List of highest towns by country

This is a list of the highest settlements by country. Many of these are too small to be regarded as towns or cities. Only permanent settlements occupied year-round are included. When possible, the highest point in the contiguous year-round settlement is listed, though average heights or the elevations of a central point may also be found.

The elevation of a settlement affects the social and physical arrangement of the place. In many cases, the cold climate in winter necessitates a particular style of house; the type of agriculture practised and the domestic animals kept there are limited; or the type of work carried on is specialised.

Sovereign, fully recognized countries

Rank	Country	Town / city	Region / state	Height (m)	Height (ft)	Comment
1	Peru	La Rinconada	Puno	5,100	16,728	The highest in the world according to National Geographic magazine (May 2003);^[1] pop. 30,000. Barrio Rit’ipata, consisting of miners' shacks, is above it.^[2]
2	China	Tuiwa	Tibet Autonomous Region	5,070	16,634	Described as the "highest administrative village in the world" by sources such as China Daily.^[3]
3	Bolivia	Santa Barbara	Potosí Department	4,770	15,600
4	India	Karzok	Ladakh	4,570	15,000	Hikkim in Himachal Pradesh has year-round residences from 4330 to 4400 meters. Komic, 2 km to the southeast of Hikkim has residences up to 4530 meters, and Korzok on Tso Moriri has year-round residences from 4525 to 4570 meters.
5	Chile	Parinacota	Arica-Parinacota	4,400	14,435
6	Nepal	Dingboche	Khumbu, Koshi Province	4,350	14,301	Gorakshep (with an elevation of 5,100 m - 16,728 ft) are lodges near to Mount Everest base camp. Lobuche at 4950 metres, Gokyo at 4750 metres (15,583 ft), and Dughla, at 4593 metres (15,075 ft),^[4] are higher, but likely not permanently inhabited as they cater to trekkers during season.
7	Argentina	Mina Pirquitas	Jujuy Province	4,340	14,240	Mining company town, with up to 673 inhabitants.^[5]
8	Afghanistan	Qarabolaq	Wakhan District	4,139	13,579
9	Kyrgyzstan	Chatyndy	Osh Province	4,013	13,166
10	Bhutan	Laya	Gasa District	3,820	12,533
11	Ethiopia	Amaras^{[citation needed]}	Amhara Region	3,728	12,230
12	Tajikistan	Murghab	Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region	3,650	11,975
13	Mexico	Raíces	Mexico	3,633	11,919	[1]
14	United States	Alma	Colorado	3,560	11,680	[2]
15	Venezuela	Apartaderos	Mérida	3,505	11,502	3,360 m. according to Google Maps.
16	Colombia	Vetas	Santander	3,350	10,990	^[6] 3,230 m. according to Google Maps.
17	Ecuador	Papallacta	Napo	3,300	10,827	^{[citation needed]} Zumbahua, according to Google Maps is the highest at 3,510 m.
18	Pakistan	Shimshal	Gilgit-Baltistan	3,200	10,499
19	Guatemala	Ixchiguán	San Marcos Department	3,185	10,449	highest town in Central America
20	Lesotho	Khalahali	Mokhotlong District	3,158	10,361
21	Costa Rica	Villa Mills	Cartago Province	3,100	10,173	Near Cerro de la Muerte, Talamanca Range. Permanent population: 65
22	Yemen	Kawkaban	Sana'a Governorate	2,931	9,616
23	Indonesia	Kwiyawag	Papua Province	2,848	9,343
24	Cameroon	Ndu	Southwest Region	2,611	8,566
25	Eritrea	Adi Keyh	Debub	2,500	8,202	^{[citation needed]}
26	Iran	Fereydunshahr	Isfahan Province	2,490	8,169	^[7]Bab Zangi, in Kerman Province, is higher (3,310 m (10,860 feet)), but it is a small village with only 54 inhabitants.
