El Alto Municipality
Municipality in La Paz Department, Bolivia
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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.
El Alto Municipality | |
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Municipality | |
El Alto with the Andes in the background | |
  El Alto Municipality Location of the El Alto Municipality within Bolivia | |
| Coordinates: 16°25′0″S 68°12′0″W | |
| Country |  Bolivia |
| Department | La Paz Department |
| Province | Pedro Domingo Murillo Province |
| Seat | El Alto |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Fanor Nava Santiesteban (2007) |
| • President | Gustavo Adolfo Morales (2007) |
| Area | |
• Total | 134 sq mi (346 km2) |
| Elevation | 13,000 ft (4,000 m) |
| Population (2024 census) | |
• Total | 885,035 |
| • Density | 6,620/sq mi (2,560/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |