El Alto Municipality

For other uses, see El Alto (disambiguation).

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
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	6,600/sq mi (2,600/km2)
Time zone	UTC-4 (BOT)

See also

• Janq'u Quta
• Laram Quta
• Milluni Lake
• Phaq'u Quta

References

• www.ine.gov.bo / census 2001: El Alto Municipality^{[permanent dead link]}

External links

• Map of the Pedro Domingo Murillo Province