27	Russia	Kurush	Dokuzparinskiy rayon, Dagestan	2,480	8,134	Highest village in Europe^[8]
28	Kenya	Iten	Elgeyo-Marakwet County	2,400	7,874	^{[citation needed]}
29	Azerbaijan	Khınalıg	Guba District	2,375	7,710	Population: 2,075
30	Georgia	Bochorna	Akhmeta Municipality	2,345	7,694	population only about 1,^[9] so Ushguli is generally seen as the highest 'substantial' village.
31	Morocco	Tacheddirt	Al Haouz	2,314	7,592
32	Armenia	Akhpradzor	Gegharkunik	2,293	7,444	Aragats research station with several buildings at 3200m is operating round the year.^[10]
33	Rwanda	Byumba	Northern Province	2,237	7,342
34	Turkey	Kapıköy	Van	2,220	7,284	Population: 635. Karayazı (population 4,724 in 2010) is situated at 2,450m
35	Andorra	El Pas de la Casa	Encamp	2,219	7,280
36	Italy	Trepalle	Lombardy	2,209	7,247	Cited as highest parish in Europe by its Tourism board^[11]
37	Saudi Arabia	Abha	Asir	2,200	7,218
38	Papua New Guinea	Wabag	Enga Province	2,182	7,162
39	Mongolia	Altai City	Yesönbulag, Govi-Altai	2,181	7,156
41	Syria	Rankous	Rif Dimashq Governorate	2,150	7,052	Population: 19,900
42	Switzerland	Juf	Graubünden	2,126	6,973	Village with a population about 24, highest in Europe according to the municipality's (Avers) web page^[12]
43	Spain	Pradollano	Granada, Andalucía	2,078	6,817
44	France	Saint-Véran	Hautes-Alpes	2,040	6,692	Known as the highest commune of France - and the highest commune of Europe^[13]
45	South Africa	Dullstroom	Mpumalanga	2,019	6,624	^{[citation needed]}
46	Uganda	Kabale	Western Region	2,000	6,560	^{[citation needed]}
46	Panama	Cerro Punta	Chiriquí Province	2,000	6,560
46	East Timor	Hatu-Builico	Ainaro District	2,000	6,560
49	Austria	Obergurgl	Tyrol	1,930	6,332	Hochgurgl is at 2150m (7,054 feet), but is not recognized as an independent village, but as a part of Obergurgl.
50	Burundi	Muramvya	Muramvya Province	1,924	6,315
51	Sri Lanka	Nuwara Eliya	Nuwara Eliya District, Central Province	1,868	6,128
52	Algeria	Tazrouk	Tazrouk District, Tamanrasset Province	1,827	5,994
53	Kazakhstan	Narynkol	Almaty Province	1,819	5,971
54	Madagascar	Soanindrariny	Vakinankaratra	1,817	5,964
55	Somalia	Erigavo	Sanaag	1,788	5,869
56	Comoros	La Convalescence	Grande Comore	1,787	5,866
57	Oman	Saiq	Ad Dakhiliyah Governorate	1,755	5,758
58	Lebanon	Bekaa Kafra	North Governorate	1,750	5,740	[3]
59	Namibia	Windhoek	Khomas Region	1,728	5,669	Also the capital and largest city (pop. 286,000).
60	Angola	Huambo and Lubango	Huambo and Huíla	1,721	5,646
61	Honduras	La Esperanza	Intibucá Department	1,700	5,577
61	Tanzania	Mbeya	Mbeya Region	1,700	5,577
63	El Salvador	Apaneca	Ahuachapán Department	1,683	5,523	^[14]
65	Djibouti	Airolaf	Tadjourah Region	1,667	5,468
66	Canada	Lake Louise	Alberta	1,661	5,449
67	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Masisi	North Kivu Province	1,651	5,419
68	Zimbabwe	Marondera	Mashonaland East	1,630	5,348
69	Brazil	Campos do Jordão	São Paulo	1,628	5,341	[4]
70	Vietnam	Sa Pa	Lào Cai Province	1,600	5,249
70	Bulgaria	Manastir	Plovdiv Province	1,600	5,249	Village centre at 1,460 m, highest neighbourhoods reaching above 1,600 m.[5] Chamla in Smolyan Province is higher at ~1,650 m, but uninhabited since the 1980s.[6] Dospat is the highest town in Bulgaria at 1358 m, as it was upgraded to a town status in 1974.
