The term “town” is used loosely in this case, as some of the listed locations are quite small (though occupied year-round) and could arguably be better described as permanent settlements.

The town of La Rinconada is the highest town in the world. It is located in the Eastern Andes Mountains in Peru.

1. La Rinconada, Peru

This is the highest human settlement in the world, located at 16,728 feet above sea level. This town is largely populated by men working in the gold mine nearby. Only men (no women) are allowed to work in the gold mine. Men who work in the gold mines work 30 days without pay. Every 30 days, they are allowed one or two days wherein they can mine for themselves. If they can find gold during that one- or two-day period, then they can keep it.

The town of La Rinconada has no plumbing, no sewer systems and very little infrastructure. Living conditions in the town are very challenging for the people who live there. Women who live in La Rinconada are allowed to sift through the dump sites where the extra earth and rock is discarded. If they find gold, they are allowed to keep it.

Although the Peruvian government has some moves to require the workers in the mine to be paid in a more traditional fashion, the workers themselves have opposed this because they believe they have a greater chance of higher earnings under the current system.

2. Wenquan, China

Wenquan, China is located at 15,980 feet above sea level. This settlement was founded in 1955 just north of the Tanggula mountains on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The area around the town is home to animals like snow leopards and pandas. The town does receive some tourism and has a Mongolian heritage as well as hot springs.

3. Korzok, India

Located at 15,000 feet above sea level, Korzok, India is populated by nomads that herd sheep and produce pashmina wool. The great value of the wool has become an economic boon to the community. In this remote location, horses plow crops of barley and oats. The town is also located near a 500-year-old monastery, the Korzok monastery.

4. Parinacota, Chile

Parinacota, Chile is located at 14,435 feet and has a population of 29 people. The town is located near Lauca National Park.

Highest Towns by Country 2025

Peru

China

Bolivia

India

Chile

1. La Rinconada, Peru

2. Wenquan, China

3. Korzok, India

4. Parinacota, Chile

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