72	Malaysia	Brinchang	Pahang	1,592	5,226	Kundasang, located in Sabah, is higher (with 1,884 m), but it is a small village of the town of Ranau.
73	Malawi	Dedza	Central Region	1,590	5,216
74	Egypt	Saint Catherine	South Sinai Governorate	1,586	5,203
75	Niger	Inignaouei	Agadez Region, Arlit Department	1,556	5,108
76	Haiti	Kenscoff	Ouest	1,504	4,934
77	Eswatini	Sandlane	Manzini District	1,503	4,934
78	Philippines	Baguio	Benguet	1,500	4,921	There are towns that have higher altitude like Atok (2,200m or 7,400 ft), but among places that have city status Baguio is the highest.
79	Uzbekistan	Yangiabad	Tashkent Province	1,500	4,921
79	Cape Verde	Estância Roque	Fogo Island	1,500	4,921
81	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Lukomir	Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, Konjic municipality	1,495	4,905
82	Australia	Cabramurra	New South Wales	1,475	4,839	Highest on continent Several ski towns & villages are higher than Cabramurra. The highest town without a ski lift network is Dinner Plain at 1,570 metres
83	Thailand	Ban Na Yang	Chiang Mai Province	1,467	4,816
84	Montenegro	Žabljak	Žabljak Municipality	1,456	4,777
85	Greece	Seli, Samarina and Aetomilitsa	Epirus and Macedonia (Greece)	1,450	4,800
86	Guinea	Mali	Labé Region	1,441	4,712
87	Burma	Taunggyi	Shan State	1,436	4,730	Ndūng Ngid, situated in the Wa State, is a small town at an elevation of 2,235 m (7,333 ft). Area not controlled by the Burmese government. [7][8][9]
88	Liechtenstein	Rotenboden	Triesenberg	1,416	4,645	The center of Rotenboden is only at an elevation of 953 m according to SwissTopo. Triesenberg is the highest commune in Liechtenstein but its center is at 884 m. The hamlet of Malbun (also on the territory of Triesenberg) lies even higher at 1600 m.
89	Cyprus	Prodromos	Limassol District	1,380	4,528
90	Iraq	Penjwin	Sulaymaniyah Governorate	1,368	4,491
91	Romania	Fundata	Brașov County	1,360	4,462	https://m.adevarul.ro/locale/brasov/fundata-cea-mai-inalta-localitate-romania-locul-oamenii-avut-gospodariile-doua-state-diferite-oficial-mai-curat-aer-tara-1_550c69f0448e03c0fdbf3202/index.html]
92	Mozambique	Lichinga	Niassa Province	1,360	4,462
93	North Korea	Samjiyŏn	Ryanggang Province	1,356	4,452
94	North Macedonia	Kruševo	Kruševo Municipality	1,350^[15]	4,429	Kruševo is the highest town/ city in North Macedonia. The highest settlement in North Macedonia is Plakje near Ohrid, however it only has a population of 4.
95	Turkmenistan	Hojapil	Lebap Province	1,346	4,416
97	Laos	Phongsali	Phongsali Province	1,334	4,379
98	Jordan	Shoubak	Ma'an Governorate	1,330	4,360
99	Botswana	Kanye	Southern District	1,306	4,288
100	Vanuatu	Nokowoula	Sanma Province, Espiritu Santo Island	1,291	4,238
101	Zambia	Lusaka	Lusaka Province	1,279	4,196
102	Germany	Feldberg	Baden-Württemberg	1,277	4,190	highest German village
103	Nigeria	Jos	Plateau State	1,238	4,062
104	Norway	Finse	Western Norway	1,222	4,000
105	Nicaragua	San José de Cusmapa	Madriz Department	1,184	3,887
106	Dominican Republic	Constanza	La Vega Province	1,164	3,819	The highest residence situated in Constanza is at 1,330 m above sea level. Jamamucito is higher (1,410 m), but it is a small hamlet pertaining to the village of Jamamu, in the town of Las Placetas, belonging to the city of San José de las Matas.^[16]
107	Albania	Moscopole	Korçë County	1,160	3,806
108	Sudan	Kutum	North Darfur	1,127	3,700
109	Slovakia	Vysoké Tatry	Prešov Region	1,125	3,691	Highest elevation settlement of town Vysoké Tatry is Vyšné Hágy with 1,125 m above sea level.^[17]
110	Serbia	Nova Varoš	Zlatibor District	1,111	3,648
111	Chad	Aouzou	Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Prefecture	1,074	3,526
112	Central African Republic	Bocaranga	Ouham-Pendé	1,072	3,517
113	Croatia	Begovo Razdolje	Primorje–Gorski Kotar County	1,060	3,478	Reference:^[18] Note: The meteorological station at Zavižan is located at an altitude of 1,594 metres (5,230 ft), and is staffed round the clock by a family from a nearby village, but is not legally considered a settlement.^[19]
114	Portugal	Guarda	Guarda District	1,056	3,464	Penhas da Saúde, Covilhã Municipality, is higher (at 1,500 m), but it is a small village.
115	Czech Republic	Boží Dar	Karlovy Vary Region	1,028	3,372
117	Tunisia	Thala	Kasserine Governorate	1,017	3,337
118	Poland	Ząb	Lesser Poland Voivodeship	1,013	3,326	^[20]
118	Equatorial Guinea	Moka	Bioko Island	1,013	3,326
121	São Tomé and Príncipe	M. Vilela	São Tomé Island	991	3,254
122	Belize	Baldy Beacon	Cayo District	978	3,211
123	Slovenia	Zgornje Jezersko	Carinthia	973	3,195
124	Israel	Beit Jann	Northern District	940	3,084
125	Gabon	Ndindi	Ngounié Province	932	3,061
126	Ukraine	Yasinia	Zakarpattia Oblast, Rakhiv Raion	931	3,054
127	Solomon Islands	Kamanjikoko	Guadalcanal Province	913	2,998
128	Sierra Leone	Dawule	Northern Province	890	2,923
129	Japan	Fujikawaguchiko	Minamitsuru District, Yamanashi Prefecture	875	2,874
130	Samoa	Afiamalu	Upolu Island	863	2,834
131	Cambodia	Phumi Popok Vil	Kampot Province	842	2,765
132	Sweden	Högvålen	Härjedalen	835	2,739
133	South Sudan	Torit	Eastern Equatoria	829	2,723
134	New Zealand	National Park Village	Manawatū-Whanganui region	825	2,706	[10] Population:174
135	Hungary	Mátraszentimre	Heves County	810	2,657	^[21]
136	Republic of the Congo	Edzouanseke	Plateaux Department	803	2,637	^{[citation needed]}
137	Togo	Sadomé	Plateaux Region	798	2,621
138	Fiji	Navai	Viti Levu	738	2,424
140	Libya	Gharyan	Jabal al Gharbi District	700	2,296
141	Ghana	Amedzofe	Volta Region	677	2,224
142	San Marino	City of San Marino	Castello della Città di San Marino	675	2,215	Also the capital.
143	Trinidad and Tobago	Brasso Seco	Tunapuna–Piarco	673	2,211
144	Liberia	Saniquellie	Nimba County	671	2,204
145	Paraguay	Pedro Juan Caballero	Amambay	670	2,201
146	Belgium	Rocherath	Liège	650	2,133	[11]
146	South Korea	Taebaek	Gangwon Province	650	2,133
148	Jamaica	Mandeville	Manchester Parish	628	2,061
149	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Fancy	Saint Vincent Island	612	2,007
150	Guyana	Ipichau	Potaro-Siparuni	611	2,004
151	Mali	Sadegue	Mopti Region	604	1,984
153	Côte d'Ivoire	Biankouma	Biankouma Department	600	1,971
154	United Arab Emirates	Masafi	Ras al-Khaimah and Fujairah	567	1,863
156	Finland	Kilpisjärvi	Lapland	490	1,607	excursionmap.fi
157	Mauritania	Zouérat	Tiris Zemmour Region	488	1,604
159	Federated States of Micronesia	Pwoaipwoai	Pohnpei	478	1,571
160	Cuba	Yateras	Guantánamo Province	470	1,542
161	Iceland	Möðrudalur	Eastern Region	469	1,539
162	Luxembourg	Troisvierges	Clervaux	469	1,539
163	United Kingdom	Flash	Staffordshire, England	463	1,519	Verified by Ordnance Survey
164	Burkina Faso	Diali	Cascades Region	456	1,499
165	Saint Lucia	Migny	Soufrière Quarter	454	1,492
166	Benin	Aledjo-Koura	Donga Department	451	1,482
167	Mauritius	Curepipe	Plaines Wilhems District	446	1,466
168	Suriname	Anapi	Sipaliwini District	398	1,309
170	Grenada	Constantine	Saint George Parish	396	1,302
172	Moldova	Bălănești	Nisporeni District	324	1,066
173	Uruguay	Santa Clara de Olimar	Treinta y Tres Department	320	1,050
174	Barbados	White Hill	Saint Andrew Parish	304	1,000
175	Ireland	Glencullen	County Dublin	300^[22]	980
177	Malta	Dingli	Malta Island, Western District	250	820
181	Bangladesh	Rulkippara	Chittagong Division	237	780
183	Lithuania	Švenčionys	Utena County	230	755
184	Guinea-Bissau	Bolabá	Gabú Region	226	744
185	Belarus	Lahojsk	Minsk Region	220	725
186	Latvia	Alūksne	Vidzeme	217	712	List of highest towns in Latvia
188	Brunei	Rumah Supon	Tutong District	203	669
189	Netherlands	Vaals	Limburg	198	650
190	Tonga	Pangai	'Eua Island	184	606
191	Kuwait	Wafra	Al Ahmadi Governorate	168	554
193	Palau	Ngatpang	Ngatpang State, Babeldaob Island	162	534
194	Denmark	Ejer	Region Midtjylland	160	520	[12]
195	Senegal	Nepen Diakha	Kédougou Region	153	502
196	Estonia	Otepää	Valga County	152	499	^{[citation needed]}
202	Vatican City	Vatican City		75	246
203	Qatar	Umm Bab	Jariyan al Batnah	68	226
205	Bahrain	Awali	Awali Municipality	62	206
206	The Gambia	Bani	Upper River Division, Kantora District	50	164
207	Nauru	Uaboe	Uaboe District	35	118
208	The Bahamas	Freeport	Grand Bahama, Freeport District	10	36
211	Dominica	None		0	0
211	Saint Kitts and Nevis	None		0	0
211	Seychelles	None		0	0
211	Antigua and Barbuda	None		0	0
211	Singapore	None		0	0
211	Monaco	None		0	0
211	Kiribati	None		0	0
211	Marshall Islands	None		0	0
211	Tuvalu	None		0	0
211	Maldives	None		0	0

Countries with disputed sovereignty

Rank	Country	Claimant	Town / City	Region / State	Height (m)	Height (ft)	Comment
40	South Ossetia	Georgia	Leti	Dzau district	2,179	7,152
59	Kosovo	Serbia	Restelica	District of Prizren, Dragaš Municipality	1,717	5,636
64	Taiwan	China	Renai	Nantou County	1,669	5,476	[13]
116	Abkhazia	Georgia	Pskhu	Sukhumi District	1,047	3,438
120	Palestinian territories	Israel	Halhul	Hebron Governorate	1,004	3,297
158	Western Sahara	Morocco	Hasi Chor	Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira	483	1,584

Dependent countries and overseas territories

This section includes all countries and territories that are listed by ISO 3166-1 but not listed in the above sections.

Rank	Country	Mother country	Settlement	Region / State	Height (m)	Height (ft)	Comment
95	Réunion	France	Hell-Bourg	Salazie Commune	1,344	4,412
139	Puerto Rico	United States	Aibonito	San Juan–Caguas–Guaynabo metropolitan area	731	2,401
152	Martinique	France	Le Morne-Vert	Le Morne-Vert Commune	601	1,975
155	Guadeloupe	France	Saint-Claude	Saint-Claude Commune	544	1,788
169	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	United Kingdom	Longwood	Saint Helena, Longwood District	397	1,305
171	United States Virgin Islands	United States	Dorothea and Resolution	Saint Thomas	371	1,220
176	American Samoa	United States	A'oloau	Tutuila	264	869
177	Mayotte	France	Vahibé	Commune of Mamoudzou	250	820
177	New Caledonia	France	Farino	South Province	250	820
180	Montserrat	United Kingdom	Saint John's	Northern Zone	239	787
182	French Guiana	France	Saül	Arrondissement of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni	230	757
185	Christmas Island	Australia	Drumsite		219	721
187	Northern Mariana Islands	United States	Capitol Hill	Saipan	214	705	A settlement with no official status located within the larger municipality of Saipan. Capitol Hill is home to the territory's executive and legislative branches of government.
197	Isle of Man	United Kingdom	Foxdale	Glenfaba sheading	151	498
198	Guam	United States	Santa Rita		131	433
199	Aruba	Kingdom of the Netherlands	Shiribana		127	419
201	Svalbard	Norway	Nybyen	Spitsbergen	100	300
204	Curaçao	Netherlands	Sint Willibrordus		67	223
208	Cayman Islands	United Kingdom	Bodden Town	Bodden Town district	10	30
210	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	United Kingdom	Grytviken	South Georgia Island	3	10
211	French Polynesia	France	None		0	0
211	Hong Kong	China	None		0	0
211	Faroe Islands	Denmark	None		0	0
211	Falkland Islands	United Kingdom	None		0	0	Claimed by Argentina
211	Cook Islands	New Zealand	None		0	0
211	Wallis and Futuna	France	None		0	0
211	British Virgin Islands	United Kingdom	None		0	0
211	Gibraltar	United Kingdom	None		0	0
211	Saint-Martin	France	None		0	0
211	Pitcairn Islands	United Kingdom	None		0	0
211	Sint Maarten	Netherlands	None		0	0
211	Norfolk Island	Australia	None		0	0
211	Saint-Barthélemy	France	None		0	0
211	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	France	None		0	0
211	Macau	China	None		0	0
211	Jersey	United Kingdom	None		0	0
211	Guernsey	United Kingdom	None		0	0
211	Bermuda	United Kingdom	None		0	0
211	Niue	New Zealand	None		0	0
211	Anguilla	United Kingdom	None		0	0
211	Turks and Caicos Islands	United Kingdom	None		0	0
211	British Indian Ocean Territory	United Kingdom	None		0	0
211	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	Australia	None		0	0
211	Tokelau	New Zealand	None		0	0
211	Greenland	Denmark	None		0	0
	Antarctica	None, territorial claims	There are no towns, cities, villages or permanent settlements in Antarctica; only research stations.